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Malacology collections manager Melissa Frey chats about community science and what it can teach us about land snails and slugs

Follow the slime trail to the Pacific Northwest with the Burke Museum!

Learn more about science illustrator Sami Chang's art, research, and mollusc masterpieces!

Discover how life has evolved across time and space, how it’s still changing today, and how it might change in the future.

A broad diversity of modern molluscs collected from around the world.

The history of the Burke Museum Malacology Collection dates back to the origins of the museum itself.

Malacology is the study of molluscs, a large and spectacularly diverse group of soft-bodied, invertebrate animals.

Documenting the biodiversity of an important group of animals—one shell at a time.

What started as a hobby led to a one-of-a-kind collection of 100,000 shells from all over the world and incredible research potential.