Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays at 2:00 pm October 1, 2023–April 21, 2024. See blackout dates.* Regular museum admission rates apply. *Blackout dates: November 24–26, 2023; December 4, 2023–January 21, 2024; […]
Bones, Stones, & Genes: Seven Million Years of Human Evolution Geoffrey A. Clark, Ph.D. Regents' Emeritus Professor Arizona State University School of Human Evolution & Social Change Institute of Human Origins Perhaps the greatest story ever told is how we became the last and sole surviving member of our lineage, the hominins – modern humans, […]
Call for Abstracts: *Teaching about the Ancient World in Museums: Pedagogies in Practice* The editors of Teaching Ancient Egypt in Museums: Pedagogies in Practice (Routledge 2024) seek abstract submissions for the second volume in this series, Teaching about the Ancient World in Museums: Pedagogies in Practice. Teaching with ancient material in museums presents unique challenges […]
Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays at 2:00 pm October 1, 2023–April 21, 2024. See blackout dates.* Regular museum admission rates apply. *Blackout dates: November 24–26, 2023; December 4, 2023–January 21, 2024; […]
Please join the AIA Baltimore Society for the Henry T. Rowell Lecture. Dr. Marie-Lys Annette (The Johns Hopkins University) will be speaking on "Tattooed Mummies and Female Figurines from Ancient Egypt: New Results from Deir el-Medina." To attend virtually, please use the following link: https://towson-edu.zoom.us/j/98825554469?pwd=bGpsWXFuemQvRVcrL1VQaU10WWlqZz09.
Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays at 2:00 pm October 1, 2023–April 21, 2024. See blackout dates.* Regular museum admission rates apply. *Blackout dates: November 24–26, 2023; December 4, 2023–January 21, 2024; […]
Sundays at 11:00 am October 1, 2023–April 21, 2024. See blackout dates.* Regular museum admission rates apply. Free museum admission for Massachusetts residents every Sunday morning (year-round) from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. Proof of residency required. Free museum admission is not available to commercial groups. *Blackout dates: November 24–26, 2023; December 4, 2023–January 21, […]
Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays at 2:00 pm October 1, 2023–April 21, 2024. See blackout dates.* Regular museum admission rates apply. *Blackout dates: November 24–26, 2023; December 4, 2023–January 21, 2024; and March 9–17, 2024. Tours by Harvard students connect visitors with the research, teaching, and Indigenous engagement surrounding the cultural heritage in the museum’s care. […]
Join the AIA for a fascinating, informal Q & A session as Mike Pitts presents his Holton award-winning book, Digging up Britain: Ten Discoveries, a Million Years of History. This book highlights ten archaeological finds that change the way we think of British history and prehistory. AIA Vice President for Outreach and Education, Laura Rich, […]
Ancient social environments are difficult to reconstruct, and archaeologists have a much poorer grasp of how the social environment affects where and how people live. One sort of social behavior that is often visible archaeologically is violence: raiding and warfare. Using ethnohistoric cases, I identify “landscapes of predation” created by intense social violence. I will […]
