Celebrate #Oregon's birthday by nominating an organization or individual for the museum's stewardship award! It recognizes a project that involves the community in meaningful ways and aligns with the museum's mission to inspire stewardship of our past, present, and future. tiny.cc/6nxy001

Elizabeth Kallenbach has been named as a "Trailblazer" by the Journal of California and Great Basin Anthropology! Her research expands the ability to identify fibers, providing a more complete understanding of the plants people in the Great Basin and Oregon have used for more than 14,000 years.🧪🏺🏛️

Close to Eugene? Join us next Thursday, February 12 at 6pm for a talk about how studying Oregon's tiny fossil rodents helps us prepare for the impacts of climate change. #fossilfriday 🧪🏛️

Publication alert! New research from MNCH and University of Nevada, Reno analyzes the oldest-known sewn hide and fine bone needles, helping us better understand the complex lives of humans in Oregon's high desert 12,000 years ago. Read the paper here: shorturl.at/HX3E0 🧪🏺🏛️

Workers immigrating from China built many of the industries we consider quintessentially Oregonian: hop farming, seafood canning, gold mining, railroads. Our exhibit Roots and Resilience tells some of their story. Check out the online exhibit here: shorturl.at/vWxK8

Meet Louisa Sewell: One of Oregon's Black pioneers featured in ReEnvisioned: Contemporary Portraits of our Black Ancestors. Louisa moved to Canyon City in Grant County to live with her husband Columbus, a wealthy miner and businessman in 1868. #history #blackhistorymonth🧵

Our opening night was incredible! Thank you to everyone that came out. 🎉 ReEnvisioned is now open! Come see the stories that are often left out of Oregon's history. These ten portraits will reshape how we remember Oregon's past.🖤✨ #universityoforegon #art #museum #oregonhistory #blackhistory

@uocas.bsky.social masters student and paleontologist Andy takes us behind the scenes to break down the tools she uses to work on Wally #paleosky #fossilfriday ⚒️🧰 🐋✨ 🧪🏛️

There are 17 Black Oregonian pioneers represented in ReEnvisioned: Contemporary Portraits of Our Black Ancestors. Join Mariah Rocker from @oregonblackpioneers.org on January 29 to meet the people behind the portraits. 🏛️

And here's what I was actually supposed to be doing today! Happy #MuseumSelfieDay from a staff that provided me with a lot of squirrel content!

Listen y'all, I love squirrels so much and I dragged our entire staff into this #SquirrelAppreciationDay project so I have way too many pictures and thoughts for one post. 🧵incoming. 🏛️🧪

Get ready for a brand new exhibit opening coming this weekend! Enjoy a quiet little sneak peek as our team works behind the scenes ✨🎧 Join us this Friday for the opening to come see it for yourself! 📍 Galleria 📅 Friday, January 16 ⏰ 6:00 to 7:30 pm

@uoregon.bsky.social master's student and paleontologist Andy returns to show us more about preparing Wally for display! 🐋✨#paleosky #fossilfriday 🧪🏛️

Recent investigations have linked Chinese Americans with more than 30 historic ranches in Eastern Oregon. Read the full story here https://www.opb.org/article/2026/01/07/eastern-oregon-chinese-cowboys-trail/ 

Transgressors closes Sunday, January 4! This exhibit, originally presented at Chachalu Tribal Museum and Cultural Center, showcases nine artists exploring the past, present, and future of Indigenous queer identity and is curated by Anthony Hudson and Felix Furby. #indigenousart #pnw

Wally! I remember him from when we had him at Bill Sullivan's old place 😊 so glad he's being worked on again! NARG has meetings the first Wednesday of every month at the Tualatin Heritage Center in Tualatin, OR, from 6-9pm. Meetings are open to the public. There's a lecture & we share our fossils

Meet Wally the Whale, a fossilized whale skull currently being prepared for display. @uoregon.bsky.social student and paleontologist Andy Quintanilla is hard at work putting Wally back together again. #paleosky 🧪🏛️

Bring your family and come visit us this holiday season! We're open 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. December 19-21, 27-28, and January 2-4, which will be the last weekend Transgressors is on view.

Check out the newest addition to our entrance! Greg A. Robinson (Chinook), our 2025 Featured Contemporary Artist, crafted this power board. The lower figure represents a Tayi, a leader in Chinook clans, and the upper figure represents their tamanawas, or spirit power. #IndigenousArt

Check out these photos from a 2020 excavation in downtown Eugene! This project revealed items from an early 1900s Chinese restaurant and gift shop owned by Wing Kee and Marie Westfall. You can see some of these artifacts in our exhibit Roots and Resilience.🏛️🏺

Our exhibit Explore Oregon goes deep into Oregon’s past and joins a conversation about our collective future. Come visit our Ice Age skeletons!

Heh heh...get it? "Dig in"? Cause it's an archaeology field school? 🏺 Ok that aside, making field school accessible to people who can't spend four weeks away from home was one of our main goals last summer and we're so thrilled it worked for this student. 🥲🧪🏛️

The museum is closed Thursday, November 27 for Thanksgiving, but remember: birds are dinosaurs. Eating poultry? You're definitely eating a dinosaur. We'll reopen for our normal hours Friday, November 28. Come by and check out our dinosaur skeleton*. 🏛️ 🧪 *It's a chicken skeleton.

"We are here today and we are in community with you, together. Ride with us, with Shimkhin and White Cindy, with past and future ancestors, and with your relatives today, and ask yourself: what does a future look like with us in it?" `-intro panel of exhibit "Transgressors". #TransDayOfRemembrance

From shells to crypto, Indigenous currencies have always been more than a form of money. Join Dr. Ashley Cordes of the @uoregon.bsky.social this Thursday, November 13th for a talk on Indigenous currencies in the digital age. 🏛️#econsky

“This is the future of archaeology, moving away from colonial structures and doing work that supports tribal sovereignty, access to ancestral lands and serves the people the work represents,” says professor Gabe Sanchez 🏺🏛️🧪. tiny.cc/1zuu001

Happy Halloween from the MNCH staff! 🏛️🏺🧪

Next week, we're hosting Dr. David Martínez, director of the Institute for Transborder Indigenous Nations at @arizonastateuni.bsky.social! Check out this video for a preview of what he'll be speaking about. 🏛️

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Hey, Oregon K12 folks! We're partnering with Oregon Historical Society to host the Chinese Diaspora in Oregon Traveling Trunk. This trunk is packed full of hands-on activities & lessons and can be rented from us for up to two weeks by schools and other institutions. tinyurl.com/2pu6379w

Have you ever seen the fossil mastodon skeleton at the library in Tualatin, OR? It inspired a team of researchers (including our own Andrew Boehm) to perform DNA analysis that resulted in an expanded understanding of the Pacific mastodon's range! #fossil🏺

New arrival to our lobby case! Yoruba kings, known as "Obas," wear these intricate crowns as a symbol of their authority. These crowns can only be worn by those who trace their ancestry to Odùduwà, the legendary founder of the Yoruba kingdom. The beaded birds and faces are common features.

How do you move a bunch of dishes that are already broken? Very carefully, so they don't break more! Our archaeologists just moved offices, and with that came moving our historic comparative collection of glass bottles and ceramic vessels, which help us identify broken pieces we find at sites.🏺🧪

A Friday love story for you: Patty and Tom met working at the museum and have now been married for 43 years. 🥹 Their leadership and care have touched every corner of the museum and helped make us what we are today. Thanks, Patty and Tom! 🏺🏛️ giving.uoregon.edu/article/focu...

Today is the #ShakeOut earthquake drill! Join us at the @uoregon.bsky.social Museum of Natural and Cultural History for a special Walk & Talk about earthquakes and preparedness. The program begins at 2pm at @uomnch.bsky.social. Learn more at mnch.uoregon.edu/index.php/learn/great-oregon-shakeout.

Happy National Fossil Day! How much cronch is in these leaves? These fossil leaves are from the John Day Formation and are an early species of alder.

Learn more about upcoming #ShakeOut events at cascadiaquakes.org/2025/09/08/2025-great-oregon-shakeout!

Celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day at @uoregon.bsky.social! The Native American Student Union will hold a flag-raising ceremony at noon, we're open and free, and the art museum is open and free with a James Lavadour exhibit. Banner by @stephlittlebird.bsky.social. #indigenousart

Wasco weaver Pat Courtney Gold crafted this sally bag, named "Honor the Frog." Sally bags are a unique example of Columbia Plateau weaving, traditionally used to carry and store foods and medicines. See our online gallery for more sally bags! mnch.uoregon.edu/coll.../plat... #indigenousart

Took a trip over to our fossil vaults today and thought you all might appreciate this label for our teaching collection cabinets...#paleosky #fossilfriday

10,000 miles. 105 presentations. 5 University of Oregon students. Our educators crisscross Oregon every summer, sharing museum programs with libraries throughout the state.🧪 #scicomm Read more: news.uoregon.edu/how-i-spent-...

Join our executive director @tbraje.bsky.social for this virtual talk with Ventura County Archaeological Society! Email [email protected] for the Zoom link. 🏺

"No matter who you are, this work is for you." Transgressors presents now and future Indigiqueer ancestors who move beyond boundaries in life and art. The work of 10 artists. curated by Anthony Hudson and Felix Furby, is on view at the museum until January 4, 2026. #IndigenousArt

This enamelware coffee pot is from the historic site of the Corvallis, Oregon city dump (used 1910-1913). It's made from iron sheet metal and covered in a ceramic enamel layer; this method of manufacturing was at its peak popularity in the United States from 1880 to 1930.🏺 ☕

@therealchelsearose.bsky.social interviewed Chris Ruiz, director of this summer's Applegate House Field School, on Underground History. Listen here for a great overview of archaeological field schools and why we were so invested in running a commuter one this summer! 🏺🧪

It's #nationaldogday and we're celebrating Ruthie, this summer's Applegate House Field School Site Supervisor. Ruthie oversaw team morale, secured the site from intruders (primarily deer and squirrels), and inspected the archaeology crew's work. Thanks for a great field school, Ruthie! 🏺

Oregon—Where Past is Present shares 14,000 years of Oregon stories. Come visit the museum and delve into Oregon’s past, from the archaeology of the First Americans to the dynamic cultures of today’s Tribes.

It's the peak of the Perseids and we're welcoming some new stars to our Oregon Stories case! This case features objects from contemporary Oregonians their own words telling their stories.

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This weekend, we're hosting family-friendly activities that explore how archaeology works. Look at the outfit our student employees made for Mylo, our plushie ground sloth that sits at our front desk 🥹🦥🏺