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MOA Collaborates with Libraries for On the Same Page 2019

August 13, 2019

The Museum of Anthropology is proud to be collaborating with the Forsyth County Library system for their On the Same Page community read initiative, which asks everyone to come together around ...

Historic Bethabara Archaeology on View

June 18, 2019

This summer, the Museum of Anthropology will present a new WFU student-curated mini exhibit entitled A House Divided: Tri-Racial Tensions at Historic Bethabara.  Founded by Moravian immigrants ...

MOA Participating in Blue Star Museums

June 14, 2019

The Museum of Anthropology joins museums nationwide in participating in the tenth summer of Blue Star Museums, a program which provides free admission to our nation’s active-duty military ...

New Exhibits Feature WFU Student Work

January 30, 2019

This semester the Museum will display two new student-curated exhibits: Horses and the Human Experience and Children’s Holidays in Japan.  The Museum is excited to continue to be able to ...

MOA Celebrates the Silk Roads

January 30, 2019

This Changsha stoneware ewer will be among the pieces on displates,

Much more than silk was traded along the Silk Roads.  All kinds of luxuries and staple goods passed along the shifting network ...

The Stanley P. Bohrer Collection

January 30, 2019

The Museum of Anthropology is honored to be the repository for the collection of Dr. Stanley P. Bohrer, professor emeritus of radiology at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine.  Dr. ...

MOA Explores World Religions

September 13, 2018

Several semesters of work culminated in August with the opening of Faith: Five World Religions.  This exhibition, which had long been contemplated by the MOA staff, came to fruition as the ...

Registration for Summer Programs Now Open

May 23, 2018

This summer, the Museum will present four Cultures Up Close workshops designed for ages 10 to 16.  The workshops will take place from 1:00pm to 5:00pm on Monday afternoons:

June 25 – Puppet Play

West Mexican Ceramics Authenticated

May 16, 2018

Just prior to Wake Forest University commencement, the Museum opened a new exhibit, West Mexican Shaft Tomb Ceramics, featuring honors thesis research completed by senior Anthropology major ...

MOA to Participate in Blue Star Museums

May 16, 2018

The Museum of Anthropology is proud to announce its participation in the ninth annual Blue Star Museums, a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the ...