Join us for one of our biggest events of the year - Fossil Day. We will be offering fossil identification by Dr. Ronald McDowell of the West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey as well as a lecture at 2 p.m. by Ray Garton of Prehistoric Planet on the fossils of West Virginia. We will also... View Article
The museum’s monthly lecture and film series will be featured towards the end of January. The 60-minute documentary film “Pearl Harbor: Into the Arizona” will be shown at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 27. The battleship USS Arizona was sunk during the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, at a cost of 1,177 lives.... View Article
With the beginning of a new year, the museum is cleaning out its closet of craft supplies for “Clean Out the Closet Day” on Saturday, Jan. 15, from noon to 4 p.m. Visitors can make crafts such as petroglyph rocks, jumping jack turtles, and other items made at the Discovery Table or as part of... View Article
During regular museum hours, (Tuesday to Saturday 9am to 5pm), make a holiday decoration based on a West Virginia petroglyph.
An overview of the prehistoric Native American cultures who left their mark on the eastern United States, narrated by Cherokee actor and Oklahoma native Wes Studi (Dances with Wolves, Last of the Mohicans). The film begins with Ice Age hunter-gatherers and moves on to people who adopted more agrarian lifestyles. The documentary focuses on earthworks... View Article
The deep roots of Native America are revealed through modern archaeological scholarship and ancient oral traditions. Amazing cities, sophisticated cultures and unique ways of life continue to reverberate to this day.
Explores the rise of great Native American nations from dynastic monarchies to participatory democracies. Democracy as we know it in the United States was built on the democratic system of New York’s Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) confederation. In addition, science and oral traditions show how corn, cedar, shell, and the jaguar each inspired new nations and planted... View Article
During regular museum hours (Tuesday - Saturday 9am to 5pm), visitors are invited to create paper snowflakes for the holidays. Make one snowflake to take home and one to hang in the museum’s windows.
By William Reynolds, Historian and Exhibit Specialist, Campus Martius Museum, Marietta, OH This program looks at some of the first reports on earthworks in the Ohio Valley, including the Grave Creek Mound. Early maps and descriptions of mounds and other prehistoric earthworks can provide a more complete picture of these ancient structures than is visible... View Article
Have you ever wondered what it takes to grow a record-breaking giant pumpkin? Extreme pumpkin growers share their passion and tips for raising the orange giants. Growing one of them requires much effort and know-how, starting with the right seeds. Moisture and nutrients must be provided, and growers battle hungry rodents, insects, and even human... View Article
Learn all about archaeology in an afternoon filled with behind-the scenes tours of the Research Facility, flint knapping, spear throwing using an atlatl, hands-on activities, and many other demonstrations and displays.
By Stan Bumgardner, Editor, Goldenseal Magazine Stan Bumgardner discusses the largest armed insurrection in the United States since the Civil War, examining its causes, its major events, and why few West Virginians ever learned about these nationally significant struggles until recent decades.
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