Lora Robins Gallery

As the University's natural sciences museum, the Lora Robins Gallery holds over 100,000 pieces ranging from Jurassic dinosaur fossils to rare gems, minerals, prehistoric shells, coral, and fluorescent rocks.

The museum began with the donations of longtime benefactor Mrs. Lora Robins in 1977. The original museum, which housed minerals, decorative arts, and shell specimens, was expanded and relocated in 1989 to its present location in a separate wing of the Boatwright Memorial Library.

About Lora Robins

In 1977, Mrs. Lora M. Robins, H'73, widow of the late E. Claiborne Robins, shared her love for beauty in nature by founding the University’s natural sciences gallery. She generously donated several artifacts from her collection and continued to support University Museums throughout her life.