Karshner Museum in Puyallup, Washington, is a natural history museum notable as one of the few museums owned by a local school district. Founded in 1930 by Dr. Warner M. Karshner and his wife in memory of their son, Paul Hibbert Karshner, who died of polio at age 17, it began with Dr. Karshner’s private collection of 10,000 objects, including Native American artifacts. Its holdings later grew to include material from South Pacific islands and a Dale Chihuly glass exhibit. Managed by the Puyallup School District, it remains closely connected to education and in 2009 repatriated funerary items to several Native communities.