Because there are 270,000 square feet of exhibits and dioramas in the Museum, you’d never guess that 98 percent of the collections are stored out of view! See some of these natural treasures for yourself during exclusive, small group tours with the curators and collections managers. Reservations required; space is limited. For ages 12 and up.
Anthropology
Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh, PhD, curator of anthropology, and Isabel Tovar, collections manager, Anthropology Department
This unique tour will feature objects from two special anthropology collections. The American ethnology collection is dominated by the 11,600-piece Crane American Indian Collection, donated to the Museum in 1968. This collection includes many of the essential objects that document 19th- and early 20th-century North American Indian material culture. It contains peace medals, items from the Fred Harvey Company, the Axell Rasmussen Northwest Coast Collection, and a collection of ethnological art. The 8,000-piece world ethnology collection features mid-20th-century material culture from southern Africa, southeast Asia, and the Oceanic region.
Tuesday, July 15, 6:30 p.m.
$20 member, $25 nonmember
or Saturday, August 2, noon
$20 member, $25 nonmember
