Slater Museum of Natural History
Coordinates: 47°15′49″N 122°28′58″W / 47.26365359829974°N 122.48279435102425°W
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The Slater Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum in Tacoma, Washington.[1] The collection has 29,987 mammals, 26,340 birds, 8,237 amphibians and reptiles, 12,500 insects and 13,000 plants.[2] It has the second biggest collection of bird wings in the world.[3] The collection grows at a rate of one to two percent every year.[3] It was founded by James R. Slater.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Slater Museum of Natural History - University of Puget Sound". www.pugetsound.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
- ^ "Collections Summary - University of Puget Sound". www.pugetsound.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Slater Museum of Natural History - Puget Sound Museum, University of Puget Sound, Thompson Hall Room 295, Tacoma, WA (2019)". www.gluseum.com. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
- ^ "Archives West: James R. Slater papers, 1898-1987". archiveswest.orbiscascade.org. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
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