Homepage : Joseph Moore Museum Skip to content Welcome to the Joseph Moore Museum! The Joseph Moore Museum offers opportunities for all ages to engage with science and explore the natural world. Our museum guides are happy to provide tours, or you can explore on your own. Earlham College students, guided by a small faculty and staff , welcome visitors, conduct research, design and lead programs and exhibitions, care for our collections and live animals, and market our programs. The museum serves as a “learning lab” for students in the college’s museum studies program From a quirky collection in the 1870s to a thriving educational museum today, the rich history of the Joseph Moore Museum involves fires, rescuing giant beavers, a mad elephant and much Moore. Visit and explore with us today! Summer Camp Registration is Open! NOTE! Once you have finished checking out, please be sure to follow the link in your receipt to enter all the details about your children. The receipt will be emailed to you after completing your purchase. Donate Now Schedule a Free Field Trip Shop our Online Store (Go to Earlham’s Campus Bookstore and click on Joseph Moore Museum) Live Animals FEATURED EXHIBIT Reptiles Our live reptiles are perennial favorites. Meet Oreo, Julius Squeezer and their many friends–including our new green iguana, Zilla. Our hosts will be happy to take out a snake or lizard for you to meet up close. Note the reptile exhibit is under construction, but our friends are still anxious to meet you! Ta’an FEATURED EXHIBIT Ta’an Richmond is home to the only two Egyptian mummies in Indiana. Ta’an was purchased for the Earlham College collection in 1889 by President Mills. A grant from IN Humanities helped us design a more sensitive exhibit space for Ta’an. Planetarium Ralph Teetor Planetarium The Ralph Teetor Planetarium at the Joseph Moore Museum is open for public shows each day the museum is open. When you visit the museum, just ask the host for a show. (Groups and tours can request private planetarium shows in advance.) All Planetarium shows are free. Indiana Raptors FEATURED EXHIBIT Indiana Raptors Indiana is home to many raptors–you probably see them all the time in your yard or in nearby parks. Learn about these masterful hunters and the adaptations that make them so well suited to forests, grasslands and waterways. pleistocene Giants FEATURED EXHIBIT Pleistocene Giants The updated Pleistocene Giants exhibit explores what our region looked like from about 2.5 million years ago until 11,000 years ago. Many of our favorite specimens are here, including the Randolph Mastodon, a giant sloth, smilodon and the giant beaver. Allosaurus FEATURED EXHIBIT Allosaurus Get ready to be dwarfed by a fierce predatory dinosaur. While paleontologists have not found dinosaurs in Indiana, you can see one at the Joseph Moore Museum! Curiosity Corner FEATURED PROGRAMS Curiosity Corner In our Curiosity Corner we have changing STEM activities based on visitor-submitted questions. Let us help you explore the natural world. And don’t forget to submit your questions for future activities! Our donors Our generous donors and partners make our outreach, collections, and training work possible. Borman Family Foundation Visiting the JMM Regular admission to the JMM is free . Planetarium shows are given upon request; just ask the museum host. For more information about visiting the JMM, please visit our Planning your visit page. Museum hours Sunday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday Closed Tuesday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Wednesday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Thursday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Friday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Want to stay in touch? Sign up for our newsletter to keep up with what’s going on at JMM! Sign up for the newsletter