Description
All ages, family-friendly
Curious about Archaeology?
Learn more about Archaeology at the Burnaby Village Museum this Spring Break! Join SFU Archaeology Students and Professors in the Archaeology pop up in the Multi-purpose Room. Through this hands-on, interactive experience, visitors can learn more about Archaeology as a discipline as well as Archaeology in Burnaby. Join special guests, SFU Professors Cara Tremain and Sabrina Higgins, their students and Burnaby’s own Civic Archaeologist, Chris Verral, in this Archaeology Pop Up, only available Wednesdays and Fridays during Spring Break.
Hands-on activities: Multi-Purpose Room (20)
11 am-3:30 pm
- Wednesdays, March 18 & 25
- Fridays, March 20 & 27
Explore archaeology through hands‑on learning activities that bring the past to life. Examine SFU’s medieval medallions donation through 3D replicas; explore concepts like stratigraphy and dating techniques; and try your hand at digging. Meet Chris Verral, Burnaby’s Civic Archaeologist, and learn more about archaeology in Burnaby and how Reconciliation connects to archaeological practice.
- Medieval Medallion donation – visitors can learn more about this celebrated chance find that made its way from a thrift shop to the SFU Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology for further research and investigation. SFU will have 3D printed copies of these artifacts for visitors to engage in and learn from.
- Archaeological dig “sandbox” – visitors can dig through a rubber crumb sandbox to find 3D printed artifacts and learn about the processes involved in an archaeological dig.
- Stratigraphy interactive – visitors learn about stratigraphic layers underground and how these layers are an important dating technique. (e.g. how to tell the age of excavated artifacts?)
Archaeology Talk – Brookfield Hall (25)
Fridays, March 20 & 27, 1-2 pm
Burnaby’s Civic Archaeologist, Chris Verral, presents talks on chance finds and archaeology in Burnaby, sharing firsthand insights from his work with the City and practical guidance on what to do when discoveries are made. The talk concludes with a walk to the Multi‑purpose Room to explore the archaeology pop‑up.
This program is made possible thanks to our partners:
SFU Archaeology students and professors, City of Burnaby's Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Division and Civic Innovation Lab.
