Spring Break Archaeology Pop Up Event
*The event has already taken place on this date: Fri, 03/27/2026
Curious about Archaeology?
Learn more about Archaeology at the Burnaby Village Museum this Spring Break! Join SFU Archaeology Students and Professors in the Archaeology pop up in the Multi-purpose Room. Through this hands-on, interactive experience, visitors can learn more about Archaeology as a discipline as well as Archaeology in Burnaby. Join special guests, SFU Professors Cara Tremain and Sabrina Higgins, their students and Burnaby’s own Civic Archaeologist, Chris Verral, in this Archaeology Pop Up, only available Wednesdays and Fridays during Spring Break.
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Hands-on activities: Multi-Purpose Room (20)
11 am-3:30 pm
- Wednesdays, March 18 & 25
- Fridays, March 20 & 27
Explore archaeology through hands‑on learning activities that bring the past to life. Examine SFU’s medieval donation through 3D replicas; explore concepts like stratigraphy and dating techniques; and try your hand at digging. Meet Chris Verral, Burnaby’s Civic Archaeologist, and learn more about archaeology in Burnaby and how Reconciliation connects to archaeological practice.
- Medieval donation – visitors can learn more about this celebrated chance find that made its way from a thrift shop to the SFU Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology for further research and investigation. SFU will have 3D printed copies of some of these artifacts for visitors to engage in and learn from.
- Archaeological dig “sandbox” – visitors can dig through a rubber crumb sandbox to find 3D printed artifacts and learn about the processes involved in an archaeological dig.
- Stratigraphy interactive – visitors learn about stratigraphic layers underground and how these layers are an important dating technique. (e.g. how to tell the age of excavated artifacts?)
Location:
Burnaby Village Museum, 6501 Deer Lake Ave, Burnaby, BC V5G 3T6, Canada
See map: Google Maps
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The event has already taken place on this date:
03/27/2026
Time:
11 am-3:30 pm
Price:
FREE admission
• Carousel Rides: only $2.65 each
• Passports to Exploring
- Adventure Guides: $6 each
- Village Adventure Packs: $19.50 each
Ages
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