The Bone Shack is the pop-up version of The Bone House—a compact but powerful introduction to the anatomy, evolution, and extraordinary adaptations of gibbons. Designed as a preview of what’s to come, The Bone Shack brings the future museum experience directly to visitors while helping fund the permanent home we are working to build.
What began as a fundraising tool has become a meaningful educational experience in its own right, offering a tangible connection to gibbon conservation and research.
A Small Space with a Big Mission
The Bone Shack plays a vital role in making The Bone House possible. Every tour, conversation, and donation collected through this pop-up exhibit directly supports the development of the future museum—funding exhibit design, educational materials, specimen preparation, and research infrastructure.
By supporting The Bone Shack, donors help bridge the gap between vision and reality, turning community engagement into lasting impact for gibbons and the researchers who study them.
Why The Bone Shack
matters
The Bone Shack represents the first chapter of The Bone House story. While small in scale, it reflects the same commitment to education, ethical research, and conservation that will define the permanent museum at the Gibbon Conservation Center.
As fundraising continues, what visitors see in The Bone Shack today will evolve into a fully immersive, purpose-built space—one that supports both public learning and non-invasive gibbon research for years to come.
From Pop-Up to Permanent
The Bone Shack is featured during Saturday tours (weather permitting) and offers a unique opportunity to experience the mission firsthand.
Whether you visit in person or support from afar, your donation helps expand this project and brings us closer to opening the doors of The Bone House.
See It. Support It. Help It Grow.
Hidden in their throat, the gibbon’s unique hyoid bone helps power complex vocal calls used for territory, bonding, and communication.
Their lightweight, flexible bones are built for movement combined with strength, making gibbons the most agile apes on Earth.
Gibbons have elongated hands and hook-like fingers, turning their skeletons into precision tools for life in the trees.
