Bailey Archives at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science

06/05/2026

The Denver Museum of Nature & Science is hiring an intern (paid) to digitize select portions of a large image collection! View the full posting and apply here: https://dmns.volunteerportal.org/?nd=intake&entry_point_id=100&unit_id=2&chapter_id=undefined.

05/19/2026

05/15/2026

Postcard of summertime at the Colorado Museum of Natural History, circa 1928-1939. The caption on the back reads: “The museum occupies a commanding position at the east edge of City Park, with City Park and the distant Rockies spreading out before it. Within the building are numerable exhibits in life like settings of the wild life and botany of the Rocky Mountain region”

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04/24/2026

Robert Rockwell with young Long-billed Curlew, 1937
 
Rockwell was an investment banker, ornithologist and Colorado Museum of Natural History trustee who served the museum from its first decade. He was recruited him as a volunteer in 1906 to unpack, mark and systematize the Edwin Carter collections. This began Rockwell’s lifelong affiliation with the museum, where his own extensive collections were later exhibited.
 

04/03/2026

“Museum Records Five Millionth Visitor”

This short film commemorates the Museum’s five millionth visitor since 1941, Marjorie Wagner. Likely filmed sometime between 1946-1947 by photographer Jean Dubois. You can still see this exact diorama in the Northern and Rare Birds hall!