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The Lam Museum is excited to present New at the Lam: Recent Acquisitions, which will be on exhibit through August 19.  This colorful exhibition showcases five significant collections donated to the Lam Museum within the last two years. The exhibit features a display of masks […]

In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, the Lam Museum of Anthropology will bring award-winning Hopi artist, poet, and educator Ramson Lomatewama to the Wake Forest campus for a week-long residency November 7-12.  Ramson is the first and only full-time Hopi glassblower, as well as […]

The Lam Museum of Anthropology is looking for people who celebrate Day of the Dead to participate in short video interviews that will appear in next year’s exhibit.  The Museum’s annual exhibit will be revised for 2023 with new text and the addition of a […]

An annual tradition for more than 20 years, the Lam Museum’s Day of the Dead exhibit is bigger and better than ever this year.  Occupying the central gallery, Life after Death: The Day of the Dead in Mexico, will be on display through December 9. […]

News of the World Behold the humble Fijian dish bearing tidings from Polynesia, an explorer’s ship, a ‘Disneyland’ museum circa mid-1700s and a Wake Forest bet on the future.BY CAROL L. HANNER In the mid-1700s, an artist on an unknown island in Fiji intricately carves […]

The Lam Museum recently accepted two large donations of artifacts that will significantly augment our Latin American permanent collection, as well as add to our education collection which is used to provide hands-on learning opportunities for K-12 students. Dr. Tim Wallace, a retired associate professor […]