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  Science Museum of Minnesota - Anthropology
Museum Associate Rose Kubiatowitz has produced a manual on toxic organic material within ethnographic collections that may become a model for museums throughout the world who have yet to undertake such a safety analysis.
The Anthropology Department is working on a joint project with the University of Minnesota's Department of Classical and Near Eastern Studies studying cuneiform tablets in the collections of both institutions.
Anthropology staff, in conjunction with Collections Management staff, are working on computerizing anthropology collections records and images to allow for better management of collections as well as access by visiting scholars and scientists and the general public.
www.smm.org /anthropology   (304 words)

  
 Museum Anthropology
Museum Anthropology is published twice a year by the Council for Museum Anthropology, a section of the American Anthropological Association, in partnership with the University of California Press.
Museum Anthropology publishes articles, commentary, review articles, exhibition and book reviews, and research notes relevant to museum anthropology and the study of material culture.
Museum anthropologists (and friends) in, and beyond, the Council for Museum Anthropology (CMA) may be wondering about the state of Museum Anthropology (MUA) and the story behind its spinoff projects, the Museum Anthropology weblog (which you are reading right now) and the seemingly out-of-the-blue emergence of Museum Anthropology Review (MAR).
museumanthropology.blogspot.com   (1044 words)

  
 National Museum of Anthropology - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY [National Museum of Anthropology] Mexico City.
Arizona State University-Sponsored Archaeology Research Is Subject of Major Exhibition at Mexican National Museum of Anthropology.
(Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia; México)(TT: The House of Billiards museum, a historic monument, threatened by a new building and by the flexibility of the INAH in interpreting the law) (TA: National Institute of Anthropology and History; Mexico)
www.encyclopedia.com /html/N/NatlMusAn.asp   (431 words)

  
 The Anthropology Department at The Field Museum
Anthropology at The Field Museum is all about what makes us human, our place in nature, our common concerns and our differences.
Anthropology staff build and maintain the Museum's world class collections which now include more than 600,000 objects documenting the diversity and accomplishments of humankind.
Museum anthropologists also teach others about what they have learned through exhibits, school age educational programs, public programs and opportunities for advanced training.
www.fieldmuseum.org /research_collections/anthropology   (207 words)

  
 Lowell D. Holmes Museum of Anthropology|Wichita State University
The Lowell D. Holmes Museum of Anthropology is located in Neff Hall on the Campus of Wichita State University.
The museum has two main functions; to support the educational mission of the Department of Anthropology and Wichita State University and to be a teaching museum operated by students enrolled in the university’s Museum Studies Program.
The museum is free to the public, donations are accepted.
holmes.anthropology.museum   (212 words)

  
 Museum of Anthropology at UBC
MOA's collections include objects from around the world on permanent display, in visible storage, or in temporary exhibits.
Lectures, workshops, film series, music, dance and theatre -- MOA public programs are designed to educate and inspire.
Become a member, volunteer, sponsor, or supporter of the Museum.
www.moa.ubc.ca   (146 words)

  
 Vancouver Museums
Located on the Point Grey cliffs, on the campus of the University of British Columbia, the Museum of Anthropology houses one of the world's finest displays of Northwest Coast First Nations art in a spectacular building overlooking mountains and sea.
Through permanent and international traveling exhibits, the Museum provides opportunities to explore the natural world, cultural traditions, issues of other lands, and history as it continues to unfold.
The Canadian Museum of Flight is a non-profit, registered charity dedicated to the recovery, restoration and preservation of and education in Canada's aviation history.
www.discovervancouver.com /museums.asp   (719 words)

  
 Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Through occasional e-mails we plan on sharing brief reminders about upcoming exhibits at the Natural Museum of Natural History, online exhibits, film and lecture series, recent staff publications, and announcements for Anthropology events.
Anguti's Amulet, co-edited by Stephen Loring and Leah Rosenmeier, a collaborative publication of the Arctic Studies Center and the Labrador Community of Makkovik is the recipient of the 2005 Public Communications Award from the Canadian Archaeological Association.
Staff and collections are located in the National Museum of Natural History (Washington, DC) and in the Museum Support Center (Suitland, MD).
www.nmnh.si.edu /anthro   (259 words)

  
 ☞ Anthropology | Anthropology Forensic
Anthropology is the study of humankind, culturally and >>
Anthropology Home Forensic Science Institute of Archaeology Baylor Admissions Baylor Financial Aid More) Welcome Welcome to the Department of Anthropology, Forensic Science, and Archaeology.
Basic Forensic Anthropology A required course designed to allow the student to study human skeletal material and determine basic information from this material.
www.dnalabtesting.com /anthropology   (1470 words)

  
 WFU | Museum of Anthropology | Home
The Museum of Anthropology at Wake Forest University creates awareness of global cultures by collecting, protecting, managing, and exhibiting archaeological artifacts, ethnographic objects, and visual arts of past and present peoples, and providing opportunities for intercultural learning.
Founded in 1963, the Museum was established by the faculty of the Department of Anthropology to broaden the learning opportunities for their students.
Since its inception, the Museum's educational role has expanded greatly into the Winston-Salem and Triad communities.
www.wfu.edu /MOA   (147 words)

  
 CU Museum: Anthropology Section - Research and Publications
An anthropology student surveys an excavation at the Cañada Alamosa site.
Curator Steve Lekson supervises the annual anthropology field school.
©2003 CU Museum, UCB 218, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309 tel: (303)492-6892
cumuseum.colorado.edu /Research/Anthro/anthro_research.html   (274 words)

  
 Museum of Anthropology
The Museum of Anthropology Presents The World Explorations Lecture Series:
Note: Museum of Anthropology is completly wheelchair accessible.
The museum is located at the corner of Cherry and West First Streets, on the third floor of Langdon Hall.
www.csuchico.edu /anth/Museum   (122 words)

  
 Donald Preziosi, CV   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
'Museums' essay entry, The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics, ed.
"Benjamin Through the Museum," in A.Coles, ed., The Optic of Walter Benjamin, special issue of the journal De-, Dis-, Ex-,Vol.
Interviewed by BBC-TV London Evening News, June 95, regarding the impact of the J Paul Getty Center for the History of Art & the Humanities (opening late 1997 in Los Angeles) on the cultural life of the city and nation, along with Getty Museum Director John Walsh
www.humnet.ucla.edu /humnet/arthist/fac/preziosi/preziosi.htm   (783 words)

  
 University of Pennsylvania Museum of Ar... @ TheEntireWeb.com (The Entire Web)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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 Grace Hudson Museum, an art, history, and anthropology museum
Grace Hudson Museum, an art, history, and anthropology museum
The Grace Hudson Museum in Ukiah, California, is an art, history and anthropology museum focusing on the lifeworks of artist Grace Carpenter Hudson (1865-1937) and her ethnologist husband, Dr. John W. Hudson (1857-1936).
Changing interdisciplinary exhibitions and public programs feature Western American art, California Indian cultures, histories of California's diverse North Coast region, and the work of contemporary regional artists.
www.gracehudsonmuseum.org   (156 words)

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