September 6th-7th, 2012

Thursday and Friday were my last days working on the rough draft of the timeline, as it was due Friday. On Thursday, I finished up the 1980s and continued on to 2000. This was the time period when the Museum of Man left the Reynolda Village and was established at Wake Forest University as the Museum of Anthropology. 

The pictures from the late 1980s and 1990s were, for me, particularly interesting to look at, because they were taken in the same building that the Museum is housed in today. In some ways, it was very different then, but in others it is still very much like it is today. 

One of my favorite parts of the latter half of the timeline was reading about 1995, when they hung the dugout canoe on the wall. After reading that section, I went upstairs to look at the canoe, still hanging in the education room. I liked being able to go up and see in person what was described in this article. 

On Friday, I reviewed 2000 to 2008. These years were about continued programs of outreach to the community, updating technology and new strategies for education. 

It was during this time that the Museum began to explore opportunities to partner with other departments on campus. In 1999, the Museum opened an exhibit in the Student Health Center on health and wellness across cultures. This tradition continued into 2000, when two more exhibits were installed on campus in the Career Services building and the Campus Ministries office. MOA also partnered with departments such as Women’s and Gender Studies and Sociology to create exhibits in the Museum. 

It was also during this period that the Museum put its collections up online and trained teachers on how to use the database in the classroom. 

My favorite part of the 2000-2008 portion of the timeline was reading about how the annual tradition of Los Días de los Muertos exhibit got started since it is still continued on today and is an exhibit I have visited many times over the past few years.