The Denver Museum of Nature & Science has an active research program and authors a variety of publications. These include the Annals (formerly known as the Proceedings), Technical Reports and curator publications.

Denver Museum of Nature & Science Annals

The Denver Museum of Nature & Science Annals is an open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing original papers in the fields of anthropology, geology, paleontology, botany, zoology, space and planetary sciences, and health sciences. Papers are either authored by Museum staff, associates, or volunteers, deal with Museum specimens or holdings, or have a regional focus on the Rocky Mountains/Great Plains ecoregions.

Paper copies are exchanged with our institutional partners via the Bailey Library Exchange Program, contact Mary Cytrynbaum at Mary.Cytrynbaum@dmns.org. Paper copies can be purchased from www.lulu.com. The Denver Museum of Nature & Science owns the copyright of the works published in the Annals, which are published under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial license. For commercial use of published material contact Kris Haglund in the Alfred M. Bailey Library & Archives at Kris.Haglund@dmns.org. The Author Guidelines and the Annals Copyright Transfer may be downloaded by clicking the links.

• Maxson, R. E., Colwell-Chanthaphonh, C., and Lomayestewa, L. W., Lost in Translation: Rethinking Hopi Katsina Tithu and Museum Language Systems, Denver Museum of Nature & Science Annals, No. 2, April 15, 2011, 139 pp. ISSN 1948-9293 (print), ISSN 1948-9307 (online) Click to download(PDF | 6.5MB)   Purchase a printed copy.

• Woodburne, M. O., Gunnel, G. F., and Stucky, R. K., Land Mammal Faunas of North America Rise and Fall During the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum, Denver Museum of Nature & Science Annals, No. 1, September 1, 2009, 78pp. ISSN 1948-9293 (print), ISSN 1948-9307 (online) Click to download low resolution verison (PDF | 1.5MB) Click to download high resolution version (PDF | 5.5MB)   Purchase a printed copy.

Proceedings of the Denver Museum of Natural History

Proceedings of the Denver Museum of Natural History published between 1915 and 2002. Click here to view the full list and PDFs of published Proceedings.

Technical Reports

The Denver Museum of Nature & Science Technical Report series captures the work by Research and Collections Division authors that may not be published otherwise. The full list of Technical Reports may be viewed by clicking here. Select reports are available for download.