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OUR MISSION& VISIONMISSION:Be a catalyst! Ignite our community’s passion for nature and science.
VISION: An empowered community that loves, understands, and protects our natural world.
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04 LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT & THE CHAIRMAN
06 YEAR END FINANCIAL REPORT
08 OUR STORIES
18 BOARD OF TRUSTEES
20 DONORS
26 EDWIN CARTER LEGACY SOCIETY
28 ENDOWMENTS
29 COLLECTIONS DONORS
30 SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS
34 SCIENTIFIC + CULTURAL FACILITIES DISTRICT
WWW.DMNS.ORG
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We closed out another revolutionary year in 2019, having worked hard to fulfill our mission and to connect with more people about nature and science in ways that are meaningful to them.
We love it when a connection with the Denver Museum of Nature & Science causes sparks of curiosity to ignite into flames of excitement. And it’s supporters like you—providing us with energy, ideas, and resources—who help the Museum continue to fan those flames of wonder inspired by our natural world.
You are the true heroes of our story.Several years ago, we started on an incredible journey, one that involved purposefully developing new relationships within the community, encouraging people to share their desires with us, actively listening to them, and then using those insights to create Museum experiences for the future. It’s exciting to see where these relationships—which are built on trust, a pure love of fun and lifelong learning, and a shared
purpose—are leading us. Every smile that spreads, every idea that takes root, and every spark of inspiration that ignites happens because of people like you and organizations like yours.
George Sparks President & CEO
Harold Logan Jr. Chairman of the Board, 2019
George Sparks & Harold Logan Jr.
LETTERFROM THE PRESIDENT & THE CHAIRMAN
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PEOPLE SERVED ONSITE & OFFSITEOnsite: 1.4 million (1,486,793) people, a third of whom (444,000) were served for free.Offsite: 844,805 people through our education programs and offsite experiences.
2.3+ MILLION
10 YEARS
4.3 million objects in total to date
5.75 GLASS
19.47 METAL
4.28 ELECTRONICS
(IN TONS)
CELEBRATED 10 YEARS OF EXPEDITION HEALTH®
VOLUNTEERS GAVE1,649
HOURS OF THEIR TIME205,960
DISTANCELEARNINGPROGRAMSREACHED: DIVERTED
FROMLANDFILLFIELD EXCURSIONS
OVER 354 DAYS
NEW VOICE BOX FOR SABER TOOTH CAT DONATION STATION
PARTICIPANTS IN GENES& GRAINS TASTE STUDY
NEW OBJECTS ENTEREDINTO COLLECTIONS
36 STATES3 CANADIANPROVINCESTHE NETHERLANDS 22.45 COMPOST
(2,331,598)
62,582MEMBER HOUSEHOLDS
One of the largest programs of any
paid natural history organizations in the
country
265,26882% served for free
or reduced costOpened June 18
STUDENTS, CHAPERONES AND TEACHERS HOSTED
~85,800VISITORS ATTENDED
MARS OUTPOST
7,312VISITORS ATTENDED THE GIRLS & SCIENCE EVENT
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2019 IN REVIEW
George SparksPresident and CEO
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*Excludes DMNS foundation operating results.
SUPPORT & REVENUE
Admissions
SCFD
Gifts and grants
Memberships
Gift shop and food service (net)
City & County of Denver
Program
Other
Total Support & Revenue
EXPENDITURESProgram ActivitiesExhibits/Visitor Experiences
Physical Plant
Admissions
Collections & Research
Education
Total Program Activities
Supporting ActivitiesGeneral & Administration
Marketing
Fundraising
Membership
Total SupportingActivities
Total Expenditures
Changes in net assets from operations
2019Operations
12,218
9,752
8,466
5,853
1,772
1,511
1,433
662
41,667
6,532
7,121
3,102
5,971
5,984
28,710
5,856
2,549
1,976
1,476
11,857
40,567
1,100
2019Initiatives
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7,966
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11,486
2,384
9,576
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13,114
(1,628)
2019All Museum
12,218
9,752
11,986
5,853
1,772
9,477
1,433
662
53,153
8,916
16,697
3,102
6,083
6,866
41,664
5,856
2,549
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1,476
12,017
53,681
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YEAR ENDFINANCIAL REPORT
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The Denver Museum of Nature & Science is pleased to report another successful year. In 2019, the Museum achieved operating revenues of $41,667,036 driven in part by temporary exhibition performance, successful fundraising efforts, the support of membership households, and increased funding from the Scientific & Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) due to higher sales tax receipts for the district.
We owe special recognition to the citizens of the seven-county metro region, the City and County of Denver and the SCFD for their ongoing operational support. Thanks to
a stable and growing economy, SCFD revenue for the Denver metropolitan area increased 4.86% percent in 2019 from the previous year. The District’s renewal was approved by voters in 2016.
The Museum continued in 2019 with important capital projects that enabled it to handle increased attendance and to improve the visitor experience. Projects included carpet replacement and painting throughout the building, technology upgrades, and minor improvements to permanent exhibits.
In addition to these capital maintenance investments in
our operations, the Museum conducted work in 2019 on several initiative projects specified in the Museum’s Everyone, Everywhere Strategic Plan, including design completion and construction preparation for the Space Odyssey Reimagined project, feasibility on the new Future First guest experience in the heart of the Museum on the first floor, developing a concept for Nearby Nature, and fabrication of the new mobile Curiosity Cruiser. In addition, work continued on the $18 million of infrastructure improvements to HVAC, electrical, and life safety systems that are being paid for by general obligation
bond proceeds provided by the City’s Elevate Denver bond program. On the following page, we present our financial results with these strategic activities detailed separately. With these planned projects, the year ended with an operating surplus of $1,100,054.
The Museum received a clean audit opinion from our independent accounting firm.
THE TREASURER’SREPORT
Edward D. ScholzVice President, Finance and Business Operations Steven Halstedt Chair, Finance and Audit Committee
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The exposure to field work and scientific inquiry comes at what is a critical point for many participants who are staring adulthood in the face and wondering, “what am I supposed to do next?”
SHAPING TOMORROW STARTS BY INSPIRING TODAY
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The late Dr. Paul Rosen had a keen interest in paleontology that inspired him and his wife, Harriet, to help fund the creation of the Teen Science Scholars program in 2007.But from dozens of generous donors who helped make the program come to fruition to Museum staff to aspiring teen scientists – no one thought it would ultimately open an historic window into how life rebounded in the aftermath of a cataclysmic asteroid striking the earth some 66 million years ago. And yet, that’s exactly what happened.
In 2017 – more than a decade after the Teen Science Scholars program was launched – Museum paleobotanist Dr. Ian Miller and paleontologist Dr. Tyler Lyson took a group of Teen Science Scholars to a stunning location just east of Colorado Springs called Corral Bluffs.
Aeon Way-Smith, one of the Teen Science Scholars that season, was searching with
her peers for plant fossils in a quarry and politely tapped Dr. Miller on the shoulder to show him the rock she’d just split open. She wanted to know if it was “anything good.”
When Dr. Miller blew the dust off the rock and held it to catch the sunlight, he knew Aeon had indeed found “something good,” as later analysis revealed it to be the oldest bean pod fossil on the planet.“So, it’s pretty cool,” Aeon admitted about her discovery.
Meanwhile, Dr. Lyson was traversing the bluffs, testing a new fossil hunting strategy and focused on concretions. When he cracked open one to reveal a near complete mammal skull, it presented yet another stunning discovery. Previously, paleontologists had only coaxed tiny teeth and other small fossil fragments from the bluffs.
Dr. Miller and Dr. Lyson, working alongside the Teen Science Scholars and a dozen
other researchers, labored on. They collected thousands of fossils and pieced together the most complete understanding of how life returned after the asteroid and led to the end of the age of dinosaurs. The discoveries – which were documented by film crews – revealed Corral Bluffs to be more than just a beautiful sight to behold; it held secrets to unlocking mysteries surrounding the re-emergence of life after the dinosaurs went extinct.
In 2019, after years of meticulous planning, the Museum shared the incredible discoveries with the world through news media, virtual education programs, an on-site experience, a documentary film, and a website. These efforts provided avenues for millions of people to connect with fresh glimpses of history in meaningful ways.
The Museum’s unique Teen Science Scholars program provides high school students,
many of whom will likely be the first in their families to complete a four-year college degree, with the opportunity to work shoulder to shoulder with Museum scientists on their research projects. The program is approaching its 13th summer season and has more than 175 alumni.
The exposure to field work and scientific inquiry comes at what is a critical point for many participants who are staring adulthood in the face and wondering, “What am I supposed to do next?”
Donors like you make scientific research possible – from PhD curators to curious teens. Thank you!
PURSUE THEIR PASSIONS
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Hi, my name is Layla, and I am five, and I am in kindergarten, and I like trees and animals, and I brought cookies and apples in my lunchbox so we can eat lunch at the museum, and also, I like learning about trees, and I am five.”
— Layla (age 5), Museum guest
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PUTTING FUN FIRST TO INSPIRE LIFELONG EXPLORERS, QUESTIONERS, & WONDERERS
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A little over ten years ago, Andrew Benham was one of our dedicated buddies who helped guests learn about their health at the opening of Expedition Health®. Fast forward to today, and Andrew is still a proud Colorado resident who loves science and is pursuing a degree in aerospace engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder.
From the time he was in first grade, Cooper Wooten regularly attended the 60 Minutes in Space shows—a free, monthly program hosted by our space scientists in the planetarium. “Thank you for answering every question I ever tossed your way since I was in first grade,” Cooper said. “You were all very instrumental in getting me to where I am today.” Having recently graduated from the University of Colorado with a degree in astrophysical and planetary sciences, Cooper is now looking to get his PhD in astrophysics.
EMBRACE THEIR INNER SCIENTISTSBecause of strong community support, the Museum is celebrated as a leader in informal education, and community members have taken this concept and made it their own through their Museum experiences—whether that involves clambering around a model of a Mars rover at a shopping center, trying out STEAM careers and making personal connections with female scientists at Girls & Science, or putting on a bear costume at school to crawl through a habitat during a Wonder Workshop. From teachers to students to families to retirees and beyond, the Museum’s “fun first” approach inspires a love for science in countless ways for people of all ages.
“I get to go somewhere and be flexible. Not, like, in a classroom, just sitting there.”
—Jinchai, John E. Flynn A Marzano Academy student
“Zoe recently turned five and is a HUGE fan of the Museum and its IMAX® films—she’s even said that she would sleep in the IMAX® theater if she could! She has seen Turtle Odyssey four times and particularly enjoys anything to do with sea life. Between Hidden Pacific, the Oceans IMAX®, and Turtle Odyssey, . . . Zoe is now an ‘expert’ on all the plastic in the ocean and the need to reduce plastic consumption. She’s turning our family into better protectors of the earth. . . . Love it, and love DMNS.” — Tami Vinson, Zoe’s mom
“My class loved Frankie. He ran our session in Spanish, which made it more meaningful for students. He was great with cues to listen and cues to begin interactions. Kids were so happy to get to engage with each Wild Senses station—they couldn’t get enough! We all learned a lot about how animals use their five senses. The materials were so creative in how they exemplified the teaching point. I can’t wait to work with the museum again.” — Garden Place Elementary School teacher
“The Museum does a nice job having tailored experiences for kindergarteners, first graders, second graders … It’s a wonderful opportunity for our kids. I think they look at it as kind of a hidden day off from school.” — Dr. Brian Kosena, John E. Flynn A Marzano Academy principal
“We need more women in science. So I think that, since I get to have that role, it’s important that I take it on full force.” —Natalie Toth, Museum chief fossil preparator
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Imagine that a colorfully wrapped box bursting with imaginative, hands-on activities and specimens from the Denver Museum
of Nature & Science collections arrives at Fraser Valley Elementary School in Fraser, Colorado. Everyone who lays eyes on the box realizes that an extraordinary experience awaits. Guided by their teachers—who are now experts in earth science thanks to lessons and activities curated by the Museum—students dig deep into Colorado’s past to discover what our state looked like when dinosaurs roamed the earth. As students create simulations of Colorado’s lost worlds, they practice using the teamwork, communication,
and critical thinking skills they’ll need as the innovators, explorers, and community builders of tomorrow.
Outreach experiences like the one described above are possible thanks to heroes like you and longtime Museum volunteer and supporter Ann O’Donnell. Words can’t express the depth of our gratitude to Ann for her 40+ years of volunteer service and to the many supporters who contributed to the Ann O’Donnell Endowment for Outreach and Education in
her honor. The endowment, which was created in 2019, supports hands-on science education experiences for K-12 students, both in their own schools and communities and on Museum field trips.
A TIMELESS GIFT
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INSPIRING GENERATIONS OF SPACE ENTHUSIASTS
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I like the connectedness and making Space Odyssey more of an earth experience rather than a ’space from America’ experience.”
—Space Odyssey Community Focus Group Member
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Together with the community, we infuse wonder and excitement into the Museum experience.
When Space Odyssey reopens after a major transformation, the brand-new experience will be all about answering the question of “how we know” by immersing you in an experience where you can touch, see, hear, and yes, even smell what it’s like to be “out there.” Created in collaboration with community members, amazing Museum supporters such as yourself,
space industry experts, staff, and volunteers, the all-new exhibition will offer guests opportunities to create their own personal and emotional connections with space and with each other.
Space Odyssey’s transformation will be a catalyst for space fans across the state, igniting a new generation of inventive geniuses and STEAM enthusiasts.
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Space Odyssey will reopen in November 2020. Throughout Space Odyssey, new activities and exhibits for all ages will revolve around five themes, each focused on “a way of knowing” about space, Earth, ourselves, and our shared humanity.
Human Wonder. We learn by imagining what is out there.
Space from Earth. We learn by gazing at the stars.
Machines in Space. We learn by sending machines beyond our reach.
Earth from Space. We learn by examining our own world from space.
Beyond Human Wonder. We learn by imagining what remains to be discovered.
People in Space. We learn by traveling to space ourselves.
It’s just a sense of wonder and curiosity that inspires more questions and answers, and that’s the thing you want to cultivate. I think that’s cool.”
—Space Odyssey Community Focus Group Member
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES The Museum extends its deepest gratitude for your support, which
makes science accessible, understandable, fun, and meaningful — creating a vibrant Colorado community today and far into the future.
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The Board of Trustees in front of the Curiosity Cruiser. Back row from left: Montgomery C.
Cleworth, Rick Ambrose, J. Wayne Hutchens, John Couzens, Mark Sexton, Dr. Naresh Mandava,
Ed Warner, M. Ray Thomasson, Mark Spiecker, Kristin Richardson, Chris Chavez, Susan McIntire,
Leo Tilman, Hal Logan, Peter Dea, Matthew Burkett, Walter “Buz” Koelbel, Jr., Henry Gordon,
Tim Ryan, Lisa Levin Appel, Anne McCarthy, Jena Hausmann, Allegra “Happy” Haynes,
Jenny Hopkins, Steve Halstedt
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CHAIRHarold Logan Jr.
VICE CHAIRKristin Richardson
Richard Ambrose
Lisa Levin Appel
Matthew Burkett
Christopher Chavez
Montgomery Cleworth
John Couzens
James Crocker
Peter Dea
John Freyer
Henry Gordon
Steven Halstedt
Jena Hausmann
Allegra “Happy” Haynes
Jenny Hopkins
Christine Marquez-Hudson
Wayne Hutchens
Walter “Buz” Koelbel Jr.
John Levisay
David Liniger
Naresh Mandava
Anne McCarthy
Stephen McConahey
Susan McIntire
Timothy Ryan
Mark Sexton
Mark Spiecker
M. Ray Thomasson
Leo Tilman
Edward Warner
Sue E. Anschutz-Rodgers
Patricia Barela Rivera
Pamela D. Beardsley
Brown W. Cannon
Anthony M. Combs
Jeffrey H. Coors
Joan C. Donner
Philippe Dunoyer
Hubert A. Farbes Jr.
John A. Ferguson III
William W. Grant
Nancy Leprino Henry
Oliver W. Hickel III
Gail Heitler Klapper
Harry T. Lewis Jr.
Mary Pat Link
Donna Lynne
Carrie Morgridge
William Sinclaire II
Eric Sipf
Thomas Swanson
Sondra Talley
Mike Wilfley
2019 BOARD OF TRUSTEES TRUSTEES EMERITI
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INDIVIDUALS
$1,000,000+Blair & Kristin Richardson
Ed & Jackie Warner
$100,000–$999,999Sue Anschutz-Rodgers
Montgomery C. Cleworth
Estate of Muriel Kogan
Estate of Deanna E. LaCamera
Theodore F. Richardson
Mark Sexton
$10,000–$99,999Anonymous
Richard & Kathryn Ambrose
Lisa Levin Appel
Mark & Jan Bundy
Mr. Brown W. & Mrs. Mardi Cannon
John & Melinda Couzens
Mr. James H. & Mrs. Barbara J. Crocker
Lawrence & Carol Davila
Dorothy Dines
Kris Fraser & Jeff Goldstein
Gerald Forney & Irene Ludwig
John & Ginny Freyer
Mr. Cannon Y. & Mrs. Lyndia K. Harvey
Mrs. Charles Hazelrigg
Catherine Hoerter
Richard & Barb Holme
Wayne & Joyce Hutchens
Kevin & Dorota Kilstrom
Mary Lynne & Stephen Kneller
Michael & Elizabeth Lacey
Don & Susie Law
Hal & Ann Logan
Mr. Ed & Mrs. Patricia A. Martin
Anne McCarthy
Karen Maccracken
Steve & Kathy McConahey
Gene & Rosann McCullough
Lee & Susan McIntire
John & Mary Jo O’Donnell
Joseph & Alice Proietti
Judith Purvis
Martha Records & Richard Rainaldi
Dr. Paul & Mrs. Harriet Rosen
Tim & Kathryn Ryan
Phyllis Sharp
Erik, Katy & Ives Simpson
Dick & Sonnie Talley
Dr. M. Ray Thomasson & Merrill Shields
Janice Tucker
Duane & Mary Venner
Robert K. Walker & Cristy Godwin
Mr. David J. & Mrs. Sally J. Warren
Nona Yakes
$5,000–$9,999Holly Arnold Kinney
& Jeremy Kinney
Ms. Joan Burleson & Mr. James M. Mulligan
William & Kris Carpenter
The Estate of Martha S. & Cortlandt S. Dietler
Mr. James A. & Mrs. June E. Englehorn
John Estes & Norma Horner
Lindsey Fenner & Brian Phillips
Mark & Robin Fingerson
Pat Giarritano & Janina Kozacka
Peter & Rhondda Grant
Philip & Susan Greenberg
Johni Hays
Gregory & Lisen Kintzele
John & Katie Levisay
John & Mary Nice
Michael & BarbaraO’Shaughnessy
Debra J. Perry & Jeffrey V. Baldwin
The Ponzio Family
Charles & Dianne Putman
Dennis & Kathie Simpson
George Sparks & Dr. Shandra Wilson
Bob & Linda Zaparanick
$1,500–$4,999Anonymous
David & Chris Abell
Deborah & Isaac Annis
Robert & Michelle Applegate
Hartman Axley
Amanda Baker-Lane
Mr. & Mrs. William J. Barrett
Kenneth Behrens & Cynthia Wozniak-Behrens
Marcy & Bruce Benson
Robert & Sarah Benson
Seth & Megan Bent
Linda & Jerry Berry
Alison & Thomas Betts
Dr. Robert Breeze &Dr. Carol Foster-Breeze
Linda & Wesley Brown
Roger Brown
Serena & Darek Bruzgo
James & Sharon Butler
Bruce & Kathleen Butterfield
Desiree Campbell &Patrick Ciganer
Anne Canter
Lelia Carroll
Barbara & Roger Chamberlain
Ann & Thomas Cope
Joan Corder
James & Alexandra Corlett
Mrs. Beth J. Coyle
Cynthia Cox & Ann Elleolge
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Mr. & Mrs. Robert M. Danos
Julie & Thomas Denison
Ian & Elizabeth Douglas
Michael P. Dowling
Mr. & Mrs. Grady Durham
Phyllis & Larry Eifler
Patrick & Rita Ervin
Randolph Evans
Hubert Farbes
Lawrence & Wendy Fiske
Mark & Nancy Foster
Judy Fredricks
L. Calvin Fulenwider III
Maria Garcia Berry & Charles Berry
Valerie Gates
Leslie Gehring & Chris Bair
Bonnie & Catherine Gibbs
D. Patrick & Hayley Gibbs
Thomas & Shirley Gibson
Patricia Gillette
Geffrey & Lyndean Gilligan
Savita Ginde & Reid Collier
Barbara Grogan
James & Diana Hanna
Happy Haynes
Stephen Hindes
Richard & Janet Holman
Bruce & Heidi Hoyt
Patti Hueni
Jon & Roxanne Isenhart
Larry & Diane Jensen
Claudia Jensen & George Flavin
Susan Jerman
Kimbra Jerman
Lance & Katherine Johnson
Mr. & Mrs. Barton M. Johnson
Mary Jo Johnson
Barbara J. Kelley
David & Ira Kessel
David Killen
John & Joanne Kirby
Sharon & John Kirts
Tim Kram & Christel Bemelmans
Bryan & Kathryn Lees
Robin Lehman
Sarah Lipscy & Seth Hornstein
Lucy & Scott Littlefield
Susan B. Mammel
Dr. Naresh & Mrs. Donna Mandava
Angela & William Matthias
Mr. & Mrs. Frederick R. Mayer
Douglas McCallum & Diana Neff
Susan McLoon Hodson
Gerald & Peggy Melfi
Lael Moe & Cathy Fennelly
Jon & Amy Montague
Anna Mortensen
Cindy & Stephen Nealley
Will Nicholson
Collie Norman & Donna Webster
Canton & Ann O’Donnell
Liz O’Rourke & Kerry Conley
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Owen
Gregory Parmley
Gordon Peden
Lisa Peloso & Vikas Patel
Toby Pippin & Marty
Tingelhoff
Bill & Marilyn Plummer
Melinda Quiat & Kevin Christensen
Taryn & Jason Quick
Rudy & Alice Ramsey
Arthur & Lindsay Reimers
Mary Reisher & Barry Berlin
Steve & Paula Reynolds
Robert & Myra Rich
Daniel Ritchie
Ed & Deborah Rojas
Donald Ruthenberg
James Sadler & Courtney Appel-Sadler
Jolanthe Saks
Rick & Judy Schiff
Edward Scholz & Craig Brown
Tisha & Brian Schuller
George & Julia Secor
Carole & George Shaw
Mark Sippel & Diane Freeman
Geoff & Lauren Smart
Harvey & Maureen Solomon
Van & Susan Spence
Ann Stailey
Susan Stark
Jeffrey Stephenson
Mr. & Mrs. Paul R. Stewart
Carolan Stiles
John Stockwell & Karen Kolb
Stephen Strachan & Linda Denmark
Ludvik & Katherine Svoboda
Stewart Swan & Dr. Nicole Garneau
Kenneth Swartz
John & Janice Thomas
David Van Pelt
Paul Voilleque & Norma Morin-Voilleque
Theodore & Catherine Vrehas
John & Jane Walp
Nancy Walsh & Ted Vial
Ellen & David Weaver
David & Stacey Weiland
Linda Weiss
Mr. Richard Whipkey
Jon & Moira Williams
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Rachel Williams & Dr. Mike Weissmann
Mr. James S. & Mrs. Marilyn M. Wilson
Sallie Wolf & Wes Johnson
Kathleen Wolf
Janet Woods
Diane D. Writer
Guy & Susan Wroble
Mr. Shan-Tai Yeh & Mrs. Lih Ling Yeh
Richard Zelenka
Robert Zupkus & Janet Burda
CORPORATE,FOUNDATION,& GOVERNMENT
$1,000,000+The Citizens of the City &
County of Denver through the Elevate Denver Bond
The Citizens of the Scientific & Cultural Facilities District
DMNS Foundation
$100,000–$999,999Carnegie Corporation
of New York
Institute of Museum andLibrary Services
The Rollie R. Kelley FamilyFoundation
Lincoln Hills Cares
Lockheed Martin
Luff Family Fund
National Institute of GeneralMedical Sciences, National Institutes of Health
National Science Foundation
Occidental PetroleumCorporation
Schlessman Family Foundation
The Sexton Family Foundation
Singer Family Foundation
Wenner-Gren Foundation
$10,000–$99,999The Anschutz Foundation
Arrow Electronics, Inc.
Ball Corporation
Bank of America
BCER Engineering
Bow River Capital Partners
Burkett Family Foundation
The Butler Family Fund of The Denver Foundation
CBS4
Children’s Hospital Colorado
The Collaborative of the SCFD
Daniels Fund
The DaVita Village
EcoMedia
Emerson Process Management
Enerplus Resources (USA) Corporation
Evergreen Natural Resources, LLC
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Thank you for enhancing the Museum’s research collections with your donations.ANTHROPOLOGYBrian Quinette
ARCHIVESBrian QuinetteMica Trieu
EARTH SCIENCESAntiQuedCherokee Ranch and
Castle FoundationJason CooperMarcus EriksenJessica EyringRobert GastonJim HawkinsJackie HilaireDavid LumbFred & Ann HoffJared HudsonMark & Debra LarsonJanis Lyle WeisbrotDr. Tyler LysonAnthony MalteseNor’Wood Development GroupSavory InstituteWayne L. SmiglewskiCynthia SmithMr. Kelly SpeelmanMr. Gary T. StaabMichio TaniwakiWaste ManagementWind Crest Retirement
CommunityEducation CollectionsDean & Susan BlockStephen J. MojzsisKaren J. Sutton
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SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS
Agyemang, Prince C. Owunsu, Eric M. Roberts, Bob Downie, and Joseph J. W. Sertich. 2019. “Sedimentary Provenance and Maximum Depositional Age Analysis of the Cretaceous? Lapur and Muruanachok Sandstones (Turkana Grits), Turkana Basin, Kenya.” Geological Magazine 156, no. 8 (August): 1334–56. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756818000663.
Alger-Meyer, Evan, Jared Maxwell Beeton, Richard K. Stucky, and Steven R. Holen. 2019. “The Pleistocene Mammalian Fauna and Paleoenvironment of the Villa Grove Paleontological Site, Colorado.” Denver Museum of Nature & Science Annals, no. 8 (December). https://www.dmns.org/media/7106/annals-8.pdf.
Allison, David B. 2019. Engaging Communities in Museums: Sharing Vision, Creation, and Development. New York: Routledge / Taylor and Francis.
Allison, David B. 2019. “Museums and School Group Chaperones: A New Future for an Old Role.” Journal of Museum Education 44 (4): 409–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/10598650.2019.1635838.
Barrón-Díaz, Arturo J., Francisco A. Paz-Moreno, and James W. Hagadorn. 2019. “The Cerro Rajón Formation—A New Lithostratigraphic Unit Proposed for a Cambrian (Terreneuvian) Volcano-Sedimentary Succession from the Caborca Region, Northwest Mexico.” Journal of South American Earth Sciences 89 (January): 197–210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2018.11.003.
Bettman, David J., ed. 2019. “Program and Abstracts, Fourth North American Microlepidopterist’s Meeting.” Denver Museum of Nature & Science Reports, no. 15. https://www.dmns.org/media/4724/reports-15.pdf. ◊
Colwell, Chip. 2019. “Can Repatriation Heal the Wounds of History?” The Public Historian 41, no. 1 (February): 90–110. https://doi.org/10.1525/tph.2019.41.1.90.
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Crystal, Victoria F., Erica S.J. Evans, Henry Fricke, Ian M. Miller, and Joseph J.W. Sertich. 2019. “Late Cretaceous Fluvial Hydrology and Dinosaur Behavior in Southern Utah, USA: Insights from Stable Isotopes of Biogenic Carbonate.” Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 516 (February): 152–65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.11.022.
Currano, Ellen D., Esther R.S. Pinheiro, Robert Buchwaldt, William C. Clyde, and Ian M. Miller. 2019. “Endemism in Wyoming Plant and Insect Herbivore Communities During the Early Eocene Hothouse.” Paleobiology 45, no. 3 (August): 421–39. https://doi.org/10.1017/pab.2019.18.
Cushing, Paula E. and Jack O. Brookhart. 2019. “Solifugae of Canada.” In: Langor, David W. and Cory Sheffield, eds. “The Biota of Canada—A Biodiversity Assessment. Part 1: The Terrestrial Arthropods.” ZooKeys 819: 73–75. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.819.25166.
Elkin, Lisa and Christopher A. Norris, eds. Coughlin, Mary, Catharine A. Hawks, John E. Simmons, Jude Southward, Sarah Stauderman, Shelley Sturman, and Robert Waller, section eds. 2019. Preventive Conservation: Collection Storage. New York: Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections.
Erdei, Boglárka, Mario Coiro, Ian M. Miller, Kirk R. Johnson, M. Patrick Griffith, and Vickie Murphy. 2019. “First Cycad Seedling Foliage from the Fossil Record and Inferences for the Cenozoic Evolution of Cycads.” Biology Letters 15, no. 7 (July): 20190114. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0114.
Fuentes, Anthony J., William C. Clyde, Ken Weissenburger, Antoine Bercovici, Tyler R. Lyson, Ian M. Miller, Jahandar Ramezani, Mark D. Schmitz, and Kirk R. Johnson. 2019. “Constructing a Timescale of Biotic Recovery Across the Cretaceous–Paleogene Boundary, Corral Bluffs, Denver Basin, Colorado.” Rocky Mountain Geology 54 (2): 133–53. https://doi.org/10.1101/636951.
Graham, Matthew R., Michelina B. Pinto, and Paula E. Cushing. 2019. “A Test of the Light Attraction Hypothesis in Camel Spiders of the Mojave Desert (Arachnida: Solifugae).” Journal of Arachnology 47 (2): 293–96. https://doi.org/10.1636/JoA-S-18-077.
Grond, Kirsten, Kayce C. Bell, John R. Demboski, Maila Santos, Jack M. Sullivan, and Sarah M. Hird. 2019. “No Evidence for Phylosymbiosis in Western Chipmunk Species.” FEMS Microbiology Ecology 96, no. 1 (February): fiz182. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiz182.
Grond, Kirsten, Jorge W. Santo Domingo, Richard B. Lanctot, Ari Jumpponen, Rebecca L. Bentzen, Megan L. Boldenow, Stephen C. Brown, Bruce Casler, Jenny A. Cunningham, Andrew C. Doll, Scott Freeman, Brooke L. Hill, Steven J. Kendall, Eunbi Kwon, Joseph R. Liebezeit, Lisa Pirie-Dominix, Jennie Rausch, and Brett K. Sandercock. 2019. “Composition and Drivers of Gut Microbial Communities in Arctic-Breeding Shorebirds.” Frontiers in Microbiology 10, no. 2258. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02258.
Hagadorn, James W. and Warren D. Allmon. 2019. “Paleobiology of a Three-Dimensionally Preserved paropsonemid from the Devonian of New York.” Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 513 (January): 208–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.08.007.
Hagadorn, James W., Emerald J. Spindler, Ada K. Bowles, and Nicole M. Neu-Yagle. 2019. “The Meteorite Collection of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science.” Denver Museum of Nature & Science Reports, no. 17 (December). https://www.dmns.org/media/7086/dmnsreports17meteoritesweb.pdf.
Haglund, Kristine A., Elizabeth H. Clancy, and Katherine B. Gully, eds. 2019. “The Fortunate Life of a Museum Naturalist: Alfred M. Bailey, Volume 1—Boyhood to 1919.” Denver Museum of Nature & Science Reports, no. 12 (March). https://www.dmns.org/media/4736/reports-12.pdf. ◊
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Haglund, Kristine A., Elizabeth H. Clancy, and Katherine B. Gully, eds. 2019. “The Fortunate Life of a Museum Naturalist: Alfred M. Bailey, Volume 3—1922–1927.” Denver Museum of Nature & Science Reports, no. 14 (March). https://www.dmns.org/media/4738/reports-14.pdf. ◊
Hoffmann, Simone and David W. Krause. 2019. “Tongues Untied.” Science 365 (6450): 222–23. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aay2061.
Hope, Andrew G., Ryan B. Stephens, S.D. Mueller, Vasyl Tkach, and John R. Demboski. 2019. “Speciation of North American Pygmy Shrews (Eulipotyphla: Soricidae) Supports Spatial but Not Temporal Congruence of Diversification among Boreal Species.” Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 129, no. 1 (January): 41–60. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blz139.
Kirejtshuk, Alexander G., Alexander G. Ponomarenko, Andrey S. Kurochkin, Anatoly V. Alexeev, Vadim G. Gratshev, Alexey Yu. Solodovnikov, Frank-Thorsten Krell, and Carmen Soriano. 2019. “The Beetle (Coleoptera) Fauna of the Insect Limestone (Late Eocene), Isle of Wight, Southern England.” Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 110, no. 3-4 (September): 405–92. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1755691018000865.
Krause, David W., Joseph J.W. Sertich, Patrick M. O’Connor, Kristina Curry Rogers, and Raymond R. Rogers. 2019. “The Mesozoic Biogeographic History of Gondwanan Terrestrial Vertebrates: Insights from Madagascar’s Fossil Record.” Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 47: 519–53. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-earth-053018-060051.
Krell, Frank-Thorsten, ed. 2019. “Program and Abstracts, 30th Annual Meeting of the High Country Lepidopterists.” Denver Museum of Nature & Science Reports, no. 16 (October). https://www.dmns.org/media/6709/reports-16.pdf. ◊
Krell, Frank-Thorsten and Allison R. Moon. 2019. “Quick Guide: Dung Beetles.” Current Biology 29 (12): R554–R555. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.05.027.
Joyce, Walter G., Donald B. Brinkman, and Tyler R. Lyson. 2019. “A New Species of Trionychid Turtle, Axestemys infernalis Sp. Nov., from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Hell Creek and Lance Formations of the Northern Great Plains, USA.” Palaeontologia Electronica, no. 22.3.72. https://doi.org/10.26879/949.
Linck, Ethan, Kevin Epperly, Paul van Els, Garth M. Spellman, Robert W. Bryson Jr., John E. McCormack, Ricardo Canales-del-Castillo, and John Klicka. 2019. “Dense Geographic and Genomic Sampling Reveals Paraphyly and a Cryptic Lineage in a Classic Sibling Species Complex.” Systematic Biology 68, no. 6 (November): 956–66. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syz027.
Lyson, Tyler R., Ian M. Miller, Antoine Bercovici, Ken Weissenburger, Anthony J. Fuentes, William Clyde, James W. Hagadorn, M. J. Butrim, Kirk R. Johnson, R. F. Fleming, Richard S. Barclay, Gussie S.A. MacCracken, Ben Lloyd, G.P. Wilson, David W. Krause, and Stephen G. B. Chester. 2019. “Exceptional Continental Record of Biotic Recovery after the Cretaceous–Paleogene Mass Extinction.” Science 366 (6468): 977–83. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aay2268.
Lyson, Tyler R., Jacob L. Sayler, and Walter G. Joyce. 2019. “A New Baenid Turtle, Saxochelys gilberti, Gen. Et Sp. Nov, from the Uppermost Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Hell Creek Formation: Sexual Dimorphism and Spatial Niche Partitioning within the Most Speciose Group of Late Cretaceous Turtles.” Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39 (4): e1662428. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2019.1662428.
Maccracken, S. Augusta, Ian M. Miller, and Conrad C. Labandeira. 2019. “Late Cretaceous Domatia Reveal the Antiquity of Plant-Mite Mutualisms in Flowering Plants.” Biology Letters 15, no. 11 (November): 20190657. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0657.
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MacGabhann, Breandán Anraoi, James D. Schiffbauer, James W. Hagadorn, J.W., Peter Van Roy, Edward P. Lynch, Liam Morrison, and John Murray. 2019. “Resolution of the Earliest Metazoan Record: Differential Taphonomy of Ediacaran and Paleozoic Fossil Molds and Casts.” Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 513: 146–65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.11.009.
MacNaughton, Robert B., James W. Hagadorn, and Robert H. Dott Jr. 2019. “Cambrian Wave-Dominated Tidal-Flat Deposits, Central Wisconsin, USA.” Sedimentology 66, no. 5 (August): 1643–72. https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12546.
Marenco, Katherine N. and James W. Hagadorn. 2019. “Big Bedding Planes: Outcrop Size and Spatial Heterogeneity Influence Trace Fossil Analyses.” Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 513 (January): 14–24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.08.008.
Montgomery, Lindsay M. and Chip Colwell. 2019. Objects of Survivance: A Material History of the American Indian School Experience. Louisville, CO: University Press of Colorado and Denver Museum of Nature & Science.
Moretto, Philippe, Bertrand Cosson, Frank-Thorsten Krell, and Marios Aristophanous. 2019. “Pollination of Amorphophallus barthlottii and A. abyssinicus Subsp. akeassii (Araceae) by Dung Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea).” Catharsius 18 (April): 19-36.
Noffke, Nora, James Hagadorn, and Sam Bartlett. 2019. “Microbial Structures and Dinosaur Trackways from a Cretaceous Coastal Environment (Dakota Group, Colorado, U.S.A.).” Journal of Sedimentary Research 89 (11): 1096–108. https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2019.57.
O’Connor, Patrick M., David W. Krause, Nancy J. Stevens, Joseph R. Groenke, Ross D. E. MacPhee, Daniela C. Kalthoff, and Eric M. Roberts. 2019. “A New Mammal from the Turonian–Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) Galula Formation, Southwestern Tanzania.” Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 64 (1): 65–84. https://doi.org/10.4202/app.00568.2018.
Palmer, David A., Martin M. H. Tse, and Chip Colwell. 2019. “Guanyin’s Limbo: Icons as Demi-Persons and Dividuating Objects.” American Anthropologist 121 (4): 897–910. https://doi.org/10.1111/aman.13317.
Ramírez, Martín J., Cristian J. Grismado, Darrell Ubick, Vladimir Ovtsharenko, Paula E. Cushing, Norman I. Platnick, Ward C. Wheeler, Lorenzo Prendini, Louise M. Crowley, and Norman Horner. 2019. “Myrmecicultoridae, a New Family of Myrmecophilic Spiders from the Chihuahuan Desert (Araneae: Entelegynae).” American Museum Novitates 2019, no. 3930 (June): 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1206/3930.1.
Saalfeld Sarah T., Daniel C. McEwen, Dylan C. Kesler, Malcolm G. Butler, Jenny A. Cunningham, Andrew C. Doll, Willow B. English, et al. 2019. “Phenological Mismatch in Arctic-Breeding Shorebirds: Impact of Snowmelt and Unpredictable Weather Conditions on Food Availability and Chick Growth.” Ecology and Evolution 9, no. 11 (June): 6693–707. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5248.
Vella, Marc-Antoine, Eileen G. Ernenwein, John Wayne Janusek, Michele Koons, Thiesson Julien, Christelle Sanchez, Roger Guérin, and Christian Camerlynck. 2019. “New Insights into Prehispanic Urban Organization at Tiwanaku (NE Bolivia): Cross Combined Approach of Photogrammetry, Magnetic Surveys and Previous Archaeological Excavations.” Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 23 (February): 464–77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.09.023.
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The citizens of the Scientific & Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) are heroes for the arts. Their support of this special district affords arts and culture organizations like us flexibility to take measured risks in delighting guests and planning for the future.
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Every effort has been made to accurately list the 2019 donors. If there are errors
or omissions, please accept our apology and contact the Development Division at
303.370.8262, and we will correct our records. The 2019 Gratitude Report is available
online at www.dmns.org/annualreport. For information about all donor opportunities at the
Museum, please visit www.dmns.org/give.
All content and images © 2019 DMNS
Rick Wicker, Museum photographer, and Chris Schneider, photographer.
