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Information
 The
Robert S. Peabody Museum is one of the nation's major repositories of
Native American archaeological collections. Major collections include
materials from the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, Mexico and
the Arctic, and range from Paleo Indian (10,000+ years ago) to the present
day. Since its founding in 1901 through the bequest of Robert Singleton
Peabody, the museum has been an important center for archaeological research
and education. An 1857 graduate of Phillips Academy with a passionate
interest in archaeology, Peabody wanted to encourage young people's interest
in the sciences, and to foster respect and appreciation for Native American
peoples who have inhabited this hemisphere for thousands of years.
Today,
the museum continues its primary role as a teaching museum and unparalleled
educational resource for Phillips Academy and the community. Museum programs
strive to:
- Study
and preserve the record of Native American cultures as reflected in
archaeological, ethnographic and documentary collections.
- Serve
as an educational resource for teaching archaeology as an interdisciplinary
science at Phillips Academy, in the greater community and for the interested
public.
- Teach
understanding and appreciation of human culture diversity to prepare
students, through knowledge and respect, to live in a multicultural,
global community.
- Explore
interactions and relationships between the social sciences (human behavior)
and the natural sciences (the physical world).
- Include
Native American people as full partners in the preservation and appreciation
of their culture.
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