We accept donations of museum quality specimens in specific collecting areas:
- invertebrate fossils (trilobites, fossilized leaves, petrified wood, etc.)
- vertebrate fossils (dinosaurs, reptiles, fish, mammals, etc.)
- minerals and gems
- items related to the mining history of Box Elder County (including photographs, documents, artifacts from mines, etc.)
Specimens must:
- be legally owned by the donor
- have been legally obtained, including the appropriate permits (a copy of appropriate permits must accompany the donation)
- not be forbidden items according to to present state, federal, or international laws.
Some specific items we are looking to acquire include:
- Cinnebar (mercury ore)
- Sphalerite (zinc ore)
- Galena from Ophir
- Dioptase (copper cubes)
- Talc
- Turquoise
- Rhondonite
- Vanandinite
- Chromite
- Rhodochrosite
- Stribnite (antimony ore)
- Bauxite (aluminum ore)
- Uranium (carnotite)
- Cerussite (white lead ore)
- Ores from mine sites in Box Elder County
- Any metallic ores especially native forms
- A small gold nugget
- fossils from any area (trilobites especially)
- Artifacts from mining areas in Box Elder County
- Pictures of mining areas in Box Elder County
To make a donation, contact Curator Ron Cefalo, (435) 723-3158 or ron@boxeldermuseum.org
Art or historic materials [including materials related to the history of Brigham City, Perry, Willard, Corinne, Harper Ward, Mantua, and other areas of southern Box Elder County (including prehistoric artifacts)] can be donated to the Brigham City Museum. Contact Museum Director Kaia Landon, (435) 226-1439 or klandon@brighamcity.utah.gov.