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Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology

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Founded in 1866, the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology is one of the oldest museums in the world devoted to anthropology and houses one of the most comprehensive records of human cultural history in the Western Hemisphere.

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    Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology

    11 Divinity Ave.
    Cambridge, MA 02138

    Phone: 617-496-1027   |   Fax: 617-495-7535   |   Official Website

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  • • Current Events

      05/12/09- 12/30/13

      Exhibition: Wiyohpiyata: Lakota Images of the Contested West Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology Exhibition: Wiyohpiyata: Lakota Images of the Contested West Presented by Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology at Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology May 12, 2009-December 30, 2013 Wiyohpiyata: Lakota Images of the Contested West explores the meanings of a recently discovered nineteenth-century "artist's book," in the collection of Houghton Library, that had been recovered from the Little Big Horn battlefield after Custer's defeat in 1876. The exhibit presents colored drawings by Plains Indian warriors from the book with historic Lakota objects from the Peabody's collections.

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  • Current Events

    05/12/09- 12/30/13

    Exhibition: Wiyohpiyata: Lakota Images of the Contested West Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology Exhibition: Wiyohpiyata: Lakota Images of the Contested West Presented by Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology at Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology May 12, 2009-December 30, 2013 Wiyohpiyata: Lakota Images of the Contested West explores the meanings of a recently discovered nineteenth-century "artist's book," in the collection of Houghton Library, that had been recovered from the Little Big Horn battlefield after Custer's defeat in 1876. The exhibit presents colored drawings by Plains Indian warriors from the book with historic Lakota objects from the Peabody's collections.

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  • Past Events

    05/19/12	Transforming Trash to Treasure: Cleaning Artifacts from Harvard Yard Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
    03/17/12	Fabulous Flutes, Marvelous Music with "Dr. Loco" Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
    02/18/12- 02/25/12	Mexican Flag Day Discovery Room Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
    02/09/12	Terrible and Charismatic Waste Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
    01/26/12	"Stuff by the Yard: Campus Materials Management" Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
    01/21/12	The Monkey King Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
    09/15/11	"Garbage: Learning to Unsee" Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
    08/20/11	Trash Tales Discovery Room Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
    07/16/11	Wonders of Writing Discovery Room Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
    04/14/11	Excavating the Great Aztec Temple:Achievements and Perspectives Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
    04/07/11	A War of Words: Rethinking Plains Indian Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
    02/10/11	To Write or Knot? Another Route to Record Keeping in the Ancient Americas Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
    12/04/10	New England Native Crafts Show and Sale Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
    11/02/10	Day of the Dead/Dia de los Muertos Fiesta Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
    11/02/10	Day of the Dead - Family Event Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
    08/21/10	Family Fun Saturday Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
    05/22/10	Archaeological Illustration Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
    04/29/10	Spying on the Past: Declassified Satellite Images and Archaeology Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
    04/24/10	Conservation Clues! Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
    03/25/10	Translating Encounters: Travel and Transformation in the Early Seventeenth Century Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
    03/13/10	Arabic Calligraphy in Art and Architecture Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
    03/11/10	"Hunters and Artists of Late Ice Age Europe: The Magdalenian World" Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
    11/05/09	Much Ado about Nothing: 2012 and the Maya Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
    09/26/09	Smithsonian Museum Day at the Peabody Museum Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
    09/17/09	Book Launch: Human Documents: Eight Photographers Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
    05/28/09- 03/31/10	Exhibition: Masked Festivals of Canton Bo, Southwest Ivory Coast Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
    05/27/09	Exhibition Opening: Masked Festivals of Canton Bo, Southwest Ivory Coast Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
    05/12/09- 01/31/10	Exhibition: Digging Veritas: The Archaeology and History of the Indian College and Student Life at Colonial Harvard Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
    05/12/09- 09/07/09	Exhibition: Avenue Patrice Lumumba: Photographs by Guy Tillim Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology