City of Boston (City Archaeology Lab)

The City of Boston Archaeology Laboratory will digitize and make publicly accessible the artifacts from four early 17th century Boston archaeological sites ahead of the celebrations of Boston's 400th anniversary in 2030. The collections total approximately 100,000 artifacts and date to 1630–1650. They were excavated in the 1980s but have never been fully inventoried or cataloged, meaning their full research potential has not been realized. The project team will digitalize the collections, create online catalogues and artifact image databases and collection webpages, and produce both web and in-person exhibits to make the collections accessible for the first time to researchers, other museums, and the public.