Please join us at the Grosscup Museum of Anthropology in Old Main as part of your Noel Night celebrations!

Gallery:

The Grosscup Museum will feature its current exhibition, The Art of the Drink, an exploration of objects and artforms related to the consumption of grain-based alcoholic beverages in cultures around the world. Areas featured include Asia, Africa, and North and South America. A prominent section focuses on the role of Detroit during the Prohibition Era (1920-1933) and includes a recreated Speakeasy Tunnel. Entrance to the museum and all associated activites is free of charge.

Additional activities:

Bottle-cap pin making - make and take

Plaster animal painting - make and take

Pewabic Tile archaeology puzzles - hands on activity

Live Music (tentative) - A jazz combo will present Hot Jazz classics from the 1920s and beyond in the front hall of Old Main in conjunction with the exhibition. 

Community Engagement Partner Zone:

Several community partners of the Department of Anthropology will also be hosting activity and information tables outside the museum including:

Preservation Detroit

Michigan Archaeological Society - Detroit Chapter

Healthier Black Elders Center - WSU Institute of Gerontology