The Maxwell Museum will celebrate its 90th birthday in 2022. Here we feature some highlights from our history.
Hamper. British Columbia, artist unknown (MMA 60.27.28)
Posted on: Thursday, July 15, 2021
In the nearly 50 years since the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology has been in its present location, the Museum has hosted approximately 150 temporary exhibitions. Here, we look back at some of them.
To Make Things Beautiful: Plateau Native... read more
Yer Dailege!
Posted on: Thursday, June 10, 2021
In the nearly 50 years since the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology has been in its present location, the Museum has hosted approximately 150 temporary exhibitions. Here, we look back at some of them.
Yer Dailege! Beautiful! The term refers to... read more
Heavily worn sillimanite spiral grooved axe (MMA 75.317.58)
Posted on: Thursday, June 3, 2021
In the nearly 50 years since the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology has been in its present location, the Museum has hosted approximately 150 temporary exhibitions. Here, we look back at some of them.
In 1976, the Maxwell Museum mounted a... read more
Ingrained Images: Wood Carvings from Easter Island
Posted on: Thursday, May 27, 2021
In the nearly 50 years since the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology has been in its present location, the Museum has hosted approximately 150 temporary exhibitions. In recognition of Asian American and Pacific Islanders Month, this month we feature... read more
Portrait of a woman, Socorro, New Mexico
Posted on: Thursday, May 13, 2021
In the nearly 50 years since the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology has been in its present location, the Museum has hosted approximately 150 temporary exhibitions. In recognition of Asian American and Pacific Islanders Month, this month we feature... read more
Tea cups with lids owned by the Wong family. Made in Jingdezhen, China, 1938.
Posted on: Thursday, May 13, 2021
In the nearly 50 years since the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology has been in its present location, the Museum has hosted approximately 150 temporary exhibitions. In recognition of Asian American and Pacific Islanders Month, this month we feature... read more
Infant from the Uyeda family resting on a Navajo rug, Gallup, New Mexico, early 20th c (Miruyama/Uyeda photo album)
Posted on: Thursday, May 6, 2021
In the nearly 50 years since the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology has been in its present location, the Museum has hosted approximately 150 temporary exhibitions. In recognition of Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month, this month we... read more
Huipil, San Tomas Chichicastenango, Guatemala. Holzapfel Collection (MMA 2007.74.1)
Posted on: Thursday, April 29, 2021
In the nearly 50 years since the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology has been in its present location, the Museum has hosted approximately 150 temporary exhibitions. Here, we look back at some of them.
The 1976 Maxwell Museum exhibition Weavers... read more
Detail, exhibition postcard from Juan Quezada and the New Tradition
Posted on: Thursday, April 22, 2021
In the nearly 50 years since the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology has been in its present location, the Museum has hosted approximately 150 temporary exhibitions. Here, we look back at some of them.
The 1979-80 traveling exhibition Juan... read more
The Maya Image in the Western World (detail of Tikalmural by Carlos Vierra, 1915)
Posted on: Thursday, April 15, 2021
In the nearly 50 years since the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology has been in its present location, the Museum has hosted approximately 150 temporary exhibitions. Here, we look back at some of them.
The years 1986 and 1987 saw a trifecta of... read more
