Archaeological Collections - Includes archaeological material which documents the history and development of the human species, particularly the prehistory of the Rocky Mountain, Southwestern, and Great Plains regions. Archaeological collections also consist of Old and New World artifacts as well as osteological material. Ethnological Collections - Documents the ethnology of the Rocky Mountains, Southwestern, and Great Plains regions, as well as comparative material from around the world. As this is fragile archival material it is not a lending collection. The first type collection will consist of mainly provenienced ceramic sherds to be used as a typological collection of southwestern and plains ceramics maintained for in-house use, and to assist in academic research relating to ceramics.
Plans are also under way for the inclusion of a lithic type collection.