Current Exhibitions

What’s Your Mood?

This is the question students in the Anthropology Museum Exhibition Research Design and installation course asked themselves.  Once again, the results are nothing short of amazing. Through hands-on media and technology as well as art and dioramas, we invite you to discover how our actions in the world, our culture, our bodies, and with each other all influence how we feel. 

We think about and experience moods every day.  Moods help us understand ourselves, but they are hard to put into words.  Join us as we explore the world of MOOD and try to answer these questions?

What is mood?

Do other people share my mood?

Can I change my mood?

Together we will work to understand what moods are.

Come see the latest "Pop-Up" Student Exhibition! About.Me - A Visual Ethnographic Project on Generation Z’s Fashion Identity

Step into the artist's field of vision to feel and see the fashion culture of Generation Z up close. Growing up in a world shaped by the internet, social media, and e-commerce, Gen Z is reshaping the way we think about style, fashion consumption, and self-expression. With a passion for storytelling and an eye for detail, the student artist/photographer, Alenuce (Alen) Pinto, continues to push the boundaries of photography as a tool for both art and the exploration of timely social issues. The show opens March 1, 2025 as part of the Explore Butte County Museum Weekend. Adding to the celebratory mood of the new show, a DJ will be playing from 12-3 on Saturday. The show will be up through the summer.

Art, People’s History and Social Change in Latin America Exhibit

If you knew more about how social movements have triumphed in the past, would it shift how you imagine the future?
Would it shape how you see your own role in the world, or the power of collective memory?

Join Dr. Hannah Burdette’s Latin American Studies capstone course for an exhibition titled “Art, People’s History, and Social Change in Latin America.” The students of LAST 495W used Just Seeds Artist Cooperative’s Celebrate People’s History Posters(opens in new window) as a framework for engaging in public history research through art. The result is an exhibition of original posters on topics ranging from student protests and environmental activism to reproductive justice and labor rights. 

The exhibit will be open through summer 2025.