Museum of Natural and Cultural History

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Oregon's science and culture museum. Located on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Oregon. State repository for archaeological and paleontological artifacts. @mnch_uo on Instagram and @uo_mnch on TikTok.

Two children hold bee buzzers to their mouths and face the camera. 
Several museum staff pose with a sign announcing the World Athletics U20 Championships Oregon 26
A replica Enhydrocyon fossil skull on display at the natural history museum on the University of Oregon. The skull is about 8 inches long and features front canines that are three inches long and beautifully preserved. 
A woman examines a large inked seal skin, which rests inside a 7 foot long plexiglass case mounted to the wall in front of her. 
The front of the museum on a beautiful sunny day. The courtyard is bustling with kids activities, visitors walking on the sidewalks, and full bike parking.
Mylo, a beige plushie Giant Ground Sloth, stands behind a flyer advertising "The Buzz about Bees!," the museum's newest exhibit. Mylo is wearing an intricate yellow and black striped paper leotard, two little black antennae, four paper white wings, and is holding a bouquet of adorable douglas aster flowers.
Three children try and look through a microscope. All three have curly dark hair and tan skin.
A perfectly manicured four foot deep hole. One student archaeologist sits inside the hole and another lays on the ground looking down into it
A close up of a purple Douglas aster flower with its yellow orange center. A bee about half the size of the center feeds on the pollen. 
A fuzzy bumblebee with its wings folded down feeds on the fuzzy yellow center of a white star-shaped thimbleberry flower. 
A bee rests on the bright yellow stamen of a light pink Nootka rose. 
A bee makes its way to a bloom of bright pink Showy Milkweed photos. 
A graphic with a picture of a green bee on a flower. The text reads: "New Exhibit! The Buzz about Bees! Opening night: Friday, July 10 5 to 6pm Member Preview. 6 to 7:30 pm public reception. Opening weekend: Saturday, July 11 and Sunday, July 12 10am to 5pm." 
A graphic with a woven basket with the United States flag. Text reads: Holiday Hours. Friday, July 3 10am to 5pm with free admission. Saturday, July 4 Closed. Sunday, July 5 10am to 5pm. On view now America at 250: Before, Between, Beyond. Featuring rarely seen items, America at 250 invites you to reflect on where we have been, who we are, and what America might yet become. 
Rowan, wearing a museum branded tshirt, looks at a map activity with a kid at a library
Brian hugs Caesar the No Drama Llama in the museum courtyard. 
Alex Tidwell smiles and holds up his volunteer service award certificate, tote bag, and enamel pin. He volunteered over 100 hours at the museum in 2025
Katelyn McDonough, Sam Brewer, and Claudia van Ek stand in front of a research poster titled "What's for Dinner 8,400 Years Ago? Botanical and Faunal Analyses of a Hearth from Connley Cave 5, Oregon."
Collections student employee Becs brushes off a Yoruba beaded sash. 
Eleven University of Oregon students smile and pose as a group. Several are wearing museum graduation cords.
Two hands hold an oval stone disc about 8" in length. Protruding from the disc is a beautiful, shiny black crab. 
The backs of two people as they look at a family portrait in the exhibit. Their heads are framed so they are part of the portrait. Above the painting is the text "ReEnvisioned: Contemporary Portraits of our Black Ancestors by Jeremy Okai Davis" in English and Spanish
A cluster of small pink fuzzy spirea flowers. 
A 6 foot long stretched seal skin with inked drawings. 
Selfie with eight very muddy archaeologists in a damp field
A group of six archaeologists posing with a statue of Smokey the Bear
Archaeologists test a total station in front of a mammoth sculpture
Leafy green foliage fills the frame. In the centerish are white thimbleberry flowers. In one is a blurry fluffy bumblebee :)
A close up photo of a purple flower with a brilliant green bee. The bee's antenna and wings are visible as well as tiny little hairs. Over the photos is excited text reading "The Buzz About Bees! Save the dates: Opening Night, Friday, July 10; Opening Weekend Celebration Saturday and Sunday July 11-12"
A picture of a student educator wearing a museum shirt helping two children with an activity. The picture is framed with a vibrant blue and green frame that says "Ducks Give 5.14.26" and has the museum logo. 
An Oregon Folklife Network volunteer takes notes at a giant notepad
A group of archaeologists in the scrubby Great Basin.
A group of students stands in a circle for the morning meeting. They're standing on a grassy field. Behind them is a two-story historic white farmhouse.
A University of Oregon instructor wearing a high-visibility vest kneels on the ground looking at something in his hands. Two young Duck students kneel next to him, holding trowels and looking at what he's holding.
Jill sits in an office chair in front of a computer that has spreadsheets pulled up on its two monitors. Jill holds broken ceramics and smiles at the camera.  
Gail smiles and kneels next to a series of five half-moon plywood stands. The half-moon cutouts are lined with foam to provide a resting place for the kayak
A group of twenty to thirty volunteers listen during volunteer training for the America250 exhibit
Bryan sits on a stool amongst shelves of fossils. Bryan is holding a piece of petrified wood that's about six inches long. 
A University of Oregon student smiles as she looks at a bird bone in Explore Oregon, our natural history exhibit. 
A University of Oregon student, decked in protective outdoor gear, runs an archaeological screener
A screenshot of the Roots and Resilience exhibit website. Text reads "Chinese immigrants helped shape Oregon's history. Come discover the stories and resilience of early Chinese Americans." 
Two young parents read the exhibit panel titled "The Chan Clan: An American Story." One parent holds a baby and the baby looks at the camera over the parent's shoulder. Photo credit: Lexie Briggs
A shelf in an exhibit case at the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History. Small bone fossils sit on the shelf, ranging from a tiny leg bone less than an inch long to a leg bone about 6 inches long. Behind the shelf are silhouettes of the modern equivalent species, from a songbird to a crane. 
A red flowering current branch in full bloom neatly frames the mama mammoth sculpture in the museum's courtyard on the University of Oregon campus.
Shirod Younker stands in front of a river on a sunny day. 
This portrait of Rose Jackson was painted by Jeremy Okai Davis. The artist’s style is similar to pointillism, with the people and their clothes made up of “pixels” of different colors. Rose is painted legs up, wearing a dark green dress, and set against a rusty orange background. She is a Black woman resting her hand on a pile of laundry.
A black and white photograph of Rose Jackson, a black woman. The photograph shows her from the knees up. She's facing the camera, wearing a long-sleeved dark dress with a white collar, and resting her hand on what looks like an arm chair.
A close up of a larger painted family portrait by Jeremy Okai Davis. The artist’s style is similar to pointillism, with the people and their clothes made up of “pixels” of different colors. This picture focuses on a middle-aged Black woman looking off to the side and seated regally. Next to her stands a young Black female child wearing a hairbow and a light blue dress.
This portrait of Letitia Carson was painted by Jeremy Okai Davis. The artist’s style is similar to pointillism, with the people and their clothes made up of “pixels” of different colors. Letitia is painted from legs up and is set against a teal background. The word “HOMESTEADER” in block print is visible at the top of the canvas. Letitia is a young Black woman wearing a straw gardening had and holding a large bouquet of colorful flowers.
A baby rides his dad's shoulders against a backdrop of diagrams of plate tectonics describing "earth's engine." Dad and mom are both looking excited and happy, but the baby looks like maybe he wants to steal my camera.
Several adults in their 20s and 30s surround an activity table outside. The one person under 20 (a baby) is playing with a bin full of water.
Two young parents hold up a baby to look at a giant sloth fossil skeleton
Brown fur mukluks with cloth lining, diamond motif around openings, with pompoms at the end of the brown yard tassel-closures.
A picture in color of lion dancers making their way through the museum's Explore Oregon exhibit. Delighted children watch. Photographer: Jack Liu
Elizabeth smiles at the camera. She's wearing blue vinyl gloves and holding up a woven basket.