The SAS ArchaeoCaravan-Museums Program: Archaeology & the Public in Saskatchewan

Summary

The ArchaeoCaravan-Museum Program brings archaeology and history alive in the province of Saskatchewan. The Saskatchewan Archaeological Society spent the past five years visiting community museums with our mobile activity centre to educate and inform the public about our rich and diverse archaeological heritage. In total, we visited 107 museums (in 11 museum networks), 102 communities and reached over 10,000 people of all ages. At the same time, we were able to view museum collections that may not be well known in the archaeological community. In 2013, we were chosen as a finalist in the Governor General’s History Award for Community Programming. This award is part of a series administered by Canada’s History Society that celebrates the best achievements in Canadian heritage and history. This presentation will discuss the successes and challenges of this award-winning program, how it developed and evolved over the past five years and where we go from here.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 82nd Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC (2017)

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Abstract Id(s): 15424