The
Brooklyn College Anthropology Department's Traveling Museum was initially funded
by a grant from the Brooklyn College President's office. The basic purpose of
the museum is to bring anthropology to people in the neighborhoods. To this end
the museum can arrange to have a lecturer come to a community group to discuss
some specific issues in anthropology, or it can arrange to have an exhibit set
up in a public space.
Both
of these service are available for free, although the museum is grateful for any
contributions that might be made to keep the project alive. For further
information, please call (718) 951-4149.
Visiting
Programs
Lecturers
can come to visit your community group, whether it be a scout troop, a senior
citizens9 home, or any community group. We have lecturers who can
speak on a wide variety of topics in archaeology, other cultures, linguistics
and human evolution.
If
you are interested in having someone come to lecture a group you are involved
with, please call us at (718) 951-5507
to make an appointment.
Exhibition
Programs
If
you have an area of you business, which is open to the public, it may be
possible for us to set up a small exhibit there. We have many artifacts from our
archaeological "digs" and from other cultures where our staff has
carried out research.
If
you are interested in having such an exhibition mounted in your organization's
space, please call us at (718)-951-5507
to make an appointment.
Visits
to the College
In some instances
it may be possible to have groups visit the anthropology department and see some
of the facilities we use in our work. We have many artifacts and specimens,
which we would be delighted to show you. Since these are often in use,
scheduling visits requires some advanced planning.
If
you are interested in visiting us, please call us at (718) 951-4149 or 5507 to
make an appointment.
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