Pictures from the Exhibit Opening on September 16

All enjoyed the the opening of our new exhibit Digging up Stamford.

Guest Curator Ernest Wiegand of Norwalk Community College, who is the resident expert on the Native American periods of the region, gave a lively talk about many of the sites featured in the exhibit.      

Photos from the Opening may be seen here or in the Photo Album in the right-hand column of the blog.

The exhibit features material recovered from archaeological sites excavated within the bounds of Stamford, with both prehistoric and historic components.  The goal of the exhibit is to show how much can be learned of the past through items of material culture or artifacts (any item made or used by humans) in conjunction with the study of written materials where they are available.  In many cases no historic materials are available and the past must be reconstructed solely through archaeological evidence.