New Kachina Exhibition Opens

4/21/08

A new exhibition Kachinas of the Southwest: Dances, Dolls, and Rain will be opening at the Museum of Peoples and Cultures on Wednesday April 23.
The exhibit will explore the Pueblo people's Kachina tradition, which is based on their belief in spiritual beings that exist in everything. Although these spirits are represented in various ways, dancing and dolls are the most common forms.

Day of the Dead Celebration

10/25/07

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...

Celebrate Your Museum Day

9/6/07

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...

Museum to Hold Culture Date Night

7/18/07
The Museum of Peoples and Cultures is hosting a summer Culture-Me-Mine Date Night on Friday July 27th, with sessions starting at 6:30 and 7:30 in the evening.
Every semester, the museum hosts a unique date night, offering a tour through their galleries and some sort of cultural activity. This date night will be different from those past because it will feature their new exhibit, Touching the Past: Traditions of Casas Grandes.

Museum Receives Donation of 3,000 Objects

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…

Museum to Host Block Party

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." ...

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