Museum News & Updates
Gallery Closed for Exhibit Installation
The Haffenreffer Museum's public gallery is closed until further notice during exhibit installation.

Other Museum operations, like our outreach programs, events, research, and general communications, will continue as normal. More updates will be posted as they become available.

We'll see you again soon!
The Continuous Path: Pueblo Movement and Archaeology along the Northern Rio Grande
Article by Museum Director Robert Preucel and Samuel Duwe (University of Oklahoma)

"When Juan de Oñate journeyed north up the Rio Grande valley in the summer of 1598, he found, to his dismay, nobody at home. As the spearhead of a colonial expedition into the heart of the Pueblo province, Oñate had hoped..." Read More
Arctic Horizons Final Report
Arctic Horizons brings together members of the Arctic social science and indigenous communities to reassess the goals, potentials, and needs of these diverse communities and ASSP within the context of a rapidly changing circumpolar North. This report that describes the community's vision for the future of Arctic social science research.


Review of "Escape the Haffenreffer"
On March 16th and 17th, the Haffenreffer Museum hosted "Escape the Haffenreffer," a hands-on escape room program designed by Bryn Pernot, the Museum's Barbara Greenwald Museum Experience Program Fellow. You can read the Brown Daily Herald's review at this link.

Upcoming Events
Fort Apache: Conflict, Conservation, and (Re)Conciliation(?) in Indian Country
April 5 | 5 - 6 PM
Smith Buonanno Hall, Room 106
(95 Cushing Street, Providence RI)
Funded by the Shepard Krech III Fund

Join archaeologist-preservationist John R. Welch (Simon Fraser University) in examining if and how the colonial outpost most responsible for Apache subjugation, Fort Apache, and Theodore Roosevelt School National Historic Landmark, can be returned to active duty in support of White Mountain Apache Tribe sovereignty, community, and prosperity.

Ancestors, Animacy, and Archives: Social Cohesion and Solidarity in the pre-Hispanic Andes
April 19 | 5 - 6 PM
Rhode Island Hall, Room 108
(60 George Street, Providence RI)
Funded by the Jane Powell Dwyer Memorial Fund

Join anthropologist Elizabeth DeMarrais (Cambridge University) as she investigates place-making, deposition, and collaborative labor projects using archaeological evidence from the Calchaquí Valley, Argentina. She will show how rituals structured communal activity, building a sense of mutual obligation and interdependence, within and beyond individual communities.

Thank you for your support!
We are happy to offer all of our members access to the Association of Science - Technology Centers Passport Program! Don't forget to renew your membership to continue enjoying this program. Learn more about the ASTC and other participating museums at: astc.org/passport/

Thank you for your support!

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