Welcome!
The mission of the Humboldt State University Natural History
Museum, through its collections, exhibits, and programs, is to
inspire in North Coast residents and visitors of all ages an understanding
and appreciation of the dynamic natural world and to provide a learning
laboratory for Humboldt State University students.
 Rare
Blue Pacific Treefrog
Stop in and see this beautiful new addition to the Animals of
the North Coast exhibit. To learn more about how we acquired
the frog and how rare it is you can read the story at HSU's news
site. (http://now.humboldt.edu/news/rare-blue-frog-struts-its-stuff-at-nhm/)
 Upcoming
Events
•Summer Programs
for Kids begin Monday, June 23
•Museum Plant and Yard Sale, Saturday, August 9 (seeking
donations and volunteers)
•Free Admission Days on July
1 and 18
Local Exhibits
•Shells Of the North
Coast. Shells and tests from common invertebrates found on
the North Coast.
•Birds Of the Redwoods.
This new exhibit displays common birds of the redwoods in a setting of
well known plants of the coastal redwood forest.
•Local Fossils.
These local marine fossils are from rock exposures along the rivers and
surrounding hills of the Eel River Valley and from the cliffs of Cranell
Junction.
Natural History Links
•
Sierra Club
has a great guide to global warming solutions
•
Friends
of the Dunes has two online field guides to local plants
and bees
•
Castle Rock Seabird Project - live webcam of second largest
seabird breeding colony along the California coast
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