Our Goal

Our goal at the Burpee Museum of Natural History is to fill faces with wonder. Our many unique exhibits have been known to intrigue visitors young, old and in-between...both onsite and virtually. Great detail and care goes into all of our exhibits, and there’s plenty to see for everyone! Make Burpee your destination for wonder!

Our Mission

It is the mission of Burpee Museum of Natural History to inspire all people to engage in a lifetime of discovery and learning about the natural world, through preservation and interpretation.

COVID-19 Information

The health and safety of our guests, staff, and their families is of the highest priority to Burpee Museum. We hope to be re-opening as soon as possible in both limited capacity and hours to align with the city and statewide COVID-19 mitigation efforts. Unfortunately, due to museum repairs, we are currently closed to the public. While our physical doors are closed on certain days, our digital doors are WIDE OPEN!  We are ready to bring Burpee Without Walls to you!  

Celebration of all things prehistoric!

Dino-lovers, rock collectors, and fossil diggers unite for an internationally attended festival. Our audience includes scientists and researchers, aspiring scientists, students, paleo-lovers, and even dino-loving kiddos! Many of the talks focus on our speakers' cutting edge research and amazing new finds.

A New Format: VIRTUAL

Burpee Museum is excited to present our 23rd PaleoFest 2021. This year we are virtual for the first time!  As usual, we are boasting an impressive lineup of guest speakers and researchers.

Not Just for Professional Scientists

Students, interested community members, and aspiring scientists are encouraged to join the experts as they share stories, research, and experiences. It is a great opportunity to make connections and become inspired! Not ready for the lectures? Families can still enjoy hands-on workshops, lectures for children, and activities for families through our easy to use platform ...paleo science is presented in a fun, big way.

Virtual Field Trips Now at Burpee

Standing in the shadow of a real dinosaur, or staring into the eyes of a living turtle make the trip into our museum something children remember for years to come!  Plan your upcoming visit to Burpee with a large variety of new options.

Burpee offers revamped field trips that are aligned to NGSS science expectations and opens the door to great non-fiction reading opportunities to improve literacy, critical thinking, and evidence based reasoning.