Clashing Cultures: The Spanish Exploration of the Americas

Exploring the cultural and historical heritage of the Americas is the next subject of Utah State University’s Museum of Anthropology and its “Saturdays at the Museum” activity.
 

The featured guest is USU history department faculty member James Sanders, who is featured Saturday, Dec. 10, in two presentations, the first at 11 a.m. and again at 1 p.m.
 

Sanders will discuss Spanish exploration and conquest of the Americas and the impact that Spanish explorers had on American heritage. Along with learning about what the Spanish brought to America, visitors are invited to grind flour, learn how to write in Mayan glyphs and make and decorate ships.
 

“People are curious about their history and why people are here and not there,” said Sanders.
“History is important because it’s our cultural heritage and it teaches us who we are.”
 

Community members, as well as Utah State students, can visit the museum during its operating hours, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., and Saturdays from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
 

Funding for the Saturday events is provided by a grant from the United States Institute of Museum and Library Services. More information about the IMLS is available online (www.imls.gov).
 

The USU Museum of Anthropology is on the USU campus in the south turret of the historic Old Main building, Room 252. Admission is free. For Saturday activities, free parking is available in the adjacent lot, south of the building.
 

For more information about this event, call museum staff at (435) 797-7545 or visit the museum website (anthromuseum.usu.edu).
 

The Museum of Anthropology is part of the Anthropology Program at USU in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Contact: USU Museum of Anthropology, (435) 797-7545, anthro.museum@usu.edu