Our goals

The Center for Heritage and Archaeological Studies at MSU aims to:

(1) promote research, including local field schools, public programs, exhibits, lectures and workshops;

(2) engage students, scholars and the local community in these efforts;

(3) develop new paths for outreach to the community (including schools, nonprofit organizations and institutions, and the general public); 

(4) involve a wide range of disciplines in our work, including scholars and practitioners of the humanities and social sciences, the natural sciences, the arts, archaeology,  heritage studies and preservation, and the management of cultural resources (CRM).