Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 4563276 203228994 2008-04-04T05:45:58Z CJLL Wright 259138 /* External links */ +cat The '''Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology''' is a [[museum]] affiliated with [[Harvard University]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]]. [[Image:HarvardPeabodyAnthroEntrance.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Main entrance to the Peabody Museum]] Founded in [[1866]], it is one of the oldest and most renowned museums focusing on [[anthropological]] material, and is particularly strong in [[New World]] and [[Mesoamerica]]n [[ethnography]] and [[archaeology]]. The Museum also houses an [[archive]] of over 500,000 images relating to the collection. The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology shares a building with the [[Harvard Museum of Natural History]]. ==Permanent exhibits== In its exhibit halls the museum displays artifacts from its vast collection of [[casting|cast]]s from Mesoamerican monuments. It also devotes exhibits to the history of [[indigenous peoples of North America]] as well as a diverse array of objects from the [[Pacific Islands]]. ==External links== *[http://www.peabody.harvard.edu/ Peabody Museum homepage] [[Category:Archaeology museums]] [[Category:Ethnographic museums]] [[Category:University museums in the United States]] [[Category:Museums in Massachusetts|Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology]] [[Category:Mesoamerican studies]] [[Category:Pre-Columbian studies]] [[Category:Harvard University]] {{Massachusetts-geo-stub}} {{US-museum-stub}} [[pl:Peabody Museum]] [[de:Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology]]