Join the AIA as we learn about the archaeology of two countries, Algeria and India, who have requested bilateral agreements with the US to preserve their cultural heritage. Professors Monica Smith and Elizabeth Fentress will take us on a whirlwind tour of India and Algeria, respectively, and explain how we can make public comment to […]
Dig into the new year with a lecture hosted by the Connecticut State Museum of Natural History (CSMNH) and the Office of State Archaeology. The frozen winter ground puts most archaeological excavations on hold... but on Thursday, January 11th, State Archaeologist Dr. Sarah Sportman will be digging into Connecticut archaeology... in the form of a […]
You are invited to return to Egypt to experience this 17-day, custom designed itinerary in the engaging company of Egyptologist Stephen Harvey plus an expert local Egyptology guide and a professional tour manager. This trio has been receiving accolades for many years. Highlights are many and varied: • Spend two full days visiting museums in […]
Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays at 2:00 pm October 1, 2023–April 21, 2024. See blackout dates.* Regular museum admission rates apply. *Blackout dates: November 24–26, 2023; December 4, 2023–January 21, 2024; […]
Fiona Greenland is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia. She studies the construction of cultural heritage and the uses of antiquities in contemporary politics and markets. Greenland […]
Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays at 2:00 pm October 1, 2023–April 21, 2024. See blackout dates.* Regular museum admission rates apply. *Blackout dates: November 24–26, 2023; December 4, 2023–January 21, 2024; […]
Sundays at 11:00 am October 1, 2023–April 21, 2024. See blackout dates.* Regular museum admission rates apply. Free museum admission for Massachusetts residents every Sunday morning (year-round) from 9:00 am […]
a lecture by Dr. Megan Rhodes Victor One of my current research projects focuses on homosexuality and the 18th-century taverns which were known as molly houses in England and English Colonial North America. These molly houses served as clandestine locations for gay men and cross-dressers to interact, to socialize with others ‘like them’, to engage […]
Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays at 2:00 pm October 1, 2023–April 21, 2024. See blackout dates.* Regular museum admission rates apply. *Blackout dates: November 24–26, 2023; December 4, 2023–January 21, 2024; […]
This unique trip combines the very best of the ancient pharaonic sites with later Coptic (early Christian) and medieval Islamic sites. This is a luxurious, in-depth, small-group, all-inclusive, well-paced, 17-day […]
Talk by Jennifer L. Muslin (Loyola University Chicago, Classical Studies) Most ancient Romans enjoyed wine and believed that everyone, from emperors to enslaved peoples, should drink it daily. To meet such high demand, viticulture, winemaking, packaging, and trading happened all over the Mediterranean, with the highest quality vintages coming from Central and Southern Italy and […]
Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays at 2:00 pm October 1, 2023–April 21, 2024. See blackout dates.* Regular museum admission rates apply. *Blackout dates: November 24–26, 2023; December 4, 2023–January 21, 2024; and March 9–17, 2024. Tours by Harvard students connect visitors with the research, teaching, and Indigenous engagement surrounding the cultural heritage in the museum’s care. […]
