Explore Archaeology Locally

In the heart of Worcester is the Worcester Art Museum (WAM), which can transport you across the world!  From their website:  "Our wide-ranging exhibitions tell global stories—from art made thousands of years ago to works being created today. The Museum’s collection of nearly 40,000 objects, assembled since its opening in 1898, provides a foundation to connect visitors of all ages with art, artists, and the ideas they spark. With strong ties to both our local community and the international art world, the Worcester Art Museum is an essential cultural venue for Central Massachusetts and beyond."

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The collaborative project, “Art in an Early Global World at WAM,” is generated by faculty and students at the College of the Holy Cross, utilizing feedback from curators at the Worcester Art Museum (WAM) and the Worcester Public Schools’ (WPS) AP Art History class. This project presents a digital resource, available online anywhere (including smartphones), and on iPads permanently installed in WAM’s galleries, intended to reveal global connections between art objects made in different geographical regions before 1500 CE.

Visit the Early Global website from the convenience of your own home!

Just a short trip from Worcester, check out Wellesley College's Davis Museum.  From their website:  "The Davis Museum is one of Wellesley College’s great resources, providing for the care and inventive display of distinguished permanent collections of some 11,000 objects and for the presentation of a rich and varied schedule of temporary exhibitions and programs. The study of original art objects has been integral to teaching in the arts and humanities at Wellesley since its founding in 1875, and active collecting in support of the curriculum dates to the 1880s."  The Davis Museum will have a show "Excavating Antioch:  The Archaeology of an Ancient City", opening September 2026.  This exhibit reconnects artifacts and archives from the 1930s excavations of ancient Antioch (modern Antakya, Türkiye), exploring cultural heritage, collecting, and the city’s enduring place in the Roman Mediterranean world.

Visit the Davis Museum today!