Temporarily Closed

During the final phase of the Hellems Building reconstruction project, the CU Museum will be closed for reorganization. We will reopen on the first day of Spring Semester, January 8, 2026. Special access requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please email cumuseum@colorado.edu for more information.Ìý

MFS Course Offerings: Fall 2016 – Spring 2022

    Spring 2022

    • MUSM 5030: Museum Education (Hakala)
    • MUSM 5031: Exhibit Development (Aldama)
    • MUSM 6110: Advanced Seminar: Assessment (Mathern)
    • MUSM 6110: Advanced Seminar: Emerging Technologies in Museum Studies (Taylor)

    Fall 2021

    • MUSM 5011: Introduction to Museum Studies (McQuade)
    • MUSM 5021: Selected Museum Topics: Gender in Museums of the Americas (Aldama)
    • MUSM 5051: Collections Management (Elder)
    • MUSM 5474: Vertebrate Paleontology (Eberle)
    • MUSM 5760: Mammalogy (McCain)
    • MUSM 5912: Collections Research Practicum: Cultural Anthropology (Shannon)
    • MUSM 5917: Museum Practicum in Techniques (Saska)

    Spring 2021

    • MUSM 5031: Exhibit Development (Aldama)
    • MUSM 5041: Museum Administration (Kociolek)
    • MUSM 5918: Advanced Collection Management Practicum (Braker)
    • MUSM 6110: Advanced Seminar: Paleoenvironmental Evidence (Chin)
    • MUSM 6110: Advanced Seminar: Incorporating Museum Collections into a Research Strategy (Elder)
    • MUSM 6110: Advanced Seminar: Archaeozoology (Taylor)

    Fall 2020

    • MUSM 5011: Introduction to Museum Studies (Shannon)
    • MUSM 5021: Selected Museum Topics: Field Approaches: Paleobiology (Simpson)
    • MUSM 5051: Collections Management (Tripp)
    • MUSM 5760: Mammalogy (McCain)
    • MUSM 5919: Collections Research Practicum: Archaeology (Fladd)

    Spring 2020

    • MUSM 5030: Museum Education (Tinianow/Hakala)
    • MUSM 5031: Exhibit Development (McQuade)
    • MUSM 6110: Advanced Seminar: Emerging Technologies in Museum Studies (Taylor)

    Fall 2019

    • MUSM 5011: Introduction to Museum Studies (McQuade)
    • MUSM 5051: Collections Management (Li)
    • MUSM 5474: Vertebrate Paleontology (Eberle)
    • MUSM 5912: Collections Research Practicum: Cultural Anthropology (Shannon)
    • MUSM 5917: Museum Practicum in TechniquesÌý(Saska)

    Spring 2019

    • MUSM 5041: Museum Administration (Kociolek)
    • MUSM 5918: Advanced Collection Management Practicum (Cain/Karim)
    • MUSM 6110: Advanced Seminar: Incorporating Museum Collections into a Research Strategy (Elder)

    Fall 2018

    • MUSM 5011: Introduction to Museum Studies (Simpson)
    • MUSM 5051: Collections Management (Chin)
    • MUSM 5760: Mammalogy (McCain)
    • MUSM 6110: Advanced Seminar: Assessment (Trainer)

    Maymester/Summer 2018

    • MUSM 4010: Museum and Society (Nauman)
    • MUSM 6110:Ìý Advanced Seminar:ÌýThe Lichen Biome (Tripp)

    Spring 2018

    • MUSM 5030: Museum Education (Tinianow)
    • MUSM 5031: Exhibit Development (McQuade)
    • MUSM 6110: Advanced Seminar: Creative Conservation Messaging (McCain)
    • MUSM 6110: Advanced Seminar: Museum Informatics (Levy)
    • MUSM 6110: Advanced Seminar: Technology and the Future of Museums (Shannon, Simpson, and Coon)

    Fall 2017

    • MUSM 5011: Introduction to Museum Studies (Shannon)
    • MUSM 5051:ÌýCollections Management (Li)
    • MUSM 5912: Collections Research Practicum: Cultural Anthropology (Shannon)
    • MUSM 5914:ÌýPracticum in PaleontologyÌý(Eberle/Culver)
    • MUSM 5917: Museum Practicum in Techniques (Saska)

    Maymester/Summer 2017

    • MUSM 4010: Museum and Society (Nauman)

    Spring 2017

    • MUSM 5031: Exhibit Development (Newland)
    • MUSM 5041: Museum Administration (Kociolek)
    • MUSM 5918: MUSM Practicum: Advanced Collection Management (Cain and Karim)

    Fall 2016

    • MUSM 5011: Introduction to Museum Studies (McQuade)
    • MUSM 5051: Collections Management (Tripp)
    • MUSM 5474: Vertebrate Paleontology (Eberle)
    • MUSM 6110: Advanced Seminar: Assessment (Jakubowski)