The Anthropology Museum

The new Anthropology Museum is scheduled to open in Spring 2012 Cole Hall. The old Anthropology Museum in the Stevens Building is closed. For further information, please contact the Department of Anthropology.

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The Anthropology Museum houses over 12,000 ethnographic and archaeological objects. The ethnographic collection has regional strengths in Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and the plains and southwest regions of North America. Ethnographic specimens from Africa, Mesoamerica, and South America are also represented.

The museum serves university students through museum course work and hands-on experience with all phases of museum work. It also serves the public through an active in-house and outreach educational program.

The Anthropology Museum was mentioned in an article on the Illinois Association of Museums newsletter. To read this article, click here.

To contact The Anthropology Museum, please call (815) 753-2520 and leave a voice mail message or email Specialist Sara Pfannkuche at spfannkuche@niu.edu.

Please take time and visit our Facebook Page for updates on the construction and renovation of Cole Hall and the new Anthropology Museum opening.