Upcoming Events

October 26, 2024

Looking for spooky Halloween fun? Where better than the museum with the most dead things in Rockford!? BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND: Spooky, Historical, Barnes Mansion Tours. Learn about skulls, skins, and bones, and even try your hand at dissection!

November 2, 2024

Burpee Museum is hosting a memorial dedication ceremony to formally recognize the Molly Phalen Memorial bench in the Burpee Nature Nook outdoor classroom.  All donors and friends of Molly are invited.

November 23, 2024

Examine the anthropology of survival: every skill could mean the difference between life and death. Discover how ancient hunters mastered tools like spears, arrows, and the game-changing atlatl to secure food, clothing, and shelter.  Join us for an immersive journey into the ingenuity, resilience, and resourcefulness that shaped human history.  

December 5, 2024

Celebrate another great year at Burpee Museum as we share innovation, growth, and dreams in the annual review.  Join us for a cocktails and a celebrate a matching gift for every dollar raised!  Be the SPARK that brings science to our community.

December 28, 2024

Celebrate a Holocene Holiday with Burpee Museum! Enjoy special one-day-only activities for adults and children, you will take a trip back in time to an epoch of COLD: during the Ice Age! From mammoths to glaciers to people of the Ice Age, get the opportunity to learn about this unique time period for some holiday fun!

February 28-March 2, 2025

Burpee Museum’s Signature Paleontology Festival where Rockford becomes the center of the Paleo World for one weekend in March…