Our location enables college students and staff to closely inspect the West. Our students and participants have collaborated in studies of life throughout western North America. This is not limited to the study of only living species or systems, but our explorations and studies take us into the past. The Museum of Natural History is a department within the Sciences Division of Sierra College. The museum's Director is also a full-time professor within this division.
Several curators oversee the museum's collections and public education programs.
Curators include Arboreta, Botany, Geosciences, Exhibits, Paleontology and Zoology. Additionally there will be an Educational Programs Coordinator and a Publications Editor. Currently the museum is entirely funded by contributions, memberships and volunteer efforts. Partial in-kind support comes from Sierra College for maintenance and communications. All of the museum's educational programs are non-tax supported at this time.