At Harvard, an art collective documents the strange beauty of “castaway” garbage and its place in the landscape.

He died in 2014. Since the fellowship is administered by Harvard’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, such non-narrow criteria make eminent sense: All the world’s its stage.

2. Von Dr. T. WAIZ. 2 Bänder. Leipzig. 1860. SOME writers have the remarkable faculty of making the subject which they may happen to treat forever more distasteful and wearisome to their readers.

The Smithsonian’s Bureau of Ethnology (renamed the Bureau of American Ethnology in 1897) was established in 1879. Its first director, John Wesley Powell (1834-1902), helped shape the field of ...

As part of Simon Fraser University's 50th Anniversary celebrations, the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology was proud to engage in a major renewal in our gallery. Throughout the Fall 2015 semester, ...

ABOUT the year 1895 Major J. W. Powell, director of the Bureau of American Ethnology, decided to prepare a linguistic map of that part of North America south of the Mexican boundary. This ...

IN an article on “Aino Ethnology” which appeared in NATURE, vol. xxvi, p. 524, and which I happened to read only a few days ago, Mr. A. H. Keane makes the following statement:— “Until the ...

The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi offers an immersive journey into the traditions of Vietnam's 54 ethnic groups, making it a must-visit destination for history and culture enthusiasts.

This exhibit spotlights eight masks from our collection here at the SFU Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. Out of the dozens of masks that we house here, these eight stood out to us in their ability ...

The Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., except for major holidays. Admission costs $15 for adults and $10 for youths ages 3 to 18; kids 3 and younger ...