Lenape:
The Original People

Exhibit at the Reading Public Museum

2008

Designed by Prof. Delle & the Students in the Anthropology Dept. of Kutztown University. 
Carla Messinger Advisor. 

 

Lenape: The Original People, at the Reading Public Museum, from Saturday, May 17 through Sunday, September 14, 2008. This exhibition — a unique educational collaboration with educator Dr. James Delle and 16 students from Kutztown University — will feature “Archeology in Berks” as a theme to explore the rich history of the Lenape. Using artifacts from the Museum’s permanent collection (many found by the Museum’s second Director, Earl Lincoln Poole), visitors will learn about Lenape culture and westward migration after European contact, North American Indian “hotspots” within Berks County, styles of projectile points, historical changes in subsistence, and models of Lenape life, showing tools and objects “in use.”

Dr. Delle said, “I am an archeologist at Kutztown University, but my version of archeology is a very broad one in as much as I hope to portray the ancient history of the Lenape people from many different perspectives… not just over the last few hundred years, but from the Lenape and their ancestors from at least 12,000 or 15,000 years ago.”   “We’re going to be telling the story of Lenape history from two sides — what we can demonstrate scientifically, through the archeological collection here at the Museum, but will also be using Lenape history brought from their oral traditions — their ancient memories of their own past.”

 

 

For hours and to arrange a visit contact:
Reading Public Museum 500 Museum Road
Reading, PA 19611-1425
610.371.5850        www.readingpublicmuseum.org

Can you find "Mr. History" in the background?