OUR MODEL IS THE SAM NOBLE MUSEUM IN OKLAHOMA

Our model is the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History. Over 700,000 visitors saw SNOMNH between its opening and 2003. 30,000 school children visit it each year!


Cost: $45 million

Approximate Square Footages:

• Collections, Research, and University Teaching: 150,000
  
• Display: 50,000
  
• Size of the LSU Union for comparison: 255,000 sq. feet
  

Want to see our model museum? You can tour the Sam Noble Museum of Natural History right now!

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.