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Alexandria Archaeology Museum

Glass-walled exhibit space of the Alexandria Archaeology Museum, featuring display cases, informational panels, artifacts, and a red sign at the entrance inside a modern building.
People of various ages engage with hands-on exhibits and displays in a museum or educational center. Some examine artifacts, while others interact with staff at counters. Display cases with historical items are visible.
A group of construction workers excavates an old wooden shipwreck at a construction site, surrounded by machinery, dirt, and tools under bright sunlight.
A smiling woman squats next to a young boy, handing him something, while another woman sits nearby. They are outdoors on grass near a van labeled Alexandria Archaeology. A bin and buckets are on the ground.
A museum display features maritime artifacts, informational panels about Alexandria’s maritime history, a model ship, and a glass case with bottles and small objects. An illustrated map of Alexandrias port is on the wall behind.
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Step right into the museum’s laboratory where archaeologists reconstruct Alexandria’s history, fragment by fragment.

The museum’s exhibits highlight the process of archaeology and the latest Alexandria finds. A Community Digs its Past: The Lee Street Site, the museum’s main exhibit, weaves the story of the wharves, taverns, bakery and Civil War privy excavated at the corner of Lee and Queen Streets together with the story of archaeologists at work, from excavation and historical research to artifact processing and archaeological conservation. In the Museum’s Public Laboratory, you may find volunteers washing, marking and cataloging artifacts from the latest dig. Participate in hands-on activities, and explore small temporary exhibits highlighting archaeological research.

The museum is open Fridays and Saturdays 11 a.m.-4 p.m., and Sundays 1-4 p.m.

Free admission. Museum tours are 45 minutes long, available for groups of 10 (maximum 20). Seasonal site tours are offered when available, depending on the site and the weather.