This taxidermy-mounted yellow-bellied marmot appears in the Alpine environment along the Alpine-to-Plains trail in the natural history museum.

Greater Yellowstone Natural History Collections

Specimens for education, exhibits, and research

Collections of the Draper Museum of Natural History are used for public education, exhibits, and research. Our collection documents the natural history of the Greater Yellowstone region and the relationship between humans and nature.

Scientific Specimens

Barn owl specimen, including sking and skeleton. DRA.304.191.

Our scientific specimens are primarily study skins and skeletal material representing the classes Aves and Mammalia. Within Aves, Falconiformes is well represented as well as a sampling of Passeriformes from the region. Within Mammalia, skulls of Canidae and Ursidae are well represented.

Greater Yellowstone Sights and Sounds Archive

The Greater Yellowstone Sights and Sounds Archive (GYSSA) is a digital collection of photographs, videos, and sound recordings of life in the Greater Yellowstone region. Work on the archive is supported in part by the R.K. Mellon Family Foundation.

The archive features wildlife and landscapes, as well as interviews with individuals connected with important conservation issues in the region. The archive is still under construction. Currently, over three thousand still images from the Gabby Barrus collection are featured in the GYSSA section of our online digital collection.

Exhibit and education specimens

This taxidermy-mount of a bull moose can be seen in the Mountain Meadow environment along the Alpine-to-Plains trail.

We have taxidermy mounts, skins, skeletal material, and still and moving images for use in our gallery exhibits and in interpretive programs. 

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