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Top 23 Archaeology locations in United States
byShiry
Live update: Updated July 26, 2021Copy link
Copy link1. Powerhouse Science Center Discovery Museum Campus ("IDs)
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ShiryA Sacramento staple for more than 65 years, the Powerhouse Science Center Discovery Campus provides informal STEM education. Our mission is to engage and inspire people of all ages to explore the wonders, possibilities, and responsibilities of science. Through hands-on activities, you and your family can discover science together.
2. Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryThe Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites is a statewide museum system with 12 locations, offering visitors a chance to engage with Indiana’s past and present and see how their actions help shape the future. At each location, visitors are invited to explore big questions and create lasting experiences that will resonate long after each visit ends. Whether interested in art or architecture, history or science, there’s something for everyone and every interest. The Indianapolis museum is located in White River State Park in the heart of downtown Indianapolis. The historic sites are located statewide, stretching from Rome City in northeastern Indiana to Angel Mounds in the southeast.
3. University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History ("IDs)
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryExplore thousands of years of human history and millions of years of natural history, all with an emphasis on Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. Investigate the past and imagine the future through world-class collections and stunning displays—with family-friendly sections throughout.
4. New Jersey State Museum
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5. Everhart Museum of Natural History, Science and Art
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryThe Everhart Museum is one of the region’s leading resources for educational and cultural opportunities. With a multidisciplinary and diverse approach, the Everhart creates extraordinary experiences. Our programs stimulate creative expression and active engagement between art and science. Whether you attend a lecture, workshop, or studio course, our classes are designed for all ages, interests, and abilities.
6. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
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7. Warren County Historical Society
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8. Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
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9. Lakeshore Museum Center
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryThe mission of the Lakeshore Museum Center and its Historic Sites is to inspire curiosity and wonder about Muskegon County’s natural and cultural history through our interactive exhibits and experiential programs.
10. Mound House
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryMound House is a unique archaeological and historical site on Fort Myers Beach located directly on Estero Bay. Estero Island’s oldest standing structure has recently been restored to its 1921 grandeur and is now open as a cultural and environmental learning center. Experience this one of a kind museum that sits atop a 2,000 year old Calusa Indian Shell Mound. The museum contains new exhibits that feature how the layers of shells beneath the earth’s surface revealed information about the Calusa Indians as well as others that settled on the property. A kayak launch allows access to The Great Calusa Blueway paddling trail. Guided Kayak Eco-Tours and other special programs are offered during the year.
11. Museum of Art and Archaeology at University of Missouri-Columbia
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryRecommended this place!
12. St Joseph Museums
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryFour Great Museums, One Great Location. The award-winning Glore Psychiatric Museum chronicles the 130-year history of the state hospital and centuries of mental health treatment. It is located on the adjoining grounds of the original state hospital. The American Indian Galleries features, “Lines and Legacies: The Harry L. George American Indian Collection”. Harry George amassed one of the largest and best documented collections of American Indian objects from the late 1800s and early 1900s. This wing of the museum also features changing exhibits on various aspects of St. Joseph history. The Black Archives Museum showcases the achievements and contributions of St. Joseph, Missouri’s, African-American citizens. Exhibits span the Civil War, jazz legends known worldwide, sports heroes and local individuals whose civic and community leadership have changed our lives. To get a taste of European architecture, make sure to visit the Wyeth-Tootle Mansion of the St. Joseph Museums, Inc. The Wyeth-Tootle Mansion, 1100 Charles Street, St. Joseph, Missouri, provides an accessible (and unforgettable) experience.
13. The Oriental Institute
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryLocated in the heart of the beautiful University of Chicago campus in Hyde Park, the Oriental Institute Museum is a showcase of the history, art and archaeology of the ancient Near East. The Museum exhibits major collections of antiquities from Egypt, Mesopotamia, Israel, Iran, Syria, Anatolia and Nubia. Artifacts trace the development of agriculture, writing, religion, art, and history of the Near Eastern region. The museum offers a variety of changing exhibitions, as well as outreach, volunteer and educational programs. Kid’s Corner computer kiosks create an interactive experience for youth, and the Suq gift and book shop sells fun and educational mementos from all over the Near Eastern world.
14. Dinosaur Discovery Museum
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryThe Dinosaur Discovery Museum is the only museum to focus on the link between meat-eating dinosaurs and birds. The museum collaborates with the Carthage Institute of Paleontology in ongoing field work, research and education. See our bone lab and the largest exhibit of meat eating dinosaur in the world .
15. Kenosha Public Museum
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryThe Kenosha Public Museum, located in Kenosha, Wisconsin, is a natural sciences and fine and decorative arts museum.
16. Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryThe Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village, a National Historic Landmark site, is the only active archaeological site in South Dakota that is open to the public. The Village’s Boehnen Memorial Museum and Thomsen Center Archeodome are among the most unique museums in the state. As a research center, it attracts historians, authors, and researchers for its cultural resources in early, pre-Columbian Native American history. For Native Americans, it is an important teaching site that showcases early Native American history on the upper Great Plains, and the contributions of those peoples to modern agriculture.
17. Bell County Museum
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryThe Bell County Museum preserves the historic and prehistoric history of Bell County for people from all walks of life to enjoy. Visitors enjoy permanent exhibits related to local history and the Gault Archaeological site, two traveling exhibits that rotate throughout the year, exciting programs, and a fantastic gift shop!
18. Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryWhere else can you cover 26,000 square miles in a day on foot? From dinosaurs to conquistadors, you’ll find it all in Texas’ largest history museum. Relive the stories of courage and hardship, victory and defeat over the past 14,000 years. Step in and step back to the Old West in a life-size Pioneer Town, view one of the Southwest’s finest art collections, experience the exciting history of the petroleum industry, and more.
19. The Historical Museum at Fort Missoula
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryThe Historical Museum at Fort Missoula is Missoula County’s history museum. We offer visitors a place to wonder, to reminisce, to learn about our county’s history, and how our community’s past makes Missoula and the nation what it is today.
20. Museum of Northern Arizona
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryRecommended this place!
21. Pueblo Grande Museum
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryPueblo Grande Museum is located on a 1,500 year old archaeological site once inhabited by the ancestors of the 4 southern tribes of the O’Odham, referred to as the Sonoran Desert people (Hohokam). The museum is located just minutes from downtown Phoenix next to Sky Harbor International Airport. This National Historic Landmark and Phoenix Point of Pride has been a part of the City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department since 1929 and is the largest preserved archaeological site within Phoenix.
22. Verde Valley Archaeology Center
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23. Asian Art Museum
PEOPLE ARE SAYING:ShiryThe Asian Art Museum holds one of the most comprehensive collections of Asian art in the world holding 18,000 objects spanning 6,000 years of history. With Asia as our lens and art as our cornerstone, we spark connections across cultures and through time, igniting curiosity, conversation, and creativity. Asia is not one place. The ideas and ideals that we call Asian are countless and diverse. Some of the works we display pre-date written history. Others were recently created. Many have connections to works from other continents and other millennia. We explore these links, provoking discovery, debate, and inspiration.
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