CU Museum will remain closed from Monday, December 23 through Friday, January 10 for CU’s official winter holidays and planned construction activities nearby. 
The Museum will resume normal operating hours (10 AM-4 PM) on Saturday, January 11, 2025. Thank you!

Construction updates, accessibility, and parking information 

Lecture Archive

Archive videos


Social and cultural dynamics in Bougainville: historic and current perspectives
Dr. Jeffrey Noro, Founder of the Kainake Project
Dr. Jen Shannon, ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ Anthropology
June 1, 2022


Florence Williams Discusses Restorative Benefits of Nature with Maggie Wolf
Science writer Florence Williams discusses restorative benefits of Nature with Maggie Wolf from the CU Museum.
April 25, 2022


Ice-Free Antarctica – Ecosystem Research in the McMurdo Dry Valleys
LTER researchers Zoom from Antarctica
November 5, 2021

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vYocZTI6uo]


The Modernization of McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Rick Petersen
FAIA, LEED AP & OZ Architecture
September 14, 2021


Horses in Pueblo History and Culture
Christopher Chavez
Tribal Historic Preservation Officer
Pueblo of Kewa/Santo Domingo
September 28, 2021


Horses and People in the American West
Dr. Will Taylor
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Curator of Archaeology
CU Museum of Natural History
September 21, 2021


How Climate Change is Affecting Colorado's Rocky Mountain Mammals
Dr. Christy McCain
Associate Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Curator of Vertebrates
CU Museum of Natural History
April 19, 2021


A Conversation with Robin Wall Kimmerer
Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer
Author of Braiding Sweetgrass
December 8, 2020z


A Conversation on Braiding Sweetgrass and Indigenous Ecological Perspectives
Dr. Natalie Avalos, Dr. Clint Carroll, Dr. Jen Shannon
ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ
December 1, 2020

AIA Online Lecture Archive


Dr. Jeremy Hartnett
Professor of Classics
Wabash College
April 14, 2022



Dr. Payson Sheets
Professor of Anthropology (Emeritus)
University of Colorado
March 16, 2022



Dr. Bonnie Clark
Professor of Anthropology
University of Denver
January 19, 2022



Dr. Jeff Brzezinski
University of Colorado
Department of Anthropology
April 7, 2021



Dr. Steven Nash
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Department of Anthropology
January 20, 2021



Dr. Steve Lekson
Professor of Anthropology (Emeritus)
Curator of Anthropology (Emeritus)
CU Museum of Natural History
October 7, 2021


Dr. Samantha G. Fladd
Assistant Professor and Curator of Archaeology
CU Museum of Natural History
May 16, 2021



Dr. Erin Baxter
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
October 28, 2020