On National Archaeology Day, the State Exhibit Museum in Shreveport, Louisiana held a grand opening of the new Clarence H. Webb and Dorothy Dodd Webb Native American Galleries with special museum tours.
On October 20th, the University Of Colorado Museum Of Natural History teamed up with AIA Societies in Boulder and Denver, as well as the University of Colorado Departments of Classics and Anthropology to host an Archaeology Fair.
AIA-Southwest Texas Archaeological Society celebrated National Archaeology Day at historical Mission Concepcion, San Antonio Missions.
Parkin Archeological State Park celebrated National Archeology Day by offering a primitive pottery workshop.
The AIA-Central Missouri Society collaborated with the Museum of Art and Archaeology and the department of Art History and Archaeology at the University of Missouri in Columbia to celebrate the second National Archaeology Day with a lecture by James R. Wiseman.
On October 5, 2012, the Pre-Columbian Society of Washington, DC held its monthly meeting and lecture, and National Archaeology event, at the Sumner School in downtown Washington, DC.
The Central Arizona Society of the AIA partnered with Pueblo Grande Museum in Phoenix, AZ for National Archaeology Day, and dozens of individuals became mudslingers for the day.
The Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site presented a special archaeology for kids exhibit for National Archaeology Day with hands-on activities, free posters, site protection information and archaeology interpreters.
For National Archaeology Day, The Presidio Archaeology Lab opened its newly completed lab and collections facility to the public.
On October 13 archaeological enthusiasts got the chance to “Explore Philly’s Buried Past” with the Philadelphia Archaeological Forum and the Independence National Historical Park Archeology Lab.
