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. Due to COVID protocols, access to Sturm Hall is currently limited to DU staff, faculty and students. Visitors to DU must make arrangements to have access to Sturm Hall. To confirm gallery hours, schedule access to Sturm Hall, or for special accommodations, please contact sarah.carlson@du.edu or call 303-871-2543.
Wednesday, April 19, 2023
Anthropology Spring Colloquium
Communities of Ludlow: Collaborative Stewardship and the Ludlow Centennial Commemoration Commission
Dr. Karin Larkin (Associate Professor and Curator of Anthropology at The University of Colorado - Colorado Springs) and Dr. Fawn-Amber Montoya (Professor of History and Associate Dean James Madison University Honors College) will discuss their scholarship related to the Ludlow Massacre Memorial site. They will present recent findings related to the site, discuss commemoration efforts and reflect on their interactions with “communities of interest” related to the preservation of this site and its history while highlighting the importance of maintaining relationships with those communities.
4–5:30 p.m.
Sturm 154
Tuesday, May 2
Opening Reception and Book Launch
Laboring for Justice: Community Engaged Anthropology and Artistic Interpretation
5:30–8 p.m.
First Floor, Sturm Hall
Friday, May 5
Anthropology Spring Colloquium
Undergraduate Capstone Fair
Featuring original research by graduating Anthropology majors
4–5:30 p.m.
Sturm 154
Monday, May 15
Anthropology Spring Colloquium
Laboring for Justice: The Fight Against Wage Theft in an American City
In this presentation, Dr. Galemba will discuss her recent book Laboring for Justice: The Fight Against Wage Theft in an American City, which highlights the experiences of day laborers and advocates in the struggle against wage theft in Denver, Colorado. Drawing on more than seven years of research that earned special recognition for its community engagement, this book analyzes the widespread problem of wage theft and its disproportionate impact on low-wage immigrant workers. Dr. Galemba will also discuss the exhibit featuring artwork accompanying her book currently on display in the University of Denver Museum of Anthropology gallery.
4–5:30 p.m.
Sturm 154 and Museum Gallery
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.
