TEMPORARY EXHIBITS
Temporary exhibitions are regularly featured at the museum on a wide variety of topics from Navajo rugs to Inuit culture to endangered species. We have three changing galleries that feature rotating exhibits.
the invisible connectedness of things
EcoArts Connections and the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History present the invisible connectedness of things, a multi-faceted art/science/transportation exhibit created by internationally recognized visual artist Kim Abeles. The exhibit explores the impacts our transportation choices have on Boulder's air quality.
Modern Life
Modern Life is a fun, multi-use exhibit space that includes 5 themes about our natural world. Ever thought how the images of animals affect how we feel and act towards them? Find out how you react to images of snakes in the Representing Snakes area. Or maybe you would be interested in how far you could jump if you had the legs of a grasshopper in the Grasshoppers area. Or perhaps how designers have used models found in nature to come up with new environmentally friendly products. Or what kind of clothes do beekeepers wear to keep from being stung? Answers to questions like these and much more are to be found in this unusual and dynamic exhibit.
Contemporary Pueblo Pottery
Contemporary Pueblo Pottery showcases pottery from historical and contemporary Pueblo potters who remember and honor the ancient pottery produced by their ancestors. Themes, techniques and styles from places like Mesa Verde and the Mimbres Valley are revisited in these strikingly beautiful examples of contemporary Pueblo ceramics.
Evolution: Here and Now
McKenna Gallery
Join us as we look at the research of six University of Colorado-Boulder scientists who are approaching the study of evolution from six vastly different directions.
