Of the hundreds of thousands of objects in the collections, only a tiny fraction ever go on display. From the smallest microbes to the largest planets, our 200-year-old collection include irreplaceable specimens from world-class fossil sites and remote corners of the planet. Together, they chronicle astonishing mysteries of our planet and beyond.
FREE ADMISSION* If you find the doors closed, knock on any door on the fourth floor of Exley Science Center to request admission to the museum.
Contact Us:
Ellen Thomas – 860-685-2238 – Monmouth Smith Curator of Paleontology of the Joe Webb Peoples Museum of Natural History; ethomas@wesleyan.edu
Johan C. Varekamp – 860-685-2248 –Monmouth Smith Curator of Mineralogy and Petrology of the Joe Webb Peoples Museum of Natural History; jvarekamp@wesleyan.edu
