Michigan Archaeology Day 2025

Have you ever wondered what it's like to be an archaeologist? Attend Michigan Archaeology Day at the Michigan History Museum on Saturday, October 18, 2025, for your chance to talk with archaeologists about investigations and artifacts that tell the story of 14,000 years of Michigan history! From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., archaeologists and experts in related fields will be stationed throughout the first and second floors of the museum where they will tell you about their research, show you some artifacts they have found and answer your questions.

Plus, there will be many hands-on activities, including:
• Make a clay pinch pot
• Watch a flintknapper make stone tools
• Try throwing a spear using an atlatl
• Watch archaeologists demonstrate new survey technologies
• Join a scavenger hunt
• Show an artifact to our Archaeology Roadshow experts
• See a special presentation about the Edmund Fitzgerald in the Forum Auditorium
• Pick up a free archaeology poster

This all-ages annual event is free, and parking is too!

You may also like the following events from Michigan History Center:

• This Sunday, 28th September, 10:00 am, Farmers Market at Cambridge Junction Historic State Park in Brooklyn
• This Sunday, 28th September, 01:30 pm, StoryTime with CADL in Lansing
• Next month, 23rd October, 01:00 pm, From Lansing to Black Bottom: The Impact of Urban Renewal in Lansing

Also check out other Business events in Lansing.