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June 10, 2024
by John Steinberg
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Tag Archives: public archaeology
May 3, 2022
by John Steinberg
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Early Maps of the area around the Jeremiah Lee Mansion
In May of last year (2021) the Marblehead Museum was able to reunite the whole of the Jeremiah Lee Property when the organization purchased the neighboring Brick Kitchen at 157 Washington St. In a May 18, 2021 article in the … Continue reading
October 27, 2014
by Jessica Rymer
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Public Archaeology Case Study #2: Working with Collections
Since Boston Children’s Museum is one of the few children’s museums in the world to have a collection, we knew from the earliest planning stages that the collection would be incorporated into our program. One of our overall goals was … Continue reading
October 24, 2014
by Jessica Rymer
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Public Archaeology Case Study #1: Mock Dig
As I mentioned in my previous post on practicing public archaeology, our program featured two activities: a mock dig and a matching game with objects from the Museum’s collections. Though we had the room for 2 hours, the activities were … Continue reading
October 21, 2014
by Jessica Rymer
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Practicing Public Archaeology: A Case Study
Graduate students enrolled in ANTH 615 (“Public Archaeology”) this fall were challenged to identify a situation in the community in need of public archaeological engagement and to create a (hypothetical) program to address that need. As luck would have it, … Continue reading