Grand Opening Celebration, Saturday, April 22, 2023

Get nose-to-beak with Peregrine Falcons as you climb into their nest, fall in love with owls, eagles, and vultures as they swoop overhead in our outdoor classroom, and become a scientist considering solutions to engineering problems while studying hawks perched atop a power pole. 

In this $3.8 million expansion of the World Center for Birds of Prey, you can do all of this and more. Keep reading to learn how you can become a permanent part of our education and conservation programs!

Discover our new exhibits!

The best place to see conservation in action

The Global Raptor Education Center is your gateway to a world of raptors, conservation, and exploration! Your experience begins in a spacious lobby with a raptor inspired retail space and one-of-a-kind exhibits that tell our 50 year global conservation story. This nature-inspired welcome center features bird-safe glass allowing for expansive views of our new campus and our unique location above the Boise skyline.

Image renderings of the new welcome center. The top image is the front of the welcome center; bottom left is an aerial view of the campus; bottom right is the gift shop.

Rendering by Hatch Design Architecture

Discover our new exhibits!

The best place to find inspiration

Engaging students and visitors from across Idaho, our new outdoor classroom is the best place to get nose-to-beak with raptors! Our education staff, avian co-workers, and amazing volunteers are thrilled to bring year-round, STEM-based flight programming that inspires a lifelong love of science for visitors of all ages.

Rendered image collage of outdoor classroom. Right image: people sitting on stone benches watching a falcon fly overhead; Top right image: aerial view of outdoor classroom; Bottom right image is the school field trip/large group entrance and special event space.

Rendering by Hatch Design Architecture 

Discover our new exhibits!

The best place to save a species

The Peregrine Fund's namesake raptor deserves center stage. From the brink of extinction, our founders, scientists, and falconers from around the world achieved one of the greatest conservation success stories of all time. Take a trip back in time and learn how these partners saved the fastest animal on the planet from the brink of extinction.

Rendered image of a Peregrine Falcon exhibit, featuring a rock exhibit with Peregrine Falcons perched on top.

Renderings by Hatch Design Architecture.

Discover our new exhibits!

The best place to explore coexistence

Industry, technology, and conservation converge at the World Center's new Hawk Flight Lab where visitors get a first-hand, insider look at the power of partnership in creating environmentally sustainable solutions that benefit humans, raptors, and the landscapes we all rely on to survive. 

Rendered image of an exhibit where a hawk is perched atop a power line pole, and a child is excitedly pointing towards the hawk.

Rendering by Hatch Design Architecture

Discover our new exhibits!

The best place to discover raptors

The POWER Global STEM classroom, completed in 2020, doubles our classroom capacity and STEM-based K-12 field trip programs over the next decade. Video conferencing technology connects students and visitors with Peregrine Fund scientists at their field sites around the world - in real time! New perching and more space allows us to fly our education birds inside year round.

A picture collage of the Power Global STEM Classroom. Top left image is the room from front to back with chairs set up and projector overhead; Top right image is the exterior entrance to the room; Bottom left image is the main entrance to the room; Bottom right image is a side angle of the room showing the bird perch, chairs, projector and front wall.

Jeff Hatch

The best place to see conservation in action
The best place to see conservation in action
The best place to find inspiration
The best place to find inspiration
The best place to save a species
The best place to save a species
The best place to explore coexistence
The best place to explore coexistence
The best place to discover raptors
The best place to discover raptors
A school boy examines a feather
Engaging children in hands-on learning

Together we can create deeper STEM-learning opportunities

Since the opening of the Center, nearly 500,000 students have visited. We provide children and visitors of all ages the opportunity to see themselves as scientists and, through the lens of raptor conservation, learn how we can all play a role in conserving our wildlife and wild places. This expansion will continue to offer free grant-funded field trips for students and educators while increasing our visitation capacity by 100%.

Griffin the dark morph Swainson's Hawk looks over her shoulder against a clear blue sky.

Photo Credit: Angela Calabrese

Inspiring the next generation of responsible land stewards

Let's celebrate America's wildlife and landscapes

Saving species requires people to care enough to make changes that not only help the birds, but also ultimately benefit humans. New landscape-based exhibits will focus on raptor and human coexistence through simple commonsense actions taken by businesses, governments, land owners, and individuals to protect the lands we cherish and want to safeguard for future generations.

A man has a hawk perched on his glove as spectators watch.

Paul Sterling

Addressing capacity needs

Our visitorship has grown by 48% over a 5-year period!

Our new education campus increases our capacity to serve students and the general public - from 50,000 to 100,000 annual visitors. This growth also requires basic upgrades that include expanded parking facilities and restrooms to address future unmet needs. Our new campus prepares us to meet the growing demand for our programming across the Treasure Valley.

 

A rendering of the outdoor classroom showcasing the benches and bricks

 

Our campaign relies on support for the short and long terms. We are also welcoming legacy gifts and gifts of stock for the campaign. These gifts can support construction in the short-term or support the educational endowment for the World Center, which supports our programming growth over the coming decades as the Center continues to expand to serve more people in our community.

For more information on sponsorship opportunities, legacy gifts, or gifts of stock, please contact Campaign Director, Heather Meuleman at meuleman.heather@peregrinefund.org or (208) 362-8240.

 

There are so many ways to support this project. Please use the form below if you prefer to make a charitable donation directly to our educational expansion.

 
 

 

We would like to recognize our campaign leadership:

  • Campaign Co-chairs - Former Governor Dirk and First Lady Patricia Kempthorne
  • General Contractor - Jordan-Wilcomb Construction
  • Architect - Hatch Design Architecture
  • The Peregrine Fund's Board of Directors
  • Chris Parish, Peregrine Fund President and CEO
  • Richard T. Watson, PhD, Former Peregrine Fund President and CEO
  • The amazing staff, dedicated volunteers, and inspiring 'avian co-workers' at the World Center for Birds of Prey for their incredible commitment to conservation and education.
 

 

Please join us in thanking our generous sponsors!

Logos from the Hatched Sponsors