Collections & Research

Collections Online

Collections Online provides access to approximately 700,000 object records and over 600,000 associated digital media records. Users can do a quick search, a more advanced search, or browse preselected groups of commonly requested objects.

Collections Online Database

Collections Overview

The Peabody Museum stewards a large and historic collection of anthropological materials from across the globe. Learn more about the scope and breadth of the collections.

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Research

Communities and individuals both on campus and further abroad engage in diverse ways with the Peabody Museum. Learn more about some of the projects and programs.

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Native American Graves Protection & Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)

NAGPRA requires the Peabody and other museums, in consultation with Tribes, to identify and return Native American human remains, funerary objects, objects of cultural patrimony, and sacred objects.

Engage with Collections

Interested in learning more about a specific collection or item at the Peabody? Or working with the collections in person? The museum has staff devoted to public engagement with the collections and we’d love to hear from you!

Engage

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Maya Corpus Program

We are an archive of ancient Maya inscriptions and art, begun in 1968 at the Peabody Museum with an active publication series. Monuments from sites published in the Corpus of Maya Hieroglyhic Inscriptions are available to browse and learn more about the ongoing field research and descendant community engagement. Click here for all image requests. And here to order the most recently published fascicle on Yaxchilan stelae, Vol. 3.4 (2022)

Learn More about the Corpus