Public Hours

  • Saturdays 1-5 p.m.
  • School/Tour groups
    by appointment only

 

Admission Prices

Adults: $6

Children (3-18): $3.50

Seniors (62+): $3.50

All major credit cards accepted

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Come Discover the Oakes Museum

What's New

Stouffer Farm Excavation  

An ongoing, collaborative archaeology project with Messiah College's history department, this exhibit features artifacts from the 2010 excavation.

Native American Artifacts

This exhibit includes projectile points from the Singer Native American Collection and funeria items that were placed with the dead to be used in the afterlife.

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The Oakes Museum

The Oakes Museum of Natural History is a unique museum experience for the family, classroom, or group featuring more than 40,000 specimens.

The 10,000-square foot museum is home to a collection of Smithsonian quality African and North American mammals, birds, eggs, fish, seashells, minerals, insects, and fossils.