On March 17, the Museum will open two new student-curated exhibits that will share space in our largest exhibit gallery. Pocket Change: A Story of Coins through Time will showcase more than 100 coins from ancient China and the Mediterranean. Each coin is […]
The Museum’s latest exhibit, Return to Sender? Aboriginal Cultural Heritage and Repatriation, features Aboriginal Australian art, tools, and other objects from the permanent collection. It discusses the complexities of sovereignty and ownership of these objects in museums and explores the idea of repatriation, returning objects […]
This fall semester, the Lam Museum is excited to present a series of free lectures about archaeology across the Americas featuring sites in Peru, Guatemala, and North Carolina. On Monday, September 15, at 5:00pm, archaeologists Dr. Matthew Sayre and Dr. Silvana Rosenfeld of High Point […]
The Lam Museum is pleased to present two workshops this summer, each with connections to objects currently on exhibit. A Mosaic Workshop will take place on Sunday, June 22, from 2:00pm to 4:00pm. This workshop is designed for adults and children ages 8 and up. […]
The Museum’s newest exhibit, Fragments of Changsha: Medieval China in Miniature, features more than 70 objects from the Timothy S. Y. Lam Collection, many of which have not been displayed before. Donated in 2012, Mr. Lam’s collection focuses on Changsha Ware, a style of Chinese […]
The Lam Museum offers internship opportunities to Wake Forest students each semester. Supervised by Academic Director Dr. Andrew Gurstelle, the interns can choose to work in any area of the Museum, gaining both instruction about museum studies and real-world experience. Each internship is unique to […]