Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography at Harvard
Areas of Focus
Native Americans, Ancient Civilizations, Self-Guided Museum Tour, Student Program
Program Fees: All self guiding visits are free and all face to face school programs led by museum educators are $37 per group.
Transportation Options
School Bus Availability:
No, our organization does not offer buses.
MBTA Accessibility :
Yes, our organization is MBTA accessible via the Harvard Square red line subway station.
Available Programs
To Register for a Field Trip: Contact Cathy DiSanzo in reservations at 617-495-3216 or email pmae-ed@hmsc.harvard.edu.
Note: We now teach several programs in Spanish or a combination of Spanish and English.
Arctic Days (Grades 3–5)
Delve deeper into one region of North America to explore cultures managing the challenging Arctic climate.
Amazing Aztecs (Grades 4–7)
Explore the Mexica and Aztec civilization through artifacts and primary documents in the museum galleries.
Day of the Dead (Grades 2–12)
An exploration of the traditional Mexican holiday featuring the museum's colorful Day of the Dead ofrenda (altar).
Globetrotters (Grades K–2)
Young anthropologists travel the world, comparing artifacts from Africa, Asia, South America, Europe, Australia and right here in North America.
Foragers to Farmers (Grades 6-8)
Students tour exhibits and work in an activity lab with stone tools, animal bones, mortars and other early technologies to compare hunting and gathering societies to farming peoples. The class is 70 minutes long.
Igloos to Adobe (Grades 2–5)
Explore cultural diversity and history among Native peoples in the Northeast, Northwest, Southwest, and Arctic, surrounded by the displays in the Hall of the North American Indian gallery.
King for a Day (Grades 5-8)
A live, interactive webcast uses Skype to highlights the monuments, buildings, and symbols associated with royal power in Maya and Aztec civilizations.
Magnificent Maya (Grades 4–7)
Investigate Classic Period Maya culture and people through the clues left behind in their tools, buildings, and writing, among dramatic Maya monumental sculptures.
Read with Raven (Grades K–2)
Magical trickster Raven is your guide during this literacy program. Students explore the elements of a folktale through objects and art of Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest.
