Ethnology
& Archaeology
Anthropology Collections at MSC
Location:
Academic Resources Center
- ARC
NHB, Main Building, Ground Floor, Room 60A
Host:
Lynn
Copes
Guide:
Deb Hull-Walski
Deb
Hull-Walski, collections manager for the Museum
of Natural History's Anthropology Department.
As Collections Manager, she is in charge of objects
in the collection at all times, before they arrive
at the Museum Support Center, and are proposed
for acquisition, and when they leave the Museum
Support Center on loan.
Logistics:
Meet at the Mall Entrance to NMH at 11:45 sharp!
The MSC shuttle leaves promptly at 12:00. This
is a good day to bring a packed lunch to chow
down on - No Food allowed at MSC.
Topic:
The
US National Anthropological Collections at the
Museum Support Center
In
1983, the Smithsonian dedicated a building in
Suitland, Maryland called the Museum Support Center
(MSC). With four pods already in full function
and a fifth pod opening this summer, the MSC has
over half a million square feet of storage space
for collections from most of the museum's departments.
For example, 2.25 million archaeological and ethnographic
objects from the Anthropology Department are held
at MSC (all human remains are kept in the NHB).
On this field trip, we will be shown some of these
objects: masks, baskets, ceremonial dress, weapons,
and many other material remains of cultures both
past and present, from Maryland to Mozambique.
Be prepared for a whirlwind tour of the world's
most breathtaking artifacts.
Is
there a particular culture or area of the world
you would like to explore? Now is your chance
to study abroad (without leaving D.C.) - The Collections
Manager is open to requests for Friday's tour
- Check out the Anthropology Collections Website
below for ideas!
Learn more:
Search
the Anthropology Collections
American
Anthropological Association
