Established | 1933 |
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Location | 1600 Attawandaron Road London, Ontario, Canada N6G 3M6 |
Coordinates | 43°00′48″N 81°18′20″W / 43.013426°N 81.30559°W |
Type | Archaeology museum |
Website | https://archaeologymuseum.ca/ |
The Museum of Ontario Archaeology (formerly the Museum of Indian Archaeology and Pioneer Life, the Museum of Indian Archaeology (London) and the London Museum of Archaeology) is a museum located in northwest London, Ontario, Canada. It is dedicated to the study and public interpretation of over 11,000 years of human history in Ontario.[1] It is adjacent to a reconstruction of the Lawson Site, a 16th-century pre-contact Attawandaron People's (Neutral Iroquoian) village. The museum offers permanent and temporary gallery space, a theatre, a classroom and children's activity space, along with tours of the reconstructed village.
The museum is an Affiliated Research Institute of The University of Western Ontario. It houses over two million artifacts recovered from archaeological sites throughout Ontario, along with laboratory space for artifact analysis and an extensive library of archaeological books and manuscripts.
Four events are featured each year: The Annual Harvest Festival and Pow Wow in September, Art & Craft Sale featuring traditional First Nation art and craft vendors in late November, Snowsnake or Winter Festival on Family Day in February, and Wilfrid Jury Archaeology Day in late July.[2]