The Sam Noble Museum is a research division of the University of Oklahoma. Housing more than 10 million objects and specimens in 12 collections, curators conduct fieldwork and independent research at sites across the United States as well as around the world. Curators have a professorial position in a corresponding OU academic department and teach university classes in addition to their research and curatorial duties. Graduate and undergraduate students from the University of Oklahoma also participate in research activities in laboratory and field studies associated with museum collections and research programs.
The museum registrar is responsible for the documentation, safety and security of objects within the museum’s care. Registration services support accountability and legal control of collections in the museum’s custody by managing programs for acquisition and loans, collecting activities, providing object shipping and receiving services, advising on legal and ethical issues related to the collections, as well as assisting with museum exhibitions. For more information or general registration-related inquiries, please contact the registrar at registrar.samnoblemuseum@ou.edu or go to Registrar’s Office FAQs.
The Sam Noble has a world respected Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program, a museum-wide approach to avoid pest problems through proactive measures posing the least hazard to people and the collections. Such measures include a CO2 fumigation tent, isolation and treatment areas and building wide monitoring of pests. The department also oversees our dermestid facility, the museum’s in-house processing facility that utilizes natural methods to prepare skeletal material. For more information, please contact IPM at ipm.samnoblemuseum@ou.edu.
Support Our Museum Collections
Are you interested in supporting the museum? By donating to our collections funds, you will help us continue to inspire minds to understand the world through collection-based research, interpretation, and education. Any dollar amount can help your museum continue to serve the people of Oklahoma.
Review the following areas to see where your donation can make a difference:
- Donate to the Collections Operations Fund: This fund provides support for all types of operations within the various collection areas of the museum. Uses of this fund may include travel expenditures, field work, equipment, conference registration, and donation processing.
- Donate to the Preservation and Acquisitions Endowment: This is an endowed fund established to support the museum for preservation and acquisitions of specimens and objects. The Sam Noble Museum seeks to employ the most effective known methods for maintaining its priceless holdings and expanding its collections. A gift to this fund is an investment in the protection and continued development of our collections.
