2021 Annual Appeal

The message of 2021 has been one of resilience, growth, and reimagining Burpee.  Learn about our journey, and how you can help Burpee bring great opportunity to our community!

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.

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.

In-Person & Virtual 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.  Add on a lab experience, or workshop to enhance your museum experience!

Natural Science Learning

NEW classes at Burpee! Check out adult and child opportunities!  Join us as a sensory scientist, or part of our organic art collaborative! 

While classes will be in-person, class sizes will be small, and social distancing with masks and frequent cleaning will be employed for everyone's safety.  Burpee Museum teachers are vaccinated for your protection.