Visitors to the Conner Museum are welcomed by a moose, with massive antlers and doleful face. But what happens behind the scenes and animal displays that makes the museum a treasure students, schools and visitors throughout the state and region? How are the specimens prepared? How do researchers use those birds and mammals?
Watch behind-the-scenes videos — courtesy of Washington State Magazine — providing insights into Conner Museum, which boasts the largest public collection of birds and mammals in the Pacific Northwest, and a scientific collection with over 65,000 specimens. The videos include:
Watch behind-the-scenes videos — courtesy of Washington State Magazine — providing insights into Conner Museum, which boasts the largest public collection of birds and mammals in the Pacific Northwest, and a scientific collection with over 65,000 specimens. The videos include:
- Preparing Specimens – Museum curator Kelly Cassidy shows how she prepares a screech owl skin and gets animal bones clean and ready for display using flesh-eating beetles.
- Education and Public Displays – Why is lead shot bad for birds? Is it possible to bring a mammoth to life using fossil DNA? Director Mike Webster tells how new displays and public lectures at the Conner explore these and other questions.
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Research at the Conner Museum – See how the Museum’s specimens are being used to solve puzzles in ecology, evolution, and archaeology.
To view the videos click the following link to Washington State Magazine‘s website.
