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MOA Move Update

The Museum staff would like to share some additional information about the upcoming move to the former Palmer Hall dormitory.  The completely renovated building will be the Museum’s fifth home, having been previously located in the basement of Tribble Hall, Barn No. 1 in Reynolda […]


MOA Artifact Featured in New Epcot Exhibit

The Gallery of Arts and History in the Morocco pavilion at Epcot, Walt Disney World just introduced an all-new exhibit, “Race Against the Sun: Ancient Technique to Modern Competition.” This exhibit immerses guests in today’s most intense competitions in the Sahara Desert and explores the […]


MOA to Move in Summer 2020

The Museum of Anthropology is very excited to announce that it will be moving to a new location on campus in the summer of 2020.  The Museum will be moving into custom designed space in the current Palmer Hall.  The Department of Anthropology’s offices, laboratories, […]


Mezzanine to be added at MOA Storage Facility

Since the Museum of Anthropology’s inception in 1963, we have acquired nearly 30,000 artifacts from all around the world through the generosity of community donors.   When our objects are not on exhibition, they reside in an off-site storage facility.  We implement and maintain the best […]


MOA Collaborates with Libraries for On the Same Page 2019

The Museum of Anthropology is proud to be collaborating with the Forsyth County Library system for their On the Same Page community read initiative, which asks everyone to come together around reading and discussing a book that takes on complex issues and provides rich material […]


Historic Bethabara Archaeology on View

This summer, the Museum of Anthropology will present a new WFU student-curated mini exhibit entitled A House Divided: Tri-Racial Tensions at Historic Bethabara.  Founded by Moravian immigrants in 1753, Historic Bethabara is remembered as the first European village in what would later become Forsyth County, […]


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