Quick Facts:
$10.00 rental fee General Public
$5.00 rental fee (Burpee Members)
Can’t bring your class to the Museum? Bring the Museum to your class!
Teacher boxes are available for pickup at the Museum! Each box contains touchable items, lesson materials, and real museum resources. Resources can be reserved by calling 815.965.3433 or completing the form below.
Available Teacher Boxes:
Bats
Bird Eggs
Dinosaur Teeth and Claws
Fossils
Minerals
Native American (special box available for younger children)
Oceans
Sensory Awareness
Trees
Whitetail Deer
Individual specimens available (encased in acrylic cubes):
Apatosaurus Skull Cast (large, heavy)
Blandings Turtle
American Kestrel
Belted Kingfisher
Great Horned Owl (large, heavy)
Prairie Chicken
Screech Owl
Songbirds (Robin, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, and Fox Sparrow in one case)
I.D.N.R. Resource Trunks 
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has partnered with Burpee to offer a convenient pick up/ drop off location in downtown Rockford. Trunks are FREE to Educators in Illinois and can be kept for up to one week. The following trunks are available:
Aquatic Illinois
Illinois Birds
Illinois Fossils
Illinois Mammals
Insects & Spiders of Illinois
Invasive Species
Nature Back Pack
People & Animals of Illinois’ Past
Illinois Prairies
Illinois State Symbols
Illinois Trees
Note: You are allowed to check out up to TWO boxes, for up to ONE week.