{"id":490,"date":"2024-10-09T13:10:53","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T20:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbs.wsu.edu\/conner-museum\/?page_id=490"},"modified":"2026-06-22T14:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T21:49:09","slug":"home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sbs.wsu.edu\/conner-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Charles R. Conner Museum<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--sidebar-right\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/1363\/2019\/03\/Magpie-primaries.jpg\" alt=\"Magpie feathers\" class=\"wp-image-218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/1363\/2019\/03\/Magpie-primaries.jpg 640w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-cas\/uploads\/sites\/1363\/2019\/03\/Magpie-primaries-396x297.jpg 396w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Primary feathers of a Black-billed Magpie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Brief History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Conner Museum traces its beginnings to 1893, when Charles R. Conner, president of the Board of Regents, persuaded the state of Washington to donate its exhibits from the Chicago World&#8217;s Fair to the fledgling Washington Agricultural College. The first exhibits represented several disciplines including anthropology, geology, biology, and agriculture. Over time, through the influence of successive curators, the museum&#8217;s theme gradually narrowed to focus on vertebrate animals. Today, the museum&#8217;s public exhibit includes over 700 mounts of birds and mammals. The scientific collection used by researchers houses over 60,000 specimens of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and fish.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hours<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Open 7 days\/week<br>8:00 a.m. &#8211; 5:00 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Closed on major holidays and during the annual University closure between Christmas Eve and New Years Day<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Admission<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Free<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Location<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>South end of the first floor of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.campusmap.wsu.edu\/building-list\/academics\/abelson.html\">Abelson Hall<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Groups<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Schools, clubs, and other groups are welcome. No reservations needed for gallery visits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We prefer e-mails over phone calls due to the high volume of spam calls we receive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phone: 509-335-3515<br>connermuseum@wsu.edu<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charles R. Conner Museum &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11284,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_wsuwp_accessibility_report":null},"categories":[],"tags":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbs.wsu.edu\/conner-museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/490"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbs.wsu.edu\/conner-museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbs.wsu.edu\/conner-museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbs.wsu.edu\/conner-museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11284"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbs.wsu.edu\/conner-museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/sbs.wsu.edu\/conner-museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":768,"href":"https:\/\/sbs.wsu.edu\/conner-museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/490\/revisions\/768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbs.wsu.edu\/conner-museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbs.wsu.edu\/conner-museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbs.wsu.edu\/conner-museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbs.wsu.edu\/conner-museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=490"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbs.wsu.edu\/conner-museum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}