Denver Museum of Nature & Science - Mesa Verde and Puebloan artifacts

The Denver Museum of Nature & Science maintains anthropology collections that include pottery, tools, and other artifacts excavated from Ancestral Puebloan cliff dwellings and village sites on the Colorado Plateau, including material from Mesa Verde National Park. These objects are part of the museum’s long-term research collections and have been included in exhibits interpreting prehistoric and historic-period habitation of the region. The museum collaborates with federal and state agencies and academic researchers on provenance, conservation, and exhibition of artifacts from buried archaeological sites.