The Mandans: A Study of Their Culture, Archaeology, and Language
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Peabody Museum Press Volume 3, no. 4
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A Study of Rorschach Responses in Four Cultures
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Peabody Museum Papers Volume 42, no. 2
(Report no. 6, Ramah Project)
Video: The American Land Museum: Places as Cultural Artifacts
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The Center for Land Use Interpretation explores how land in the United States is apportioned, utilized, and perceived. Through exhibitions and public programs, the Center interprets built landscapes—from landfills and urban waterfalls to artificial lakes...
ArtsThursdays at the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
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Join us for a free night at the Harvard Museum of Natural History and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology! Come with a date, come with friends, or make new friends while strolling through the galleries. Participate in activities, enter raffles...
Video: Get Them before They’re Gone: From Collecting Cultural Objects to Collaborating with Communities
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The United States was in the early stages of Reconstruction when Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866, mandating that “all persons born in the United States” with the exception of American Indians be declared citizens. That December, the tension...
Inspiration, Empathy and Education: How Cultural Entities Are Helping People Think about Climate in New Ways
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Speakers Karen Mauney-Brodek, President, Emerald Necklace Conservancy Brenda Tindal, Executive Director, Harvard Museums of Science & Culture (pictured above) Garrett Nelson, President & Head Curator, Norman B. Leventhal Map Center As the world has sought...
Video: Creating the National Museum of African American History and Culture
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In A Fool’s Errand (Smithsonian, 2019), Lonnie Bunch shares the vision and leadership he brought to the realization of the National Museum of African American History and Culture—a dream shared by many generations of Americans. Bunch’s deeply personal...
Three Navaho Households: A Comparative Study in Small Group Culture
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Peabody Museum Papers Volume 40, no. 3
(Report no. 3, Ramah Project)
Video: The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter
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The ability of human groups to socially interconnect and learn from one another has allowed us to create ingenious technologies, sophisticated languages, and complex institutions that have enabled successful expansion into myriad environments. Drawing...
The Mountains of Giants: A Racial and Cultural Study of the North Albanian Mountain Ghegs
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Peabody Museum Papers Volume 23, no. 3
Souvenirs of the Fur Trade
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American mariners made more than 175 voyages to the Northwest Coast during the half-century after the ships Columbia and Washington pioneered the route from Boston in 1787. Although obtaining sea otter pelts for the China trade was the original purpose of...