Located in the S Building (Sewell Hall), the Sierra College Natural History Museum (SCNHM) and accompanying Planetarium are a regional landmark for thousands of youngsters, students, teachers, teens, adults and parents who come to engage, experience, and discover our collections.
For more than 50 years, the SCNHM has provided inspirational scientific lifelong learning for its students and the community. Initially funded by a special grant from “Project Gold Mind,” the Museum’s champion and department chair, R.A. Underhill, oversaw the construction of exhibitions based on the rising theme of ecology. A true grassroots effort, faculty, students, and staff worked together for decades to build and augment the Museum’s collections, creating an array of displays examining Earth’s natural past.