Tachquoak - Fall
Lenape:
The Original People
Exhibit at the Reading Public Museum
Designed by Prof. Delle & the Students in the Anthropology Dept. of
Kutztown University.
Carla Messinger Advisor.
Lenape: The Original People, at the Reading Public
Museum, from Saturday, May 17 through Sunday, September 14, 2008. This
exhibition — a unique
educational collaboration with educator Dr. James Delle and 16 students
from Kutztown University — will feature “Archeology in Berks” as a theme
to explore the rich history of the Lenape. Using artifacts from the
Museum’s permanent collection (many found by the Museum’s second
Director, Earl Lincoln Poole), visitors will learn about Lenape culture
and westward migration after European contact, North American Indian
“hotspots” within Berks County, styles of projectile points, historical
changes in subsistence, and models of Lenape life, showing tools and
objects “in use.”
Dr. Delle said, “I am an archeologist at Kutztown
University, but my version of archeology is a very broad one in as much
as I hope to portray the ancient history of the Lenape people from many
different perspectives… not just over the last few hundred years, but
from the Lenape and their ancestors from at least 12,000 or 15,000 
For hours and to arrange a visit contact:
Reading Public Museum 500 Museum Road
Reading, PA 19611-1425
610.371.5850
www.readingpublicmuseum.org
Can you find "Mr. History" in the background?