Archaeological Institute of America

Alexandria: New Archaeological Perspectives on the City and its Legendary Lighthouse
2025-10-14 17:30 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
International Archaeology Day 2025 and UW Classics Ridgway Lecture. Presenter: Dr. Thomas Faucher (Centre d’Études Alexandrines)
For three decades, the Centre d’Études Alexandrines has reshaped our understanding of Alexandria, moving its history from ancient texts to a tangible reality. Terrestrial digs reveal the city’s daily life, while underwater excavations at the site of the legendary Lighthouse have yielded spectacular monumental discoveries. These integrated findings present a multi-layered city, allowing us to write a new history of Alexandria grounded in its material culture of adaptation and reuse.
Tuesday, October 14, 2025 5:30 – 7pm
University of Washington, Dempsey 112 and on Zoom (link here)

Mavericks: Three Visionary Pharaohs of Egypt
2025-10-15 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Wednesday, October 15, 6:00–7:00 pm ET, Advance registration recommended for online and in-person attendance
Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA
Speaker: Lawrence M. Berman is John F. Cogan, Jr. and Mary L. Cornille Chair, Art of Ancient Egypt, Nubia, and the Near East, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Hatshepsut, Amenhotep III, and Akhenaten each ruled Egypt for long periods, leaving a lasting impact on its art, politics, and religion. Though all were powerful leaders, each tells a distinct story. In this lecture, Lawrence M. Berman explores the reigns and legacies of these three remarkable Eighteenth Dynasty pharaohs, considering questions such as: What made them successful—or controversial? How were they viewed in their own time, and how have archaeologists and the public interpreted them since? The talk also examines broader themes—from the power of images and identity to iconoclasm and the writing of history—inviting reflection on who gets to shape history, and why it still matters today.
Free admission. Free event parking at the 52 Oxford Street Garage starting at 4:00 pm. Presented by the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East and the Harvard Museums of Science and Culture.
Head of Amenhotep III. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, 1390–1352 BCE. Quartzite. Museum purchase with funds donated by Miss Anna D. Slocum, 09.288. Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Detail of relief of Akhenaten as a sphinx. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten, 1349–1336 BCE. Limestone. Egyptian Curator’s Fund, 64.1944. Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Detail of fragment from Hatshepsut’s fallen obelisk at Karnak. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Hatshepsut, 1473–1458 BCE. Granite. Gift of heirs of Francis Cabot Lowell, 75.12. Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

International Archaeology Day
2025-10-16 09:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Museum of History in Šumperk, Hlavní třída 342/22, Šumperk, 78731, Czech Republic
To celebrate the occasion of the International Archaeology Day, the Museum of History in Šumperk has organized a program for schools, kindergartens, families with children, and other interested parties.
Visitors will be able to test their knowledge and improve their understanding of our ancestral cultures by exploring real archaeological finds and prehistoric crafts.
Participants can experience first-hand what life was like in prehistoric times. Craft stations will be established to enable hands-on demonstrations of common prehistoric techniques. There will also be displays of genuine archaeological findings from individual periods of our history.
The celebration program is suitable for all ages.

"Abraham, David and the Ark of the Covenant"
2025-10-16 15:30 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Upper House, 365 East Campus Mall, Madison, WI, 53715, United States
New evidence on how Jerusalem became a holy city will be explored in this presentation by MBAS Secretary Gordon Govier. An enigmatic news release early in 2025 sparked an investigation that opens the door to the amazing discoveries that have been made in Jerusalem’s ancient City of David during the first quarter of the 21st century.

“Using Archaeology to Reveal the Intellectual Contributions of the Enslaved: Archaeology at Montpelier”
2025-10-16 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Jepson Hall, Room 118, Richmond Way 221, Richmond, VA, 23226, United States
Lecture by Matthew Reeves, Director of Archaeology at James Madison’s Montpelier. Celebration of Virginia Archaeology Month and International Archaeology Day.

Public Lecture by Dr. Eric Cline
2025-10-16 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Room 100, McCool Hall (Rogers Auditorium), Mississippi State, MS, 39762, United States
The Cobb Institute is turning 50! Please join us for a free lecture to kick off our anniversary celebration by Dr. Eric Cline, titled “1177 BC Revisited: Updating the Late Bronze Age Collapse”, on Thursday, October 16th at 6pm in Rogers Auditorium (McCool Hall, room 100).
Dr. Eric H. Cline is Professor of Classics and Anthropology, the former Chair of the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, and the current Director of the Capitol Archaeological Institute at George Washington University, in Washington DC. A two-time Fulbright Scholar, National Geographic Explorer, NEH Public Scholar, Getty Scholar, and member of the Explorers Club, with degrees from Dartmouth, Yale, and the University of Pennsylvania, he is an active field archaeologist with more than 30 seasons of excavation and survey experience in Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Cyprus, Greece, Crete, and the United States, including ten seasons at Megiddo (1994-2014), where he served as co-director before retiring from the project in 2014, and another ten seasons at Tel Kabri, where he currently serves as Co-Director. He is the author or editor of more than twenty books and nearly one hundred articles; translations of his books have appeared in nineteen different languages. He is perhaps best known for 1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed, which has sold more than a quarter of a million copies world-wide and was considered for a Pulitzer Prize in 2015. Two of his lectures on the topic, posted on YouTube by the sponsoring societies, have been viewed a total of more than ten million times.
Abstract:
For more than three hundred years during the Late Bronze Age, from about 1500 BC to 1200 BC, the Mediterranean region played host to a complex international world in which Egyptians, Mycenaeans, Minoans, Hittites, Assyrians, Babylonians, Cypriots, and Canaanites all interacted, creating a cosmopolitan and globalized world-system such as has only rarely been seen before the current day. It may have been this very internationalism that contributed to the apocalyptic disaster that ended the Bronze Age. When the end came, as it did after centuries of cultural and technological evolution, the civilized and international world of the Mediterranean regions came to a dramatic halt in a vast area stretching from Greece and Italy in the west to Egypt, Canaan, and Mesopotamia in the east. Large empires and small kingdoms collapsed rapidly. It was not until centuries later that a new cultural renaissance emerged in Greece and the other affected areas, setting the stage for the evolution of Western society as we know it today. In recent years, more data relevant to the potential causes of the Late Bronze Age Collapse in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean have become available. The new information includes additional texts from Ugarit in north Syria documenting both famine and invaders; DNA analyses of burials found in the Philistine city of Ashkelon; and new studies of lake sediments, stalagmites in caves, and coring from lakes and lagoons in regions stretching from Italy and Greece to Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and Iran, all of which suggest that there was an ongoing megadrought. Studying such an ancient catastrophe remains relevant to us today, for we are not as far removed from those days as one might think.

One Woman's Fight to Protect Ancient Maya Legacy
2025-10-16 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Hybrid Event: Tatiana Proskouriakoff Award Lecture Series
One Woman’s Fight to Protect Ancient Maya Legacy
Thursday, October 16, 6:00–7:00 pm ET, Advance registration recommended for online and in-person attendance
Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA
Speaker: Dr. Clemency Chase Coggins, Professor Emerita of Archaeology and Art History, Boston University; Research Associate, Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Harvard University
When the looting and illicit trade of cultural artifacts surged In the 1960s, one voice rose in defense of archaeological sites in the Americas—Clemency Coggins. A pioneering art historian and legendary figure in Maya archaeology, Dr. Coggins stood with Ian Graham in calling for ethical stewardship of cultural heritage.
Join us for an illuminating evening as Dr. Coggins recounts her groundbreaking advocacy that helped shape U.S. policy and UNESCO conventions on cultural property. With vivid stories and a special video presentation, she reflects on her collaborations with notable figures such as Tatiana Proskouriakoff and the role of the Peabody Museum in the protection of Maya heritage. This conversation, moderated by Maya Corpus Director Barbara Fash and research associate Steven Quinchia, will bring to life the intersection of scholarship, activism, and international policy—and the extraordinary woman who helped change the course of cultural preservation.
A reception will follow in the galleries of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, 11 Divinity Avenue.
Free admission. Free event parking at the 52 Oxford Street Garage starting at 4:00 pm. Presented by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology and the Harvard Museums of Science and Culture.
Photo: Tikal central plaza, Guatemala

Matrilineal Kinship in Aegean Prehistory: Settlements, Figurines, and the Absence of Men
2025-10-16 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 2316 W 1st Ave, Spokane, WA, 99201, United States
Dr. Sabina Cveček
Were communities in prehistoric Greece matriarchal, matrilineal, or simply centered around women? This question has fascinated archaeologists for decades. Early on, figurines of women were often seen as “Mother Goddesses,” meaning female deities often representing motherhood, fertility, and creation, but feminist scholars later cautioned against such broad interpretations. Still, the idea that ancient societies may have been organized around maternal kinship and matrilineal descent—where family ties pass through the mother—has resurfaced in recent years. In this talk, Sabina Cveček revisits the debate, exploring what different types of evidence—from how settlements were laid out to how figurines were used—can tell us about gender and family life in the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Aegean. She draws on ethnographic examples to show that matrilineal kinship does not automatically mean women ruled, a key distinction for better understanding how these early societies were structured. This lecture is sponsored by the National AIA organization.

International Archaeology Day 2025: Discovering Macedonia’s Past
2025-10-17 - 2025-10-19
Join us in celebrating the International Archaeology Day on October 18th, 2025 with a special online event at the Archaeological Institute of America and Archaeological Museum of the Republic of North Macedonia.
As part of the celebration, we are premiering a short video featuring five archaeological excavations carried out across Macedonia in 2025. Each segment highlights the discoveries, teamwork, and dedication of our archaeologists in uncovering and interpreting the past.
Visitors are also invited to enjoy free admission to the Museum on the day of the event.
We extend our special thanks to all archaeologists that were in charge of the excavations: Aleksandra Chevreska, Jane Klekovski, Aleksandra Papazovska, Elena Stojanova Kanzurova, Valentina Todoroska, Bunjamin Xemaili and Trajan Zafirovski. Also special thanks to all other archaeologists, students, collaborators, and institutions who took part in this year’s excavations and contributed to the making of the video. Their commitment and passion continue to preserve and promote our common heritage.

Learn at Lunchtime virtual Lectures PHMC The PA State Museum
2025-10-17 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, United States
Series of 4 Friday virtual lectures on archaeological subjects with four different lecturers.

Archaeology Walk of the Nauset Marsh Trail
2025-10-17 13:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Cape Cod National Seashore, Salt Pond Visitor Center, 50 Nauset Road, Eastham, MA, 02642, United States
Join National Park Service Archaeologist Dan Zoto for a guided walk of the Nauset Marsh Trail to learn about the archaeology, geology, and history of the Nauset estuary. The program will include an approximate 20-minute terrace talk at the Salt Pond Visitor Center and a 1.5-hour trail walk. Topics will include Native American and historical period land use. The trail is 1.3 miles and classified as easy with some long steps, moderate grade, and an elevation change of 37 feet. The event is free. Rain or shine.

Sacred Dancers of the Goddess Hathor
2025-10-17 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | School of Architecture, CAM 160, Charlottesville, VA, 22903
In the cult of the ancient goddess Hathor, many important rites of based in the performance of dance and music. These dances were performed by (primarily) women in professional dance troupes called khener. In such rituals the power of music and movement were harnessed to transport the worshipper into an ecstatic encounter with the Divine. Worshippers engaged in nocturnal rituals for the goddess Hathor sought this type of ecstatic encounter. Ancient Egyptian texts preserve the name of this sacred dance (ksks) and document the ritual processions of Nubians into Egypt as they accompanied the return of the goddess Hathor who was believed to reside in Nubia and return annually to Egypt. This paper will trace this sacred dance through its performance in Egypt, Nubia, Meroe, and perhaps its survival among groups living in Ethiopia today.
This event is part of the programming for the exhibition The World Between: Egypt and Nubia in Africa (The Fralin Museum of Art, University of Virginia, August 30 2025-June 14 2026), and also a celebration of International Archaeology Day.
Link to webinar: https://virginia.zoom.us/j/99806745693?pwd=[REDACTED]

Archaeology Day
2025-10-18 | Frontier Culture Museum, 1290 Richmond Ave, Staunton, VA, 24401, United States
Saturday, October 18th is International Archaeology Day, and the Frontier Culture Museum is offering archaeological activities all day!
But just what is archaeology and why are we talking about it at a living history museum? Archaeology is the study of patterns of material culture, the tangible things that people made and used. Things that are still around, just in the ground beneath us. Archaeology gives us a snapshot of the past. Objects enter the ground, a house decays leaving only the foundation. We only get to see the remnants, not the activity. History, on the other hand, is the study of human behavior in the past, based on the records people themselves have left behind. You can see where one might inform the other. Both involve asking questions, forming hypotheses and doing research.
We look at all of these clues, carefully piece the fragments of a moment in time together, and create a picture of what life was like, for example, on the frontier.

Meadowcroft Workshop in archaeology
2025-10-18 | Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village, 401 Meadowcroft Road, Avella, PA, 15312, United States
Meet experts to unlock archaeology at Meadowcroft Rockshelter with Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology members as guides.

Medzinárodný deň archeológie v SNM - Archeologickom múzeu
2025-10-18 | SNM – Archeologické múzeum, Žižkova, Bratislava, Okres Mladá Boleslav, 293 01, Czechia
Medzinárodný archeologický deň vznikol ako aktivita archeológov v Spojených štátoch amerických v roku 2011. Koná sa od vtedy každoročne tretiu sobotu v októbri. SNM – Archeologické múzeum je súčasťou Medzinárodného archeologického dňa od roku 2017. Organizáciou tohto špecializovaného dňa u nás, sa usilujeme zvýšiť povedomie o archeológii, spropagovať tento odbor u verejnosti a dostať do povedomia aj výstavy a aktivity SNM – Archeologického múzea.
SNM – Archeologické múzeum bude v tento deň – v sobotu 18.10. 2025 – otvorené od 10:00 do 17:00.
Program:
O 10:30 sa zameriame na rodiny s deťmi prostredníctvom programu HRAVO O HRADOCH. Deti aj s rodičmi najskôr prevedieme výstavou Život na hradoch a hrádkoch s komentárom zrozumiteľným pre deti. Následne sa presunieme do interaktívno – tvorivej výstavy Hravo o hradoch, ktorá bežným návštevníkom nie je prístupná, ale len objednaným skupinám. Tu si s deťmi dotvoríme malý model hradu, vyrazíme si vlastnú pamätnú mincu kráľa Bela IV. alebo Žigmunda Luxemburského, pripravíme a zapečatíme si listinu, zahráme sa s rôznymi modelmi, hrami a aktivitami na tému hradov. Deti sa môžu napríklad poobliekať do dobových odevov, “navariť” jedlo v stredovekej kuchyni, postaviť si hrad, zahrať sa rôzne hry, ale aj hrad dobyť.
V prípade dobrého počasia sa deti môžu v predobedných hodinách na nádvorí múzea zahrať na archeológov v pripravenom pieskovisku, ale aj na stredovekých rytierov, či rímskych legionárov.
Vstupné na túto časť podujatia je jednotné 5€.
O 15:00 otvoríme novú výstavu GRÉCKY ZÁZRAK VOJTECHA ZAMAROVSKÉHO. Výstavu SNM – Archeologické múzeum pripravilo v spolupráci s Klubom priateľov Vojtecha Zamarovského.
Vojtech Zamarovský (* 5. 10. 1919 Trenčín, † 26. 7. 2006 Praha) bol významným slovenským spisovateľom literatúry faktu. Vo svojich knihách sa venoval starovekým kultúram. Je autorom 11 pôvodných kníh, 3 prerozprávaní významných diel staroveku a viacerých prekladov. Jeho diela boli vydané vo viacerých vydaniach, v 11-tich jazykových mutáciách. Za svoje diela získal množstvo rôznych významných ocenení.
Staroveké Grécko bolo pre Vojtecha Zamarovského srdcovou záležitosťou. Výstava prezentuje “Oživený Grécky zázrak” v podobe kópii antických sôch. Spisovateľ Vojtech Zamarovský ich dostal do daru od Gréckej republiky v roku 2000 pre pripravované Múzeum Antiky. Je jediným slovenským autorom, ktorý bol Grékmi obdarovaný takouto cennou kolekciou kópii antických sôch a reliéfov. Vojtech Zamarovský bol ocenený v roku 2006 aj prefektúrou Atén, za svoju tvorbu a príspevok k šíreniu helenizmu na Slovensku a v celom regióne strednej a východnej Európy, cenou Veľvyslanec helenizmu. Jedna z jeho kníh – Bohovia a hrdinovia antických bájí (1965) bola preložená do Gréčtiny ako učebnica do gréckych škôl. Jeho život sprevádzal „ grécky zázrak“.
Počas otvorenia výstavy bude prezentovaný fotografický materiál a dokumenty súvisiace s Vojtechom Zamarovským, ako aj predmety z jeho pozostalosti, či ďalšie exponáty získané členmi Klubu Vojtecha Zamarovského pre Múzeum Antiky Vojtecha Zamarovského.
Otvorenie výstavy je spojené aj s prednáškou Ing. arch. Júliusa Brunu, predsedu Klubu priateľov Vojtecha Zamarovského. Porozpráva nám o ich priateľskom vzťahu, o vzniku Klubu priateľov Vojtecha Zamarovského, dare Gréckej vlády aj o Múzeu Antiky. Prostredníctvom rozprávania pána Brunu a zážitkov spojených s Vojtechom Zamarovským si môžeme bližšie priblížiť jeho osobnosť a dielo.
Táto časť podujatia je bezplatná.

International Archaeology Day 2025
2025-10-18 08:30 - 13:30 (America/Denver) | Red Rocks Park & Amphitheatre, Lower South Lot #2, 18300 W Alameda Pkwy, Morrison, CO, 80465, United States
Celebrate International Archaeology Day at Red Rocks Park!
On Saturday, October 18th, from 8:30-1:30 pm, join us at Red Rocks Park & Amphitheatre (Lower South Lot 2) for International Archaeology Day, hosted by Community Connections LLC in partnership with Colorado Preservation, Inc. Explore the rich history of not just Colorado, but cultures from around the world, through interactive activities, artifact displays, and 40+ educational booths. Highlights include atlatl throwing, a tipi demonstration, Indigenous dancing and 3 professional speakers! We also have a beer garden for adults, root beer for kids, and three food trucks. Plus, enjoy free offsite cultural tours!
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to uncover the past while enjoying all the fun at one of Colorado’s most iconic locations! For more information, please visit: www.communityconnections.biz

International Archaeology Day at the Parthenon
2025-10-18 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | Nashville Parthenon, 2500 West End Ave, Nashville, TN, 37203, United States
On October 18, 2025, the Archaeological Institute of America-Nashville Society and the Nashville Parthenon are teaming up to join hundreds of archaeological organizations around the world to celebrate International Archaeology Day and the Tennessee STEAM Festival. Museum visitors at this archaeology fair event will view two special exhibits, Goddess In Progress in the East Gallery and The Role of Replica in the West Gallery, explore Level 2’s replica interior of the ancient Parthenon, participate in activity stations, and earn an “Official Archaeologist of the Nashville Parthenon” sticker! Stop by activity stations from 9 AM – 12 PM.
What is international archaeology Day at the Parthenon?
International Archaeology Day is a morning full of family-friendly STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) activities that highlight archaeological work and artifacts to share the legacy of Greek culture to raise awareness of the ancient world.
RSVP in advance below for free museum admission for this event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/parthenon-international-archaeology-day-tickets-1505905647329?aff=oddtdtcreator
You can also mention visiting for International Archaeology Day the day of for discounted admission.
Activities include:
–Ask an Archaeologist, 9 AM – 12 PM: Meet Dr. Debby Sneed, an archaeologist who and will answer questions about all things archaeology and ancient Greece. About Dr. Sneed: Dr. Debby Sneed is assistant professor of classics at California State University, Long Beach, and an archaeologist whose research focuses on disability in ancient Greece. She is also field director of the Agora Excavations in Athens, conducted by the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, which is the preeminent research center for US scholars and students studying Greek culture from antiquity to the present. She earned a Ph.D. in archaeology from UCLA, and a MA in classics from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Bonus: Register for a free virtual Symposium with Dr. Sneed, Sunday, October 20, at 10 AM Central!
–Gold Leafing Demonstration, 9 AM – 12 PM: Meet Micki & Mitch Cavanah of Reed’s Gold Leaf, the experts who helped gild Athena! They will be demonstrating the gold leafing process LIVE inside the Parthenon in honor of The Society of Gilders’ worldwide gilding symposium. The Society of Gilders is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the education of the gilding arts.
–The Role of a Replica Talk, 10:30 AM: Join a Parthenon staff member for a special tour at 10:30 AM about the making of the exhibition in the West Gallery, The Role of a Replica.
–Polychromy at the Parthenon, 9 AM – 12 PM: Work with archaeologists from AIA-Nashville Society to create colorful masterpieces just like ancient statues and buildings.
–Conservation Station, 9 AM – 12 PM: Work to piece together ceramic fragments just like conservators study how broken fragments join to form a complete artifact. Many of the ceramics come from the Centennial Art Center, which used to be the Centennial Park Pool but now hosts art classes and workshops.
–Experimental Archaeology, 9 AM – 12 PM: Build miniature ancient structures with blocks and assorted materials just as archaeologists learn about the past by testing out ideas through experimentation of architectural steps and processes.
–Research Station, 9 AM – 12 PM: Designated the Quiet Area, this inclusive space offers books and resources on archaeology, ancient Greece, and mythology.
–Exterior Architecture Audio Tour, available 24/7: Free audio tour in English, Spanish, or Arabic!
IAD Helpful Information:
Never been to International Archaeology Day at the Parthenon before? This list of tips will help you prepare for a fun visit!
–We recommend arriving early to ensure enough time to explore and visit each activity station.
–AIA-Nashville Society members receive free museum admission.
–Metro Nashville Parks & Recreation employees receive free museum admission.
–RSVP in advance for free museum admission: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/parthenon-international-archaeology-day-tickets-1505905647329?aff=oddtdtcreator
–If you miss the advance RSVP, mention visiting for International Archaeology Day on site at the museum Ticket Counter for discounted admission.
About International Archaeology Day
International Archaeology Day is a celebration of archaeology and the thrill of discovery. The Archaeological Institute of America and collaborating archaeological organizations across the United States, Canada, and abroad present archaeological programs and activities for people of all ages and interests. Whether it is a family-friendly archaeology fair, a guided tour of a local archaeological site, a simulated dig, a lecture or classroom visit from an archaeologist, interactive, hands-on International Archaeology Day programs provide the chance to indulge your inner Indiana Jones and be an archaeologist for the day. For more information about International Archaeology Day, visit http://www.archaeologyday.org.
About Tennessee STEAM Festival
Founded by the Discovery Center, the Tennessee STEAM Festival is a 10-day statewide celebration designed to build interest and excitement in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics). For more information about the Tennessee STEAM Festival, visit www.tnsteam.org.

COMICS AS A WINDOW TO THE PAST | International Archaeology Day | Archeopark Pavlov
2025-10-18 09:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Prague) | Archeopark Pavlov, 23. dubna 264, Pavlov, South Moravia, 69201, Czech Republic
This year’s International Archaeology Day at the Pavlov Archeopark will connect archaeology with fine arts and popular culture. The main theme is comics as a way of telling the past, which can bring the world of prehistory closer in a playful and understandable way. We will also focus on the accompanying exhibition The Second Life of Venus, which commemorates the famous anniversary of the discovery of the Venus of Věstonice and 100 years of its “second life” in our culture and society.
The main guest of the program will be artist Vojtěch Šeda, the author of a large-format comic about the story of the Venus of Věstonice, which was created for the exhibition The Second Life of Venus. At 10:30 he will present his work in a lecture. From 12:00 to 16:00 he will lead a comic workshop together with other lecturers, where children and adults will try out how to create their own story in comic form. You can also look forward to a tour with the author of the accompanying exhibition The Second Life of Venus, as well as guided tours of the permanent exhibition and a photo corner at the Věstonice Venus.
Come celebrate International Archaeology Day and discover how ancient stories can come to life again.
EVENT PROGRAM:
10:00, 12:00 and 14:00 | guided tours of the permanent exhibition
10:30 | lecture by artist Vojtěch Šeda about his comic book work, not only on the topic of the Věstonice Venus
12:00 – 16:00 | comic book workshop (for young and old visitors), creating your own story about the Věstonice Venus
13:00 | tour of the exhibition The Second Life of Venus with its author and curator Dr. Martina Galetová (Moravian Regional Museum in Brno)
9:00 – 16:00 | photo corner with the Venus of Věstonice
The event program is subject to change. The event will be held in Czech only.

Archaeology in Malaysia: Past, Present, and Future
2025-10-18 09:00 - 16:00 (Asia/Kuala_Lumpur) | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Malaya, Universiti Malaya 50603 Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA, Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, 50603, Malaysia
This programme is part of the International Archaeology Day (IAD) 2025, celebrated globally every October to raise awareness and appreciation for archaeology. The Universiti Malaya event, titled “Archaeology in Malaysia: Past, Present, and Future,” brings together archaeologists, heritage professionals, educators, and students to discuss Malaysia’s archaeological journey and its relevance in today’s world.

Zine Time Machine
2025-10-18 10:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Avebury House, 9 Eveleyn Couzins Avenue, Christchurch, New Zealand
Come along to Avebury House to learn more about the history of Ōtautahi Christchurch through an archaeology-inspired zine making workshop. This event showcases stories of the past through archaeological artefacts that have been uncovered in Christchurch over the last decade.
These stories – and artefacts – will be reimagined and their stories retold through the twenty-first century past-time of zine making, utilising art and creative practice to bring nineteenth century stories into the present day.
We will have artefacts on display, with an archaeologist available to answer all your questions.
An art educator will also be on hand to help with techniques and designs, along with coloured papers, pens, pencils, crayons, and glue to make your very own history-inspired zine, which you are welcome to take home at the end of the day.

International Archaeology Day @ WSC
2025-10-18 10:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Western Science Center, 2345 Searl Parkway, Hemet, CA, 92543-9706, United States
Join us as we celebrate International Archaeology Day with hands-on archaeology themed activities, flint knapping demonstrations, and a museum scavenger hunt – all included in your paid admission!
This event is held with the help of Mt. San Jacinto College’s Anthropology Department.
Please see our website for more information. www.WesternScienceCenter.org

International Archaeology Day
2025-10-18 10:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | Houston Museum Of Natural Science, 5555 Hermann Park Dr., Houston, TX, 77030, United States
Join us for a free, family-friendly Archaeology Fair in the Grand Hall! Explore interactive displays featuring authentic artifacts from real archaeological sites. Get hands-on with stone tools, prehistoric pottery, and animal bones and shells, and watch flint knapping demonstrations. Kids and adults alike can take part in arts and crafts activities inspired by the prehistoric era.
Meet experts from multiple archaeology groups and uncover the fascinating stories of our world. HMNS docents will also showcase Museum touch carts from exhibits including the Hall of Ancient Egypt, McGovern Hall of the Americas, and the Human Evolution section of the Morian Hall of Paleontology.

International Archaeology Day 2025
2025-10-18 10:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | C.H. Nash Museum at Chucalissa, 1987 Indian Village Drive, Memphis, TN, 38109, United States
We celebrate International Archaeology Day every year at Chucalissa, and we invite you to join us once again! The event includes a variety of hands-on activities at the museum including spear throwing, flintknapping, pottery making, and access to our hands-on archaeology lab. Join us and several community organizations for our annual celebration on October 18th, 2025!

International Archaeology Day Celebration
2025-10-18 10:00 - 15:00 (America/Phoenix) | S’edav Va’aki Museum, 4619 E Washington Street, Phoenix, AZ, 85034, United States
Get ready for a weekend full of family fun and celebrate International Archaeology Day at Phoenix’s largest preserved archaeological site, S’edav Va’aki Museum’s on Saturday, October 18th, 2025. From 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM activities include atlatl spear throwing, detective archaeology, artifact show-and-tell stations, and crafts inspired by archaeology and Southwestern cultures. All International Archaeology Day activities are free for the day with PAID museum admission.
Experience the thrill of discovery at S’edav Va’aki Museum by learning more about the Ancestral Sonoran Desert People who built one of the largest and most sophisticated canal systems in the New World prior to the coming of Europeans. This National Historic Landmark functions as a museum and archaeological park that highlights a va’aki (platform mound), a uhdi vaup (ballcourt), and centuries-old irrigation canals that are among the rare, remaining examples of the Ancestral Sonoran Desert People’s exceptional architecture and engineering skills.
Activities Schedule:
10AM to 2PM SALT Atlatl Throwing Range and Skills Demonstrations
10AM to 3PM Artifact show-and-tell stations
10AM to 1PM Detective Archaeology Group Sessions
11AM to 3PM Archaeology Crafts for Kids
All Day Discovery Backpacks Checkout Program Activity
All Day Agents of Discovery Augmented Reality Mobile Game

Newlin Grist Mill
2025-10-18 10:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Newlin Grist Mill, 219 S. Cheyney Rd., Glen Mills, PA, 19342, United States
Public Archaeology Day. Join us in our excavations by a 1739 Mill Owner’s House. Ages 5 and up may participate. Watch trained archaeologists excavate a his site. Help screen soil to recover artifacts. a Kid’s dig will also be available.
Closed toe shoes are required. Participants are encouraged to bring their own gloves. Gloves will be provide for those who do not have them.

Michigan Archaeology Day
2025-10-18 10:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Florence, Florence, - None -, 9121, India
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.

2025 International Archaeology Day at Fort Brewerton
2025-10-18 10:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Fort Brewerton & Oliver Stevens Blockhouse Museum, Box 392 9 US Route 11, Brewerton, NY, 13029, United States
Join us for a day of archaeological investigations at Fort Brewerton on International Archaeology Day!
Following our first excavation on the 4th of October, this day will be used finish any work for the year or be used as a rain day for the 4th, weather permitting. We expect to be finishing on our excavation to locate the north wall of blockhouse #4, if anything remains to be found.
(Ground penetrating radar seems to indicate a linear feature in that area.)
Current Fort Brewerton Historical Society members are welcome to assist in the excavation, members of the public are welcome to observe. Please message us if you plan on volunteering to assist in the excavation. The blockhouse museum will be open for tours.
Additionally, members of the New York State Archaeological Association are welcomed to participate with written permission from their chapter representative. Please contact us for more information.

Color the Past
2025-10-18 10:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon, Princeton, NJ, 08542, United States
Members of the Visual Resources division of Princeton University’s Department of Art and Archaeology have partnered with The Princeton Public Library for this event. Participants can help themselves to free coloring supplies as well as some pen and ink drawings of monuments and artifacts drafted by Howard Crosby Butler during his campaigns to Sardis and Greece. Participants will be encouraged, after they color the drawings, to share their works of art on social media, tagging both the department (@artandarchaeologyprinceton), the Princeton Public Library (@PrincetonPL), the AIA (#IAD2025)!

Native American Archaeology in South Carolina with Chris Judge
2025-10-18 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Native American Studies Center, 119 S. Main St., Lancaster, SC, 29720, United States
Presented by Center Archaeologist and USC Lancaster Senior Instructor of Anthropology and Archaeology Chris Judge, this lecture presents archaeological data on Native American cultures since the last Ice Age. From the coast to the mountains, archaeological evidence abounds in our state. This lecture looks at the sites and artifacts that tell the history of the state’s Indigenous peoples prior to the arrival of Europeans. This lecture is sponsored by the Lancaster County Council of the Arts and S.C. Humanities
