Organization

Home > Organization Directory > Organization Detail

• Tweet
• Email
• Feedback

• Tell-a-friend
• Official Website
• Add to My Favorites

Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology

The Haffenreffer Museum houses a fascinating collection of artifacts from the Native peoples of the Americas, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific. The Museum is recognized as one of the leading anthropological teaching museums in the Northeast. The Haffenreffer Museum offers public lectures, performances, symposia, festivals, and a broad range of related programs and events for all ages. The Museum's Collections and Research Center and offices are located in Bristol, RI. The Museum exhibitions are located at Manning Hall on the Brown University campus in Providence, RI.

• At-a-
  Glance

  • Contact Info

    Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology

    21 Prospect Street
    Manning Hall, Main Green, Brown University
    Providence, RI 02911

    Phone: 401-863-2065   |   Email   |   Official Website

  • Current Events

    02/11/12- 06/30/12	CultureLab Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology CultureLab Presented by Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology at Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology February 11-June 30, 2012 Explore some of the museum's one million objects. (How? Look, touch, examine, listen, smell, discover) (Why these objects? Some are here because they’re being used in classes, others to show the diversity and depths of the collection) Discover the similarities and diversities of the world's cultures. (Why? Because it’s a way to understand ourselves and others.) Learn about the work of anthropologists and archaeologists. The Haffenreffer Museum's...
    01/20/12- 06/30/12	Taoist Gods from China: Ceremonial Paintings from the Mien Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology Taoist Gods from China: Ceremonial Paintings from the Mien Presented by Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology at Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology January 20-June 30, 2012 The Mien, one of the many hill-tribes who inhabit South China, North Vietnam, Laos and Northern Thailand, have adhered for centuries to an early southern school of Chinese Taoism. This ancient Taoist tradition, differs significantly from the Taoist practice found in most parts of China, although it still exists in some parts of Taiwan and among a few Chinese communities in Southern China. In this early Taoist tradition, paintings play a central role in religious practices and serve as the...
    01/14/12- 06/30/12	Crafting Origins: Creativity and Continuity in Indigenous Taiwan Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology Crafting Origins: Creativity and Continuity in Indigenous Taiwan Presented by Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology at Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology January 14-June 30, 2012 This exhibit, curated by Christy DeLair (PhD candidate, Department of Anthropology), brings together a collection made by linguistic anthropologist Colonel George Shelley (Emeritus Professor of Chinese, English, and Cultural Anthropology, Norwich University) during fieldwork in the late 1960s with the Rukai tribe in Budai village in southern Taiwan, with contemporary crafts from indigenous tribes collected throughout Taiwan in 2011 by the curator on a grant from the Haffenreffer Museum of...

  • Upcoming Events

    There are no upcoming events available for this organization at this time.

• Current &
  Upcoming Events

  • Current Events

    02/11/12- 06/30/12	CultureLab Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology CultureLab Presented by Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology at Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology February 11-June 30, 2012 Explore some of the museum's one million objects. (How? Look, touch, examine, listen, smell, discover) (Why these objects? Some are here because they’re being used in classes, others to show the diversity and depths of the collection) Discover the similarities and diversities of the world's cultures. (Why? Because it’s a way to understand ourselves and others.) Learn about the work of anthropologists and archaeologists. The Haffenreffer Museum's...
    01/20/12- 06/30/12	Taoist Gods from China: Ceremonial Paintings from the Mien Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology Taoist Gods from China: Ceremonial Paintings from the Mien Presented by Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology at Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology January 20-June 30, 2012 The Mien, one of the many hill-tribes who inhabit South China, North Vietnam, Laos and Northern Thailand, have adhered for centuries to an early southern school of Chinese Taoism. This ancient Taoist tradition, differs significantly from the Taoist practice found in most parts of China, although it still exists in some parts of Taiwan and among a few Chinese communities in Southern China. In this early Taoist tradition, paintings play a central role in religious practices and serve as the...
    01/14/12- 06/30/12	Crafting Origins: Creativity and Continuity in Indigenous Taiwan Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology Crafting Origins: Creativity and Continuity in Indigenous Taiwan Presented by Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology at Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology January 14-June 30, 2012 This exhibit, curated by Christy DeLair (PhD candidate, Department of Anthropology), brings together a collection made by linguistic anthropologist Colonel George Shelley (Emeritus Professor of Chinese, English, and Cultural Anthropology, Norwich University) during fieldwork in the late 1960s with the Rukai tribe in Budai village in southern Taiwan, with contemporary crafts from indigenous tribes collected throughout Taiwan in 2011 by the curator on a grant from the Haffenreffer Museum of...

  • Upcoming Events

    There are no upcoming events available for this organization at this time.

• Past
  Events

  • Past Events

    05/09/12	Thawing the Frozen Indian: From Tobacco to ‘Top Model’ Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology
    04/19/12	Blue Jays, Toucans, and Starlings: An Undergraduate Folk Ornithology Brown University - List Arts Center Auditorium
    04/04/12	Collecting Identity: Adventures of a Museum Anthropologist in Guatemala Brown University - List Arts Center Auditorium
    02/23/12	Creative Traditions: Crafting Contemporary Indigenous Identity in Taiwan Brown University - Salomon Center
    02/10/12	The Origins of Agriculture in China: From Hunting and Gathering to Early Farming Brown University - Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology
    01/14/12- 04/15/12	Customes, Manners, & Worships: Rhode Island Begins Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology
    12/01/11	Perspectives from the Purari Delta of Papua New Guinea Brown University - Salomon Center
    11/14/11	Creative Traditions: Crafting Contemporary Indigenous Identity in Taiwan Brown University - Stephen Robert '62 Campus Center
    11/04/11	Rhode Island Begins: Exhibiting the First Hundred Years Brown University - Salomon Center
    10/18/11	Living and Learning in 17th-century Cambridge, Massachusetts Brown University - Salomon Center
    10/15/11	Barbara Greenwald Memorial Arts Program--Narragansett Wall Building Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology
    04/20/11	Planet Taco: The Globalization of Mexican Cuisine
    03/14/11	Uncorking the Past: The Quest for Wine, Beer, and Extreme Fermented Beverages
    03/02/11	A Conversation with Author Nathaniel Philbrick Brown University - List Arts Center Auditorium
    02/14/11	Cacao Cultivation and Courtly Appetite in the Classic Maya Lowlands Brown University - List Arts Center Auditorium
    02/09/11	Coffee Kids: Sustainable Development Brown University - List Arts Center Auditorium
    12/02/10	Re-Imagining the Amazon Brown University - Stephen Robert '62 Campus Center
    11/06/10	9th Annual Honoring the Harvest Celebration Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology

• Media
  Reviews

  • Media Reviews

    There are currently no media reviews for this organization.

• Member
  Reviews

  • Member Reviews

    There are currently no member reviews for this organization.