Burpee Museum of Natural History

737 North Main Street
Rockford, IL, 61103
815-965-3433

URL : http://www.burpee.org

overview : The Burpee Museum of Natural History strives to inspire people of all ages to engage in a lifetime of learning about the natural world.

collections : Lifesize Tyrannosaurus Rex and Columbian Mammoth, newly-discovered "Jane" the Nanotyrannus, a two-story Carboniferous Coal Forest, Ordovician Sea Floor, interpretive exhibit about Native Americans - The First People, the forces of the earth in GeoScience, a specimen viewling laboratory.

hours (subject to change) : Monday - Saturday 10 am - 5 pm Sunday noon - 5 pm

topics : natural history, prehistoric, American, dinosaurs, evolution, fossils, geology, minerology, mining, paleontology