Public Archaeology Day

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When:
January 10, 2026
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Where:
Old Main (Room #1227)

4841 Cass
Detroit, MI 48202
Event category: K-12 program
In-person

Free family fun for all!

  • Artifact displays
  • Anthropology and mineral museum tours
  • Meet archaeologists
  • Hands-on activities and demonstrations

Exhibitors include:

  • Michigan State Historic Preservation Office
  • Pewabic Pottery
  • Thunder Bay Marine Sanctuary
  • Cranbrook Institute of Science
  • Michigan DNR
  • Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project
  • Warner Farmstead
  • Preservation Detroit
  • Michigan Archaeological Society
  • Fort Michilimackinac
  • and many more!

This event is held in conjunction with the Society for Historical Archaeology Conference, which is being held in Detroit this week. Archaeologists from across the region will be in Old Main to show you their collections and talk with you about how they do their work.

Sponsored by the Michigan History Center, the Gordon L. Grosscup Museum of Anthropology and the Society for Historical Archaeology.

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