Have you wondered what it is like to be an archaeologist? Drop in any time between 5:30 and 7:00 p.m. to chat with museum archaeologists about their research. See artifacts and discover how learning about the past helps us understand the present. 

Thursday, March 6

5:30 to 7:00 p.m.
 

Andrew Boehm is part of a team of researchers investigating a new species of mastodon and will bring bison, mammoth, and mastodon bones.

Marlene Jampolsky specializes in ceramics and will be bringing artifacts from the early 1900s Eugene Chinese restaurant and gift shop.

Jaime Kennedy Kennedy directs our Archaeological Research Division and will be bringing objects recovered from a shell midden and village site on the Oregon Coast. Visitors will be able to look at fish bone, seeds, charcoal, and marine shell under a microscope. 

Brian Lane led a data recovery at the historic Andersen Dairy site in Bend, Oregon and will bring some of the materials recovered.

Chris Ruiz co-directed an excavation of an historic Corvallis dump site underneath the Van Buren Bridge and will be bringing some of what they found.

Included with regular admission; free for MNCH members and UO ID card holders. Show your Oregon Trail or other EBT card for an admission discount.