Learn about Exhibits from the Past



Chinese Bride's Cup

Take Time: Tea and Mindfulness

May 12, 2023 – March 2, 2024


Painting by Rayner Mikiri

MINE: What is Ours in the Wake of Extraction

September 7 – December 8, 2023


Skulls

Human Evolution: Hot Topics in Paleoanthropology

February 21 – December 8, 2023



huipil

New at the Lam: Recent Acquisitions

January 31 – August 19, 2023


flower offerings

Balinese Offerings

August 23, 2022 – April 22, 2023



Hopi pot

Living Arts of the Hopi

February 15, 2022 – January 28, 2023


necklace

Culture at Stake

August 24, 2021 – August 6, 2022


Moche and Inca ceramics

Experiences of Colonialism in Latin America

January 18 – July 23, 2022


Comanche Hide Robe

Animal Origin: Tokens and Tools from Faunal Remains

April 1, 2021 – April 16, 2022


oil lamps

The Private Lives of Pots

April 1 – December 10, 2021


Boar's Tusk Necklace

Exchange in Melanesia

April 1 – December 10, 2021


Virus

Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World

January 14 – March 16, 2020


Cultures, Contexts, & Collectors

January 28 – March 16, 2020


Greek head sculpture

Un-Writing World History

November 21, 2019 – March 16, 2020



Hinduism Exhibit

Faith: Five World Religions

Long-term, closed March 16, 2020


Papua New Guinea Mask

Masks of the World

Long-term, closed March 16, 2020


Baule Wooden Door

Horses and the Human Experience

January 22, 2019 – December 6, 2019



Dog tooth necklace

Objects of Power: The Material Culture of Contested Memory

November 13, 2018 – August 24, 2019


Japanese Emperor Figure

Children’s Holidays in Japan

February 26 – June 1, 2019


Necklace

Afro Pop!

September 18, 2018 – February 16, 2019


Skulls

Human Evolution: Hot Topics in Paleoanthropology

January 9, 2018 – February 2, 2019


Hideo Haga Photo

Japan through the Photographer’s Lens

January 23 – October 20, 2018


West Mexican Bowl

West Mexican Shaft Tomb Ceramics

May 19 – August 31, 2018


Shoowa Cloth

Escape the Museum: Central Africa

May 13, 2017 – August 18, 2018


Cloth Doll

Childhood: Exploring Youth Culture Around the World

Long-term, closed July 28, 2018



Vienna Map

Vienna: A City of Culture and Contrast

June 20 – December 8, 2017


Professor Deacon

Professor Deacon’s Cultural Cabinet

January 31 – July 29, 2017




Ancient Knife

Warfare & Violent Conflict

March 14  – May 26, 2017


Face and Map Art

Visions of Home: A Celebration of Gullah Art & Culture

August 30, 2016 – April 22, 2017


Netsuke figure

Playing with Spirits: Pokémon and Shintoism

January 24 – March 4, 2017


Kora

Resonance: Musical Instruments in the African Diaspora

October 11  – December 9, 2016


Shirt

The Many Meanings of African Cloth

June 7 – September 17, 2016




Doll

Hina Matsuri: Doll’s Day in Japan

February 16 – May 27, 2016



Mummy Casing

MOA’s Cabinet of Curiosities

June 16, 2015 – February 20, 2016


Lakota moccasins

At Home on the Plains

February 3, 2015 – February 6, 2016



Tang dynasty ceramics

Chinese Ceramics from the Changsha Kilns

Long-term, closed July 2015


Cherokee Sculpture

Understanding Our Past – Shaping Our Future

February 17 – May 29, 2015