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San Diego Archaeological Center
The San Diego Archaeological Center is a nonprofit curation facility and museum where visitors can learn the story of how people have lived in San Diego County for the past 12,000 years. Visit our museum, which is located in the picturesque San Pasqual Valley in Escondido, one mile east of the San Diego Safari Park. In addition to its role as a museum, the Center…
Living Room Lecture: Maritime Migration
The peopling of the Americas during the late Pleistocene has been an enduring topic of archaeological interest for over a century. It was long argued that Clovis big game hunters entered North America through an ice-free corridor. Alternatively, Knut Fladmark…
Annual BBQ
Save the date! Join us for an afternoon of food, amusement, and music in support of the Center. Proceeds from the BBQ support preservation of archaeological collections, school field trips and programs, lectures, workshops, and museum exhibits. More details coming…
New Acquisitions Virtual Exhibit
The San Diego Archaeological Center houses many prehistoric and historic collections from the San Diego County adjacent regions. The Center is equipped with over 5,000 square feet of vault space that allow us to provide long-term curation and care for…
New Acquisitions: SDAC 755
Take a behind-the-scenes peak at our most recently acquired collections in our virtual exhibit New Acquisitions. To accompany this exhibit, each month the SDAC social media and collections blog New Acquisitions: A Closer Look will further examine the collections that are being curated, the…
Now Curating Virtual Exhibit
The San Diego Archaeological Center houses many prehistoric and historic collections from the San Diego County adjacent regions. The Center is equipped with over 5,000 square feet of vault space that allow us to provide long-term curation and care for…
Winter 2023 E-Newsletter
In this edition of the The Curator, find highlights from our Student Symposium, reading selections from our Library to complement our Living Room Lecture series, archaeology-related events happening in San Diego County, and more. Read the Winter 2023 edition of…