UTE STEM Knowledge Exhibit
Colorado's Original Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
Feb. 25, 2025 - Apr. 26, 2025 | Buell Children's Museum
Ute Knowledge: Colorado’s Original Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math exhibit tells the story of how Ute Indians have used science, technology, engineering and math to survive and thrive in the Rocky Mountains.
The Ute people are Colorado’s longest continuous residents, and they have thrived here through their deep understanding of, and a connection to, the Colorado landscape and environment. The exhibit includes maps of Ute homelands, historic and contemporary photos, and quotes from Ute elders and youth.
The exhibit includes a video monitor with nine short films highlighting collaborative field work to study Ute shelters, ethnobotany and rock art in 2017 and 2018. In the videos, Ute elders, Ute youth, and scientists discuss the connections between Ute knowledge and STEM.
Visitors can explore hands-on activities (engineering a stick shelter, creating a beadwork pattern, testing woven materials, and matching plants with their uses) that highlight how Ute people solved problems in the past and still do today.
Below is a glimpse of the exhibit. Plan your visit now to explore the activities and learn about Colorado's original Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math exhibit!
EXHIBITION DETAILS
DATE
Feb. 25, 2025 to Apr. 26, 2025
COST
- Members: Free
- Adults: $12.00
- Children: $10.00
- Military & Seniors 65+: $10.00
MORE INFO
Exhibit is displayed at Buell Children's Museum
There were Ute scientists before there were scientists.
And Ute astronomers before there was astronomy!
Garrett Briggs, Southern Ute tribe, 2017
Utes were “Mountain People.” They adapted themselves to the mountains so that everything that they did was there, and there’s where we’ve been, and we’ve been here for a long time.
Clifford Duncan, Ute Indian Tribe, 2007
My mother knew a lot about plants. She knew it from her relatives, her cousins, her mom, and her sisters. They all shared their knowledge of what plants do this and that for you.
Helen Wash, Ute Indian Tribe, 2008
