The Modern Osteology collection is comprised of skeletal material
from extant animals that exist in and around Idaho. The collection
contains over 2500 catalogued specimens that are utilized by faculty
and students of Idaho State University as well as by other researchers.
This collection is central to the Museum's research, exhibits, and
educational programs in archaeology, paleontology, mammalogy, ornithology,
ichthyology, and herpetology.