Temporarily Closed
During the final phase of the Hellems Building reconstruction project, the CU Museum will be closed for reorganization. We will reopen on the first day of Spring Semester, January 8, 2026. Special access requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please email cumuseum@colorado.edu for more information.
Adrian Howkins
Environmental Historian
University of Bristol
- Trips to Antarctica: 4
- Studying: Human impact on Antarctica
- Discovered: One of the lakes being studied formed only in the last 100 years.
- Amazed that: Everyone on this research project will set their feet on land where they’re the first person to ever walk.
- Said: "In Antarctica, you can’t avoid the environment. You can’t avoid this idea that the environment is part of human history.”
- Fun fact: Accidentally bumped his small rubber boat into a sleeping whale.