Museum Summer Camp

Museum Summer Camp

Get ready for summer fun!  Our summer camp will run for four weeks, from July 8 - August 1.  Registration begins May 5th.   

Join us for Space Adventures, Think Like a Paleontologist, Cultures of the Americas, and Best of Camp.   Click here for registration form.

Summer Camp Blogs

Click here to learn what campers did this week at our Best of Camp. 

Campers explored the Cultures of the America's this week.  Click here to read all about it in our Camp Blog.

Our young paleontologists had fun at camp this week!   Click Here to learn all about it in our "Think Like a Paleontologist" Camp Blog.

Click Here for a behind the scenes tour of space camp in our Space Camp Summer Blog!

Exhibitions

Infinity and Beyond: Humanity's Quest to Explore Space -Open through July 25th

Venture into space and to visualize the breathtaking beauty of our solar system and beyond. Drawing from scientific discovery and anthropological understandings, this exhibit traces the earliest archaeological evidence of human celestial observations through our modern space program.

Geographies of the Imagination - August 28 - September 27, 2013

Artwork by Dr. Lydia Nakashima Degarrod                                                                                                          

Cultural anthropologist and professional artist, Dr. Lydia Nakashima Degarrod, spoke with nine Chilean men and women about their memories of migration, their creations of new identities, and their memories of places in the homeland after escaping the intolerable circumstances of Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship.  Through collaboration and intimate communication, Degarrod created images, maps, and video to accurately and powerfully depict their individual journeys.

The Art of Lida Penkova

October 1- 25, 2013

After retiring from a career as a psychologist, Lida Penkova entered into a world of imagination where the stories, myths, and symbols of other cultures inspired her to paint.  She describes herself as a self-taught artist who is interested in how people form their everyday realities.  See the world through the lens of mythology and symbols in this vibrant and engaging exhibit. 

A Pledged Bequest

California State University, Chico has received a testamentary bequest from emeritus faculty member Dr. Valene L. Smith to benefit the University’s Anthropology program and its Museum of Anthropology.

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Museum News Spring 2013

Click here to view our Spring 2013 Museum News Snap Shot.