In this video Conservator in the Anthropology Division, shows how microscopes help conservators care for collections.
Repatriation to the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa
Repatriation to the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa
Wired Magazine visited St. Catherines Island, GA to talk with Ginessa Mahar, the North American Archaeology lab supervisor at the American Museum of Natural History, about the ongoing excavations on the island. The purpose of the visit was to feature the various types of equipment being used by archaeologists today.
Repatriation to the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa
Dr. Elsa M. Redmond, a research associate in the Museum’s Division of Anthropology, was recently elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Repatriation to the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa
Adolph Bandelier, a Swiss-American archaeologist, and his wife, Fanny, collected over 7,900 pre-Columbian artifacts during an expedition to Peru and Bolivia in the 1890s. In addition to the artifac…
Repatriation to the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa
Repatriation to the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa
Suquamish master basket weaver Ed Carriere helps AMNH Conservators care for baskets in the Northwest Coast collection
Repatriation to the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa
The Peace Hat (AMNH Catalog No: E/2308) given to the Kiksadi Tlingits of Sitka by the Russians during peace negotiations almost 200 years ago was repatriated during a ceremony at Sitka’s Centennial Hall.
Repatriation to the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa
With the museum’s full consent the Tseycum tribe repatriated the remains of 55 of their ancestors to Canada.
Repatriation to the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa
During his Pacific expeditions (1879-85), Otto Finsch collected over 1,000 artifacts and compiled an extensive archive which includes an object catalog and a descriptive manuscript (in German), alo…
Repatriation to the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa
