“This exhibit is unique because I think that we… everybody looks up at the night sky and sees the stars are laid before us,” said Lexie Briggs. “But I think that having these images and being able to get close to them and feel part of a larger sort of cosmos is really, really cool.”

Some of the libraries in Douglas County hosted Oregon Rocks! during the summer of 2023, and are looking to host the new summer program offered in 2024. “I think that the Museum of Natural and Cultural History does a fantastic job with their educational outreach,”

About five million years ago, the North American Pacific Northwest was teeming with some pretty big fish that would have made the continent’s biggest salmon runs look small. An eight to 10-feet-long prehistoric salmon species called Oncorhynchus rastrosus stalked the seas and streams of the Miocene. It weighed upwards of 400 pounds and was almost twice as long and three times heavier than today’s largest salmon species–the Chinook/king salmon.

NBC News recently published a headline suggesting that woven sandals found in Spain are possibly the world’s oldest — but they are not older than Central Oregon’s ancient sagebrush sandals.

The Museum of Natural and Cultural History will present their “Journey Under the Sea” family program at the Seaside Public Library on Aug. 7.

An exhibit that celebrates Eugene’s lesbian history is wrapping up this weekend. Outliers and Outlaws, Stories from the Eugene Lesbian History Project has been on display at the Museum of Natural and Cultural History on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene for a little more than a year.

Say goodbye to the saber-tooth salmon, and say hello to the spike-tooth salmon. Don’t be sad. The saber-tooth salmon hasn’t lost any of its fearsome appeal. But new research, including some striking illustrations by paleoartist Ray Troll, has revealed something new about its prehistoric piscine anatomy: The giant salmon Oncorhynchus rastrosus had a pair of spiked teeth that protruded straight out of the side of its skull, instead of the downward-pointing teeth scientists formerly thought it had.

What may have been the oldest pair of shoes in Europe were discovered in a cave in Spain and are now thought to be much older than scientists previously thought.

If you are visiting the University of Oregon campus to tour the school, visit a student, cheer on sports, attend a lecture or make a presentation, plan to see as much as possible and enjoy your time!

Stephanie Craig, citizen of the Confederated Tribes of the Grande Ronde, runs her own business, Kalapuya Weaving & Consulting. Besides teaching traditional basket weaving, she consults museums and galleries on basket designs and materials. That includes helping with exhibits and identifying woven pieces.