Exhibitions

Current Exhibition

Objects and Their Stories: Highlights from the Robert S. Peabody Museum

This exhibition is a retrospective look at how objects collected by the Peabody Museum reflect past intellectual perspectives of the collectors, influenced the development of American archaeology as a discipline, encapsulate Native histories and how they are presently understood.



The museum displays its collections in long- and short-term exhibitions showcasing the diversity and achievements of Native American life and illustrating techniques and recent discoveries in archaeology.
At present, long-term installations highlight Northeast Woodland cultures; Southwestern pottery; archaeology in the Tehuacan Valley in Mexico; and Central and South American textiles. A series of smaller changing exhibitions allows the museum to address topics of current interest and to display recent acquisitions. Currently, materials from Pecos Pueblo, New Mexico are on display in the Hornblower Gallery.