USU Museum of Anthropology Unveils Several Multilanguage Museum Exhibits

Utah State University’s Museum of Anthropology will unveil its new Multilanguage Tours for several permanent exhibits at the museum Saturday, April 21. Museum patrons can now view exhibits that include “Dine: Weaving a Tradition of Strength,” “Obsidian” and “Ice-Age Peopling of the Americas” in various languages, including English, Spanish and Navajo.

Throughout the Saturday activities, tours of the exhibits will be given in both Spanish and English and will take place every half hour between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Guests will also have the opportunity to learn how to weave using a loom.

“As a museum, we want to be accessible to everyone in our community and the bilingual program allows us to reach out to our neighbors in the Cache Valley community who speak other languages,” said Elizabeth Sutton, curator of the museum, “As an anthropology museum we encourage diversity whenever possible.”
 

Funding for the Bilingual Program comes from the Utah Humanities Council. The grant enables USU students to record audio tours in Spanish and other languages for the Museum of Anthropology’s exhibits.

USU students and members of the public are always invited to the museum any time during open hours, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Funding for Saturday events is provided by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services. More information about the IMLS is available at its website.

The USU Museum of Anthropology is on the USU campus in the south turret of the historic Old Main building, Room 252. Free parking is available in the adjacent lot, south of the building. For more information on this event, call museum staff at (435) 797-7545 or visit the museum website.

Related links:

USU Anthropology Program

USU Department of Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology

USU College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Contact: USU Museum of Anthropology (435) 797-7545, anthro.museum@usu.edu