The Museum Gallery hosts exhibits curated by DU faculty, graduate students and community partners. Learn about exhibits and read museum news.
Current and Upcoming Exhibits
The gallery is typically open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., or by appointment. To confirm gallery hours, questions, or special accommodations, please contact Dena Sedar (dena.sedar@du.edu) or call 303-871-2687.
Gallery Closed for Course Research
During Winter and Spring Quarters 2025, the Gallery will be used for object based coursework in ANTH 3742 Museum Exhibit Development and ANTH 3290 Art and Anthropology
Featured Virtual Colloquium Recordings
Undergraduate Capstone Presentations – Rosa Gutierrez and Zoi Johns
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) provides a process for tribes to request the return of items from museums and federal agencies. DUMA works with Tribal Nations to promote repatriation and foster stronger relationships.
Home to more than 100,000 unique ethnographic and archaeological artifacts, DUMA’s collections include Southwestern pottery, African and Native American textiles, masks from around the world, and remarkably well-preserved yucca fiber and animal hide footwear from cave sites in Colorado.
DU’s Anthropology Department welcomes new assistant professor and cultural anthropologist Kelly Fayard. A former assistant dean and director for the Native American Cultural Center at Yale College, Fayard emphasizes the importance of supporting and mentoring Native students, as well as first-generation, low-income, LGBTQ+ and/or BIPOC students in her classrooms.
Regina Huang, a 2019 anthropology master’s graduate who originally hails from Taiwan, has done her thesis work on the Amache Museum, which holds the history of Colorado’s only Japanese American internment camp during World War II.
Julian Nilsson, a cultural anthropology master’s student and self-described “people person,” has thrived studying and celebrating various people groups through academics, research, and a diverse array of extracurriculars.
