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Detail of a Kuba textile, Central Africa

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Spring 2008

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

ON EXHIBIT

Change and Continuity: Hall of the North American Indian
Ongoing

Dia de los Muertos/Day of the Dead
Ongoing

Encounters with the Americas
Ongoing

Fragile Memories: Images of Archaeology and Community at Copan, 1891-1900 Through March 2009

From Nation to Nation: Examining Lewis and Clark's Indian Collection
Closes September 30

REMIX Indigenous Identities in the 21st Century
Closes October 19

Storied Walls: Murals of the Americas
Through December 2009

Feeding the Ancestors: Tlingit Carved Horn Spoons
Closes September 1

EVENTS, FALL 2008

PLEASE NOTE: The Peabody's annual Weekend of the Americas will be held in the Spring this year in association with the opening of our new exhibition Wiyohpiyata: Lakota Images of the Contested West. Information will be available in November.

Exhibit Opening
September 25
5-7 pm

 

Remembering Awatovi: The Story of an Archaeological Expedition in Northern Arizona, 1935–1939
Tozzer Library, 21 Divinity Ave.

     

Sales Event
October 2-5
Reception
October 3

 

Irma Bailey's Southwestern Show and Sale
Open 9 am to 5 pm daily
Reception, Friday, October 3, 5-7 pm

     

Family Event
October 13, noon to 4:30

 

Behind the Scenes at the Peabody Museum
Zooarchaeology Open House
Free with Museum admission

 

Lecture
October 23
5:30 pm

 

Finding His Focus: The Extraordinary Robert Burkitt in Copán
Elin Danien, University of Pennsylvania Museum

 

 


Family Event
November 2
1pm - 4 pm
  Dia de los Muertos/Day of the Dead
Activities for all ages! Most activities free with Museum admission!


 


Fiesta!
November 2
6-9 pm
  Dia de los Muertos/Day of the Dead
Music, Performance, and More!


 
Exhibit Opening
November 10
5-7 pm
  Archaeology of Harvard Yard
     
Lecture
December 3
5:30 pm
 

The Ancient Maya in Modern Honduras: Archeology, Anthropology, and History as Nationalist Imagination
Dario A. Euraque, Director, Honduran Institute of Anthropology and History;  Professor of History and International Studies, Trinity College

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