The Members’ Loan Service is designed to allow individuals who are either museum members or educators to borrow from the Museum. A large collection of museum-quality science specimens, historical objects and models, cultural artifacts and thematic Teaching Trunks can enliven your science discussions, augment your social studies curriculum, or be a subject of artistic expression.

Teaching Trunks (includes artifacts, video tapes, posters, children’s books, and an Educator’s Notebook with background information and classroom activities) provide a complete unit of study on a variety of science, social science, and cultural subjects. Meanwhile, artists borrow the many mounted birds and mammals because taxidermy is a perfect model for life drawing and painting. Many parents use the service to incite family learning at their home, while their children use the collections to deliver vibrant oral reports.