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
You can also visit objects from MOA’s Africa Collection in the SciWorks exhibit “African Odyssey: Exploring the Art, Culture & Science of Living” February 14 – August 29, 2009.
For more information, please visit the Sciworks website.
Renovations to Temporary Galleries are scheduled for Summer 2009.
"Dias de los Muertos (Days of the Dead)"
September 15 – November 18, 2009
Exhibit Details
Permanent Exhibits
“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.
"How Do They Know…? The Science of Archeology in the Yadkin River Valley"
Coming Fall 2009
“Art of Sky, Art of Earth: Maya Cosmic Imagery”
