Animal Ambassador Sponsorship

Your annual animal sponsorship helps provide daily care, enrichment, and habitat support for the animals who call our museum home. Sponsorships make a meaningful difference all year long—and create a special connection between you and your sponsored animal.

How would you like to sponsor?

For yourself — enjoy year-round recognition
As a gift — a meaningful present for the animal lover in your life

Both options include the same sponsorship benefits.

Not sure which animal to sponsor? Meet our Animal Ambassadors: Add circles for type, ABC by type/subtype

How would you like to sponsor?

For yourself — enjoy year-round recognition
As a gift — a meaningful present for the animal lover in your life

Both options include the same sponsorship benefits.

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Animal Friend ($75)

Heartfelt thank-you letter
Certificate of Adoption with Photo
Animal Fact Sheet
Recognition on the Animal Support Webpage

Animal Advocate ($150)

Includes all Animal Friend benefits, plus:

Acknowledgement on Museum Animal Sponsorship Sign
Plush Animal or Animal-Themed Keepsake

Animal Champion ($300)

Includes all Animal Advocate benefits, plus:

Personalized Plaque for Animal Enclosure
Private 15-Minute Animal Encounter with your sponsored animal

Hawkeye

Red-tailed Hawk

Hawkeye is a hopeless romantic. The object of his affection is a wild female red-tailed hawk, whom he calls to and offers to share his rat with. He even builds a nest for her each year to show how good of a provider he can be.

Raymond

Eastern Screech Owl

Raymond is a special owl that just can’t figure out how life works sometimes. But his greatest guilty pleasure is eating dinner in bed.

Scarlett

Eastern Screech Owl

Screech owls are known for intense glares that can rival your mother’s, and Scarlett is no exception. She intensely judges all of your life choices.

Abby

Eastern Striped Skunk

Although Abby may be de-scented, that doesn’t stop her from trying sometimes! But most of the time, Abby just wants to lounge in her cat bed.

Maple

Domestic Rat

Named for her red eyes that are like the red maple tree in the fall, Maple the rat is definitely the most outgoing of our two rat sisters. Just don’t stick your fingers in her home or she may think your finger is a treat!

Pear

Domestic Rabbit

Pear is a people rabbit that demands all the pets all the time. Her favorite activity is “bunny recess” when she is allowed to run around one of the rooms in the museum and do flips and zoomies!

Penny

Virginaia Opossum

Many fall in love with Penny over that adorable pink nose! Penny may be blind, but is very good at sniffing out treats.

Willow

Domestic Rat

Willow prefers to stay out of the spotlight, and instead spends her days cozy in her hammock. But that doesn’t mean she’ll let her sister be first to the food bowl and steal all the seeds!

Eltrut

Eastern Box Turtle

Eltrut is Briar Bush’s oldest resident! At over 60, Eltrut has lived quite the life, spending some time at the Abington Library before moving to Briar Bush.

Gonzo

Three-toed Box Turtle

The shyest of our turtles and tortoise, Gonzo spends a lot of her time hiding under a log or dug deep down in the dirt. But she’ll always come out for a worm!

Nugget

Russian Tortoise

Nugget is probably the most opinionated animal at Briar Bush. If her roommates are in her favorite spot, she’ll let them know by ramming them with her shell!

Ellie

Central Bearded Dragon

Ellie was named after Elliott, the dragon in “Pete’s Dragon.” She may not breathe fire, but loves the heat of her basking rock!

Quill

Crested Gecko

Quill is very in touch with nature, and spends most of her time tucked in the leaves. But did you know she can lick her eyeballs to keep them clean?

Gene

Blue-tongue Skink

Gene Simmons may not have had a blue tongue, but that didn’t stop us from paying tribute when naming Gene the blue-tongued skink. They love a tight cozy spot and is a firm believer of “if I fits, I sits.”

Timothy

Kenyan Sand Boa

Timothy is the all-time champion of hide-and-go-seek. If you’re lucky, you may just see his nose and eyes sticking out from the soil.

Sherlock

Corn Snake

Sherlock once escaped his tank at his original home and was found days later, casually curled up in a shoebox next to his tank. There’s a reason this curious snake was named after a detective!

Silas

Corn Snake

Silas is the best friend any snake could ever want. He is always by Sherlock’s side, often curled right around him when the two sleep.

Zane

Milk Snake

There is nothing Zane loves more than to climb. Whether it’s his snake pegboard or a staff member’s face, something always needs conquering.

Wilbur

Western Hognose Snake

Wilbur loves to watch for visitors, often looking straight up at those looking down at him in his home. He is a professional pocket-lounger and loves a good hoodie or jacket pocket.

Roslyn

Rose-hair Tarantula

Named for the closest SEPTA station, Roslyn isn’t sure if tarantulas are allowed on trains. But she would do a great job of ridding the train of any pesky insects!

African Giant Millipedes

Colony

Spending most of their time in hiding, you may never see our millipedes unless they are featured in one of our programs, but they still could use a friend! Will you sponsor them?

Vietnamese Walking Sticks

Colony

The masters of pilates, these ladies can hold a plank pose all day long. The babies are clones of their mothers, making them a chip off the ol’ stick.

Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches

Colony

Our Madagascar hissing cockroaches come from a big family…about 300 strong! They may not have names, but that’s ok, they know who they are.

Birds

Mammals

Reptiles

Invertebrates