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The museum is home to an invaluable record of Earth's environments and cultures. As the state's official repository for Oregon cultural and paleontological materials, our vaults house more than 125,000 objects ranging from archaeological and ethnographic items to fossils and geological specimens.
The museum also curates extensive zoological and zooarchaeological collections used for comparison and identification of specimens from paleontological and cultural sites. Together, the collections inspire wonder, stewardship, and scholarship in Oregon and beyond.    
Jensen Collection storage

Collections Galleries

The museum is continually digitizing its collections and making them available to our online visitors. Explore our collections galleries today.
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UO students examine a Native American basketry collection

Anthropology Collections

Archaeological and ethnographic materials

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Fossil shells upclose

Paleontology Collections

Oregon's premier paleontological research collection

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Geode

Geology Collections

A resource for Earth scientists

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Killdeer, Charadrius vociferus - 37.54 x 27.98 mm

Zoology Collections

The museum's zoological collections were developed by A.C. Shelton, University of Oregon field collector, during the early 20th century.

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Mexican historian Lidia Gómez García examines a Latin American mapa with UO researcher Stephanie Wood.

Visiting Scholars' Research

Our collections are a rich resource for researchers from around the United States and around the globe.

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10,000-year-old sandals from Oregon's Fort Rock Cave

Searchable Collections Databases

From fossils to fiber artifacts

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Collections Access

The Museum encourages the use of its collections for research, educational, and artistic purposes, through loans, exhibits, tours, class visits, and hosting visiting researchers.



Collections Management

Collections staff serve as stewards of our shared heritage, caring for every object in perpetuity. As an accredited institution by the American Alliance of Museums, we follow professional standards for preservation of and access to our collections.

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