The SFU MAE is always looking for volunteers! Click here to check out the possibilities of working with us. learn more →
Revisiting Frederick Catherwood's lithographs from Central America and Mexico and comparing them to images from our archives. learn more →
Our newest exhibit, both online and in the gallery. This exhibit displays various models of canoes which can offer unique insight into the history and construction of canoes across the Pacific Northwest. learn more →
A glimpse into Aksum's significance in Ethiopia, archaeology, and human history. learn more →
As part of Simon Fraser University's 50th Anniversary celebrations, the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology was proud to engage in a major renewal in our gallery. Throughout the Fall 2015 semester, students from Arch 348 - Archaeological Conservation, along with our research associates put together a number of new exhibits that are still popular today.
This exhibit was anonymously gifted to the MAE in 2011. Haida argillite carving is a complex art form rich in symbolism, family ties, and cultural history. With eighty-one items from a variety of Haida artists, this collection serves as a well-deserved spotlight on the beauty and intricacies of Haida argillite carvings. If you are interested, make sure to check out this virtual exhibit.
For SFU's 50th anniversary in 2015, Tiinesha Begaye and Hilary Pennock created an exhibit of this magnificent Plains beaded costume. Hilary and Tiinesha cleaned the costume, repaired the beading, modified a mannequin to conservation standards, mounted the costume on the mannequin and wrote the interpretive text for the large display. A big project, well done!
Glass can be a misunderstood aspect of historical archaeology. Often noted as junk (which, to be fair, at time of disposal it usually was), archaeologists can still utilize all types of glass such as bottle, jewelry, window, etc., to tell us more about the medicine, beverages, food, and glass-making methods of the past. If you are interested, make sure to stop by and take a peek at this exhibit.
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NE Corner of the AQ
Saywell Atrium, off Saywell Hall
8888 University Dr.
Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6
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This exhibit was anonymously gifted to the MAE in 2011. Haida argillite carving is a complex art form rich in symbolism, family ties, and cultural history. With eighty-one items from a variety of Haida artists, this collection serves as a well-deserved spotlight on the beauty and intricacies of Haida argillite carvings. If you are interested, make sure to check out this virtual exhibit. read more
The Naamboi "jars,” were donated to the SFU Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology by Dr. Richard Shutler Jr. in 1985. He excavated in the South Pacific in the 1950s and 1960s, including the island of Malekula, in the Vanuatu archipelago, northeast of Australia. These jars came from an abandoned mountain village near the west coast of Malekula.
