Haffenreffer Museum staff Jessica Nelson works with guests to show Adinkra cloth and Adinkra stamps from the educational collection on Anthropology Day 2024. Photo credit: Nick Dentamaro/Brown University
A resource across the university and beyond, the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology (HMA) inspires creative and critical thinking about culture by fostering an interdisciplinary understanding of the material world. Additionally, the HMA provides opportunities for faculty and students to work with collections and the public, teaching through objects and programs in classrooms, in the gallery in Manning Hall, and at the Collections Research Center. Through this work and more, the HMA connects Brown's campus and wider community to the world's cultural creativity.