The Museum's permanent exhibits consist of objects from the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Oceania. Two to three times a year the special exhibits gallery houses topical exhibitions reflecting University and community interests. Anthropology students as well as students from other disciplines assist staff with developing and installing exhibits, researching and caring for collections, or they produce special class project exhibits. A self-guided tour of the exhibits focuses on collecting and collectors. As the visitor explores the thematic exhibits, a printed gallery guide discusses how collections are made, who collects, and how exhibit objects became part of the Museum of Anthropology.
Temporary Exhibits
Pocketbook Anthropology: A Treasure of Handbags
May 15 – August 16, 2008
Exhibit Details
Dias de los Muertos (Days of the Dead)
September 16 – December 17, 2008
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Korean Funerary Figures: Companions for the Journey to the Other World
Jan 20 – May 16, 2009
Permanent Exhibits
NEW! Opening September 14, 2007:
“Face to Face: The Arts of Exchange in Mainland Papua New Guinea”
Wake Forest Magazine article
"Treasures from a Moravian Attic: Native American Objects from the Wachovia Historical Society"
Exhibit Details.
Click here for a Children's Virtual Exhibit based on "Treasures from a Moravian Attic" done by Laura Bullins for the Fall 2005 "Applied Anthropology" class.
"KIMONO: Creating a National Image"
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"How Do They Know…? The Science of Archeology in the Yadkin River Valley"
