The CU Museum is closed. We will be reopening soon.Ìý
During this time, collection visits will be available by appointment and other special access requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis.Ìý
Please email cumuseum@colorado.edu for more information.Ìý
Anthropology
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The Anthropology Section of the 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó Museum houses and manages more than 1.5 million archaeological and cultural items, and thousands of photos, digitized notes, drawings, correspondence, and other archival materials linked to research at the Museum by former curators and scholars (Earl Morris, Joe Ben Wheat, Hugo Rodeck, and Anna Shepard, among others). Some of our key collections include archaeological materials from excavations by former curators Morris and Wheat, our expansive modern and historic Southwestern Textile collection, and ancient bison and other animals from the Front Range, Olsen-Chubbuck and Jurgens.
Current projects include the digitization and collaborative curation of these ancient buffalo, digitization of the Shepard and Rodeck archives, and working to reconnect our cultural collections with their originating communities. Ongoing research at the Archaeozoology Laboratory [link] seeks to work with ancient animal remains to understand our world, from ecology and wildlife conservation to animal domestication and its impacts on the world around us today.Ìý
For inquiries regarding collections visits or research, please email Collections Manager Elena Lompe.
For image rights requests and archives access, please message archivist Adrian Johnson.
For educational visits, donations, or all other general-purpose requests, write to Curator William Taylor.