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 🥹🦥🏺

This is excellent news for Oregon's kelp forest conservation! There's so much work yet to do but this is a crucial step in restoring the sunflower sea star to our coast. 🌊 🧪

Chinese immigrants were among the earliest non-Indigenous communities to settle in Oregon. Our exhibit Roots and Resilience explores the intense discrimination they faced, and their perseverance in shaping Oregon's diverse industries, business, and communities.

One month left of our traveling library program! The whole family will enjoy exploring the environment, designing solutions, and imagining a brighter future for the Earth. #scienceeducation In Oregon? View the map to see when we're stopping near you: maphub.net/MNCH_UO/mnch...

Vanessa Finney of Jefferson Public Radio interviewed Emily Hartlerode, director of Oregon Folklife Network, about culture-keepers and traditional arts in Oregon. Listen to the end for a preview of our final Oregon Culture Night (this Thursday, July 31)! www.ijpr.org/show/the-jef...

In part as a response to the wave of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and rhetoric, organizations and individual allies from across the country worked together to create the virtual hub. Creating spaces of love, safety and resource sharing for 2SLGBTQ+ relatives. ✍️: @nikabartoosmith.bsky.social for UNN+ICT

Insects and bugs are critical to a healthy environment! We love seeing them in our Native Plants Courtyard. Got a kiddo who loves bugs? We've got bug-themed activities in our courtyard for the next two Fridays and Saturdays in #EugeneOregon. 🐝🐜🌞

This photo has 5 generations of UO archaeological field school students! Students from 2011, 2014, 2018, 2022, and 2023 worked on a survey project in northern Nevada, led by Geoffrey Smith (University of Nevada-Reno) and Aiden Hlebechuk (MNCH field school and archaeological research division alum).

Our Indigenous Archaeology Field Methods field school is wrapping up! 13 students have spent the last four weeks in coastal California, conducting collaborative archaeology with members of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band. Stay tuned for more about what they've been doing. 🏺🧪🏛️

The Oregon Folklife Network hosts live demonstrations of Oregon's living traditions at the museum in July! Culture bearers from a wide variety of backgrounds will provide insider knowledge about their traditional artforms -- if you're in the area, come hang out with us this summer. 🏛️

The Mammoth Trumpet spotlighted the Traditional Nutrition Project! MNCH Curator of Great Basin Archaeology, Katelyn McDonough, worked on this paleoethnobotanical study with Perry Chocktoot, former Director of Cultural and Heritage for the Klamath Tribes, and Geoffrey Smith at UNR. 🏺🧪

Our friends from @uomnch.bsky.social  are coming to the Library for Power Play for the Planet! The whole family can play games, solve puzzles, and complete wacky challenges in order to save planet Earth! Head to the Main Meeting Room at 1:30 PM on July 9th to join in the fun.

It's always fun to see how the courtyard changes throughout the season! The plants have been appreciating this weekend's cool and rainy weather. #pnwnativeplants #naturephotography

Before the dinosaurs were the trilobites! #fossilfriday

Today is Commencement here at @uoregon.bsky.social — UO students are employees, volunteers, club members, visitors, and, of course, students here at the museum. The Class of 2025 has big hopes and dreams and and we can't wait to see them change the world. #GoDucks 🦆 🎓

Back again for another #fossilfriday, this time looking closely at Columbian mammoth teeth and tusks 🦷🦴🦣🧪

This summer we'll be presenting 111 library education programs for families all across Oregon. It's one of our favorite things we do, and this year: we're learning how fun it can be to save the planet! 🧪 Check out the map to see when we're stopping near you: maphub.net/MNCH_UO/mnch...

Field school director Gabe Sanchez worked extensively with the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band to publish an open-access volume about #archaeology on their traditional homelands that includes contributions from Tribal and non-Tribal collaborators. 🧪🏺Read it here: escholarship.org/uc/item/3rb3...