Our Mission
We serve as a hub for multidisciplinary research in urban material culture, history, archaeology, anthropology, and the environment, with archaeological collections curated and maintained by our facility at UNO as a core component of this research. We aim to enhance public interpretation and engagement with the archaeology of New Orleans, and we actively seek collaborative partnerships with museums, community organizations, tribal organizations and governments, and government agencies. We also encourage individuals engaged in creative work or scholarly research to access our collections and archives. We provide experiential learning opportunities for students at both the undergraduate and graduate level, and we promote archaeological research that is engaged with social justice and contemporary issues of equity and sustainability.
We exercise the UNO Department of Anthropology and Sociology’s role as a deputy custodial facility for the State of Louisiana to provide facilities meeting relevant federal and state standards for the long-term curation of archaeological collections. We aim to become both the repository of record for archaeological collections from the Greater New Orleans area and a center for the study of the material culture of cities across the globe.
Explore our planned build-out on the second floor of the UNO Earl K. Long Library!The UNO Heritage Management and Preservation Hub
