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4301 Transmountain Road
Jason Jurgena, M. A., Collections Mgr. email: jurgenaja@elpasotexas.gov Fax: (915) 759-6824
The Museum is Open: Tuesday through
Saturday
Sunday - 12:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.
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EPAS is the support organization for
the El Paso Museum of Archaeology. Members serve as volunteers & docents in
diverse special projects such as working with collections & exhibits,
tending the desert garden, working with youth groups, & helping
with special projects.To request a docent for a group tour guide, please call
the museum at 755-4332.
The El Paso Archaeological Society and the El Paso Museum of Archaeology have been mandated by the city to raise over $27,000 this year to keep the museum open at it's current location. Since EPAS is a 501(c)3 non-profit tax-exempt organization, we are currently accepting donations for the EPAS museum fund to reach this goal. Please consider a much needed contribution to save the museum. Upcoming events....... May 17, 2008 - Basket Making Workshop: How to Make Decorative Containers from Natural Fibers 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. with basket maker & weaver Melissa Urquidi-Bonham, learn to slect gather, prepare & weave natural fibers in the traditional ways of the ancients. have fun weaving & shaping a classic garlic basket using round reed. Class fee includes materials to complete two baskets and you'll complete one or more during the half day class. Students should bring spray bottle, old towel, & scissors. Cost is $30.00. Weaving levels beginner to advanced, for children & adults alike. March 8, 2008 through May 17, 2008 - Diné: People of the Navajo Nation - This exhibit includes Navaho blankets, pottery, other artifacts from the museum's permanent collections, & photographs of historic and modern Navajo people. It is presented in conjunction with Wrapped in Tradition: The Chihuly Collection of Native American Trade Blankets, and modern glass ware inspired by Navajo textile designs, at the El Paso Museum of Art and a glassware display at the El Paso Museum of History. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, 8 March at 2 p.m.
June 7, 2008 - October 25, 2008 - Woody Crumbo: American Indian Artist exhibit. Woody Crumbo (1912-1989) was a creek-Potawatomi Indian from Oklahoma who specialized in American Indian Figure and animal paintings. He served as both Assistant Director & Director of the El Paso Museum of Art (1960-1968) and was instrumental in helping the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Indians regain their tribal status with the federal government. This exhibit displays examples of Crumbo's paintings & discusses his development as an artist and activist. The paintings in the exhibit are from the permanent collections of the El Paso Museum of Art. July 5, 2008 - Reds, Whites & Blues 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. The El Paso Museum of Archaeology presents a wine tasting event during the Independence Day weekend. Red & white wines provided by Riccardo Barraza, Italian Imports, with live music by The Blue Rays. Donations: $10.00 each & $5.00 for museum members July 15-18, 22-25, 29-Aug 1, Aug 5-8 Archaeology Day Camps Tuesday - Friday, 9:00 a.m.- Noon. Fun for children: 1st through 7th Grades. Activities include: pedestrain survey, artifact analysis, excavation techniques, and a field trip to Hueco Tanks State Historic Site. Cost: $55 for museum members, $70 for non-members. |
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Publications available from the Museum Digging Into Archaeology: Teachers' Guide to Archaeology, by Lora Jackson, 2004 Mimbres Twins Story Calendar, by Marc Thompson, Lora Jackson & Jason Jurgena 2004 & 2005 Archaeology Between the Borders: 13th Biennial Jornada Mogollon Conference Papers, Marc Thompson, Lora Jackson & Jason Jurgena, editors, 2005 Mostly Mimbres: 2002 Mogollon Conference Papers, Marc Thompson, Lora Jackson & Jason Jurgena, editors, 2006 Prehistoric Indians of the El Paso Area, by Lora Jackson, 2005 "Pre-Columbian Venus : Celestial Twin and Icon of Duality," by Marc Thompson, in Religion in the Prehispanic Southwest, Todd VanPool, Christine Vanpool, and David Phillips, editors, AltaMira Press, 2006. Photographs of artifacts from Museum's collections in Carroll L. Riley's Becoming Aztlan, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 2005 Photographs of artifacts from the Museum's collections in "Gender in Middle Range Societies: A Case Study in Casas Grandes Iconography," by Christine S. VanPool and Todd L. VanPool, in American Antiquity, Vol. 71 No.1, pp.53-76, 2006. |
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Permanent exhibits |
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The Paleoindians |
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| The Archaic cultures |
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The Pithouse peoples |
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| The Cliff Dwellers |
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The Sumas, Mansos, and Mescaleros | |||
