Collections and Research Division: Home

The SNOMNH is a research division of the University of Oklahoma. The museum houses more than 7 million objects and specimens in 12 collections, all housed under one roof. There are 13 curators in charge of these collections, each of whom conduct independent research in their respective areas. Most curators have a professorial position in a corresponding OU academic department, and teach university classes in addition to their research and curatorial duties.

Museum curators conduct fieldwork and research at sites across the United States as well as in several different countries around the world. Graduate and undergraduate students from the University of Oklahoma also participate in research activities and field study associated with the museum collections and research programs.

Periodically, the museum publishes research papers in an academic journal titled, "The Occasional Papers of the SNOMNH." Click here to reach the journal editor, to review past titles, or to download PDFs of past articles.