On Friday November 2, the Museum of Peoples and Cultures will be celebrating the Halloween season a little different than normal, by hosting a Day of the Dead Celebration.
Between the hours of 5:30 and 9:30 guests can come to the MPC at their leisure to learn and participate in Mexican traditions. A traditional altar full of food, flowers and other items, will be set up in the gallery for visitors to see. The celebration of this holiday compliments the exhibit: Seeking the Divine: Ritual, Prayer, and Celebration which depicts ways that different cultures live and celebrate. Admission is free...
In honor of the nationwide Celebrate Your Museum Day, the Museum of Peoples and Cultures will be hosting a series of events from Thursday September 13 through Saturday the 15
On Saturday, festivities will be held from 1 pm to 4 pm at the MPC. Indoors, crafts such as bird shakers and mask colorings can be made, while outside, raw clay pottery making, an I-spy petroglyph game, and a mock archaeology dig will take place...
6/20/07
The Museum of Peoples and Cultures recently received a donation of over 3,000 Anasazi (or Ancestral Puebloan) artifacts from Arizona, the majority coming from one site: Four Mile Ruin. The collection includes painted pottery, shell jewelry, beads, carved bone items, and projectile points. The donation, given by the Riedhead family of Arizona, is valued at over $750,000…
4/20/07
On Saturday April 12th, from 10 am to 2 pm, the Museum of Peoples and Cultures will be hosting their annual Block Party in honor of Utah Prehistory Week and their new exhibit, "Touching the Past; Traditions of Casas Grandes." ...
Katie Criddle
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Join the Museum of Peoples and Cultures in celebrating Utah Prehistory Day with a Block Party on Saturday, May 10th. Demonstrations and food will be available throughout the day.
The new exhibition Kachinas of the Southwest: Dances, Dolls, and Rain will be opening April 22nd. It will explore the Kachina Cult of the Southwest.