OUR MODEL IS THE SAM NOBLE MUSEUM IN OKLAHOMA

Our model is the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. Over 30,000 school children visit it each year!


Cost: $45 million

Important Features:

• Exhibits


• Collections and Research


• Public Programs

Want to know more about our model museum? Here's their main website: http://www.snomnh.ou.edu/

To learn more about SNOMNH and the benefits of building a similar museum, click here to visit our page on the benefits of building a world-class museum.

On our benefits page, you can learn:
- The Financial benefits
- The Benefits to a flagship university
- The educational benefits to a whole state
- Opportunities for volunteers
- How long it would take to see a great, new museum building open its doors.
- Why the new museum must be built on the LSU main campus.


About the SNOMNH Staff

Michael Mares, Director, has served as Chair of the American Association of Museums Accreditation Team for the American Museum of Natural History in New York, the Peabody Museum at Yale University, and the San Diego Museum of Natural History , and has served on the Commission for the Future of the Smithsonian Institution . He has been an LSU Chancellor's Distinguished Lecturer . He is President of the Natural Science Collections Alliance and President-elect of the 4,000-member American Society of Mammalogists .

Peter Tirrell, Associate Director, has served on the International Committee of University Museums and Collections , which is a subcommittee of the International Council on Museums.