The museum’s collection includes objects from most major North American cultural areas, as well as from many different countries of the world. The oldest item is a hominid chopping tool from East Africa that dates to almost two million years ago. Some of our artifacts are:
- Rhode Island arrow points and tools
- Prehistoric stone artifacts from New England
- Native New England woodsplint baskets
- Native American baskets and pottery
- Eskimo Kayak
- Plains Indian clothing, bows, arrows, andstone-headed clubs
- Stone Age and Bronze Age artifacts from Europe
- Babylonian cuneiform tablet
- East African lion hunting spears
- West African masks and sculptures
- Peruvian textiles
