Walnut Canyon Museum Collections

Since Walnut Canyon National Monument was created in 1915, park caretakers have collected photographs and specimens documenting the history of the park.

You can access Walnut Canyon's collections through the NPS Museum Collections web site.

This searchable online database provides access to thousands of images and records from the National Park Service (NPS) museum collections. NPS museum collections include diverse disciplines and have unique associations with park cultural and natural resources, eminent figures, and park histories. Online visitors can perform simple or advanced searches by keyword, park name, object name, people, places, and date. Visitors can also browse or search collection highlights and park summaries.

Museum Collections Reports

Arsenic Encapsulation Project. A growing body of knowledge in the museum community reveals that study skins worldwide were prepared for storage with arsenic prior to the 1960s. Committed to safety, Flagstaff Area National Monuments leadership made the decision, with Museum of Northern Arizona support, to encapsulate the study skins and their corresponding labels in plastic.