Museums
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The Staley Museum
is a personal museum of the Staley family. Located in the restored family home, each room has its own treasure of antique furniture, family portraits, and personal items of the Staley family. Open by appointment. Call Molly Staley Benscoter, 509/334-1008.
Robert P. Worthman Veterinary Anatomy Teaching Museum
located in McCoy Hall room 203 on the WSU campus, is open Mon-Fri, 8-5pm. The museum features several hundred dried and skeletal preparations of large and small domestic animals and selected specimens of birds and wild species. The only one of its kind in the nation, it provides a unique learning environment. For information and to arrange for group tours call 509/335-5701.
Conner Museum
located at the South end of Abelson Hall (Science Hall) on the WSU campus, is open 8-5pm, 7 days a week, except on University holidays. The museum contains the largest public collection of birds and mammals in the Pacific Northwest and includes mounted moose, caribou, bison, deer, antelope, bighorn sheep, mountain goats, cougars, and more than 700 other species, including a dinosaur skeleton. Through continuing improvements, the exhibits will feature more interpretive displays illustrating animal diversity, adaptations, evolution and natural history. For information, call 509/335-3515.
WSU Museum of Anthropology
has interpretive exhibits, including the fossil record of human evolution and exhibits on cultural similarities and differences in people. Located in College Hall, room 110, on the WSU campus. Hours: Mon-Fri 9-4pm. Summer hours begin May 16th and are 9-3pm. Closed for all school holidays. Free admission. Group tours may be scheduled two weeks in advance by calling 509/335-3441.