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As the only natural history museum in the region encompassing southwestern Idaho, southeastern Oregon, and northern Nevada, The College of Idaho’s Orma J. Smith Museum of Natural History is the premier resource for environmental and natural history education in the region. The Museum is listed in the “30 Most Amazing Higher Education Natural History Museums,” compiled by Best College Reviews.
William Clark, Museum Director
Dr. Ashley L. Ferguson, NSF Project Manager
Lydia Pedraza, Museum Administrative Assistant
William Clark, Museum Director
Dr. James Toomey, Board Chairperson
Jack Cafferty, Treasurer
Billie Farley, Secretary
Dr. Barbara Ertter
Dr. Ron Bitner
Dr. Eric Yensen
Dr. Anna Himler
Amy Truksa
Brad Stokes
Dr. David Ward, Jr.
Museum Assistant
Harrison Pardue, Student Representative
Dr. Craig R. Baird, Curator of Entomology
Dr. Paul Castrovillo, Curator of Lepidoptera
Dr. Patrick F. Fields, Curator of Paleontology, Research Associate of Paleobotany
Dr. Alan R. Gillogly, Curator of Entomology
Dr. James B. (Ding) Johnson, Curator of Entomology
Dr. Kaitlin Maguire, Curator of Paleontology
Dr. James K. Ryan, Curator of Entomology
Dr. David Ward, Jr., Curator of Entomology
Dr. Eric Yensen, Curator of Mammals
Dr. Donald W. Zaroban, Curator of Fishes and Collection Manager of Herpetology
Dr. Barbara Ertter, Curator of Botany and Paleobotany
Stephen H. Bouffard, Curator of Birds
Nathan E. Carpenter, Curator of the Evans Gem & Mineral Collections; Curator of Paleontology
William H. Clark, Museum Director and Curator of Invertebrates
Janet L. Summers Duffy, Curator of Archaeology & Egyptology
Howard Emry, Curator of Paleontology
William James Nance, Curator of Ethnography
Amy Dolan, Curator of Entomology
Stephanie Shank, Curator of Entomology
Dr. Ron Bitner, Research Associate of Entomology
Dr. Paul Blom, Research Associate Entomology
Dr. Sean Farley, Research Associate of Mammalogy
Dr. David H. Greegor, Jr., Research Associate
Dr. Julia T. Sankey, Research Associate
Dr. Ralph F. Stearley, Research Associate of Paleontology
Dr. Chris Walser, Associate Curator of Fishes
Dr. James D. McIver, Entomology Volunteer
Kinga Britschgi, Tour Coordinator and Research Associate
Mary Clark, Curatorial Assistant of Entomology
Steve Bouffard, Librarian
Wayne Lewis, Librarian
James Pike, Research Associate
Richard A. Salisbury, Associate Curator of Mollusca
Teresa Tarifa, Research Associate of Mammals
Angela Lints, Entomology Volunteer
Leta J. Wilson, Entomology Volunteer
Brad Smith, Mollusca Volunteer
Ken Grove, Paleobotany Volunteer
Rob Plotnikoff, Aquatic Macroinvertebrates Volunteer.
Don Dixon, Evans Collection Volunteer
Leland Thames, Facilities
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Boone Hall – Basement Hours: M-F 10am-3pm
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One Saturday every month, the Museum holds seminars open to the public from noon to 1:30pm MT on various topics. Check out our upcoming schedule below!
View ScheduleCollege of Idaho students and volunteers work to catalog and digitize three million specimens in three years at the Orma J. Smith Museum of Natural History.
Immerse yourself in the premier resource for environmental and natural history education in the region. Whether as a researcher or a patron, the Orma J. Smith Museum of Natural History offers you a unique glimpse of natural history in the Intermountain West.
2112 Cleveland Blvd, Caldwell, ID 83605
208-459-5011 • 800-2C-IDAHO
