Events & Displays

This section of the web site allows you to explore MVAC's many events, activities and displays to find the best way for you to become involved. The navigation buttons at the left will take you to specific types of activities. Don't know where to start? Then start with the Schedule of Events below for an overview of all MVAC's activities. Other pages will introduce you to specific activities. Lectures throughout the year will introduce you to the area's archaeology. Other events are divided by audience such as Adult/Family, Youth and Teacher. These pages include a variety of events from an Artifact Show to Field Schools. Are you interested in viewing some of the artifacts that have been recovered? Then the Display page will direct you to area displays.

Information about archaeology events sponsored by other organizations can be found by visiting web sites on MVAC's Links web page.

Click here for a MVAC 2012 Calendar of Events (pfd file).

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2012		MVAC's 30th Anniversary
February	16	MVAC 2011 Awards & Lecture - Spirits of Earth: The Effigy Mound Landscape of Madison and the Four Lakes
	27	Wisconsin's First Farmers - Local Archaeology
March	3	Artifact Show
	25	Olmsted County's First Residents: Archaeology Overview and Recent Survey Results
April	5	Lecture - Ancient Human use of Aquatic Environments along the Northern Coast of the Gulf of Mexico
May	May	Wisconsin Archaeology Month
	May 5 & 6	Volunteer Field Survey for MVAC Members
July	9-27	National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute for Teachers - Exploring the Past: Archaeology in the Upper Mississippi River Valley
August	6	Introduction to Archaeology - grades 1-4
	7	Experimental Archaeology - grades 4-6
	8	Introduction to Archaeology - grades 5-9
	9-10	Middle School Field Experience - grades 5-9
	6-8	Public Archaeology Field Experience for adults and high school students
	6-10	Public Archaeology Field School for adults and high school students
November	8	MVAC 2012 Awards & Lecture - Time Bandits and Those Who Pursue Them: A Story of Cultural Resource Theft (and Protection) in America

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