Michigan Archaeology Day
2025-10-18 10:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Lisbon, Lisbon, 1000004, Portugal
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be an archaeologist? Attend Michigan Archaeology Day on Saturday, October 18, 2025, for your chance to talk with archaeologists about investigations and artifacts that tell the story of 14,000 years of Michigan history! Archaeologists and experts in related fields will be stationed throughout the first and second floors of the Michigan History Museum where they will tell you about their research, show you some artifacts they have found and answer your questions.
Plus, there will be many hands-on activities, including:
Make a clay pinch pot
Watch a flintknapper make stone tools
Try throwing a spear using an atlatl
Watch archaeologists demonstrate new survey technologies
Join a scavenger hunt
Show an artifact to our Archaeology Roadshow experts
See a special presentation about the Edmund Fitzgerald in the Forum Auditorium
Pick up a free archaeology poster
This all-ages annual event is free, and parking is too!
Michigan Archaeology Day is brought to you by the Michigan History Center-DNR, Michigan State Historic Preservation Office and Mackinac State Historic Parks.

Uncover Archaeology: Community Archaeology Day at the Joukowsky Institute
2025-10-18 11:00 - 15:00 | Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology, Rhode Island Hall, Brown University, 60 George Street, Providence, RI, 02912, United States
Join the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World and the AIA Narragansett Society for an archaeology-themed open house on Brown University’s Main Green. See ancient coins from Greece and Rome up close! Touch animal bones! Examine and draw Persian and Roman ceramics, prehistoric tools, precious metals, and other artifacts from thousands of years ago – coached by experts! And talk with Brown’s archaeologists about their fieldwork all over the world! Free and open to the public, and all ages are welcome.

IAD: Community Archaeology Day in Providence, RI
2025-10-18 11:00 - 15:00 | Rhode Island Hall, 60 George Street, Providence, RI, 02912, United States
To celebrate International Archaeology Day, join the AIA Narragansett Society for a fun Saturday full of archaeological activities!
– In Rhode Island Hall on the Main Green of Brown University, come see ancient coins from Greece and Rome up close! Touch ancient animal bones! Examine and draw Persian and Roman ceramics, prehistoric tools, precious metals, and other artifacts from thousands of years ago – coached by experts! And talk with Brown’s archaeologists about their fieldwork all over the world! Family friendly, free and open to the public.
– On the lawn in front of List Art Building (64 College Street), come be part of an active archaeological excavation! Students from ARCH 1900: The Archaeology of College Hill will be digging the site of a 19th century home and processing artifacts from that household. Stop by any time between 11:00 am and 3:00 pm to see what artifacts students are discovering or even try your hand at digging. Family friendly, free and open to the public.

International Archaeology Day: Student Research Symposium
2025-10-18 11:00 - 15:00 | University of South Florida Tampa Campus CAS Building, 12010 USF Cherry Dr, Tampa, FL 33620, Tampa, 33617, United States
Each year, we invite students of all levels to share their archaeological research. The symposium is designed to help students prepare for conferences, thesis and dissertation defenses, and more and is a way to show how involved our students are in their archaeological work! We invite students from undergraduate and graduate programs to share their knowledge and to receive feedback from scholars in their field.

Western Massachusetts IAD Archaeology Fair
2025-10-18 12:00 - 14:00 | UMass Amherst, Bromery Arts Center Plaza, 151 Presidents Drive, Amherst, MA, 01301, United States
In honor of International Archaeology Day, please join us for an archaeology fair on Saturday, October 18, 12:00-2:00 pm.
Visit activity tables to learn about the past: learn about the history of fortune telling, explore archaeological discoveries from Pompeii, hold replicas of ancient vases and coins, and more!

Egypt and Nubia: Celebrate Archaeology
2025-10-18 12:00 - 15:00 | The Fralin Museum of Art, 155 Rugby Rd, Charlottesville, VA, 22904, United States
The event utilizes the temporary exhibition The World Between: Egypt and Nubia in Africa (through 14 June, 2026) at the Fralin Museum of Art as a springboard to publicly celebrate Archaeology and share Egypt and Nubia with the public in a free, family-oriented event.
Activities will include:
-Gallery Q&A with the curator inside the museum in the Pine Gallery
-Scavenger hunt for artifacts on display
-A lego station in Fayeweather Hall next door, on the backside of the building (please follow signs; 12-3 pm)
-Art activity/collage also in Fayeweather Hall (please follow signs; 12-3 pm)
