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.

Arctic Awareness Week  April 13 - 20, 2013

Co-hosted by the Consulate General of Canada & University of Colorado Museum of Natural History

A series of events will be held on campus during CU Boulder’s Arctic Awareness Week from April 13 – 20, including:

• Saturday, April 13, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. – Awesome Arctic Family Day
• Tuesday, April 16, 5:30 to 7 p.m. – Chasing Ice—screening of award-winning documentary: Introduction and Q&A with W. Tad Pfeffer, Ph.D
• Wednesday, April 17, 6:30 to 8 p.m. – Keynote presented by Ian Stirling, Ph.D, Adjunct Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta: Insights into Natural History of Polar Bears & Significance of Climate Change, at CU Visual Arts Complex, Room 1B20 (Lower Level), 1085 18th St., Boulder, CO 80302
• Ongoing, April 13 – 20 – Arctic Environments: Past and Present: Black and white photos of today’s Arctic glaciers, by INSTAAR Glaciologist W. Tad Pfeffer and a fossil display of an ancient tropical Arctic environment in the BioLounge.

Ancient Southwest: Peoples, Pottery and Place

Curated by Steve Lekson, this exhibition features more than 100 rarely exhibited ceramics from the museum's celebrated southwestern collection and takes visitors through more than 1000 years (AD 500-1600) of southwestern history. Photographs of ancient southwestern ruins by noted aerial photographer Adriel Heisey provide a visual and dramatic frame of reference for the exhibition.

Beetles

Beetles are one of the most successful organisms on the planet. Representing 40 percent of all insects and having existed for millions of years, they make up 25 percent of all known species.

Immerse yourself in Beetles and explore their diversity, beauty and behavior.

The exhibition includes a special display of beetle artwork created by local artist and author Steve Jenkins

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.