In this event, teenagers will travel in time with the help of a roadmap to experience the wonderful life of an archaeologist. Group activities and games are included to answer the following questions: -How does an archaeologist find the artifact? -How is the chronology of artifacts defined? -How did the evolution happen? Our focus is […]
The Rochester Society of the Archaeological Institute of America and the Rochester Museum and Science Center celebrate International Archaeology Day with hands-on activities (archaeology toys, a sandbox dig, artifacts, books, coloring pages and a self-guided scavenger hunt) and flint-knapping demonstrations.
The Anthropology Department at Indiana University of Pennsylvania will hold its annual Archaeology Open House on October 28th, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Activities will take place on the ground floor of McElhaney Hall, as well as outside on the East Lawn adjacent to the building (weather permitting). The event, free and open to the […]
Flintknapping, spear throwing, mock excavation, kids activities, artifact and faunal displays and technology demonstration.
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. […]
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. […]
This walking tour will take participants to some essential sites in Chicago while posing and attempting to answer the following questions: what are some of the past and present sites of significance in the newly recognized Bronzeville/Black Metropolis National Heritage Area? How do we understand the landscape as formed by erased and extant structures and […]
Sunday 2:00 program series at the History Center, 801 E. Cedar St., Rockport Texas. David Kroskie (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department) and Pam Stranahan (Texas Archeological Society) will speak about how local collectors have contributed to the archeological record regionally.
Amid recent efforts to remove Confederate Monuments throughout cities in the South, the City of Louisville removed its monument situated on a public street in the middle of the University of Louisville’s main campus. During disassembly of the monument, a cornerstone box containing commemorative objects was found. This presentation discusses these objects and their relationship […]
