The Peabody Museum of Archaeology is affiliated with Havard University, and has one of the most comprehensive collections of North American archaeology and ethnology in the world. Founded by philanthrophist George Peabody in 1866, the museum boasts a vast collection numbering over 6 million objects, the majority of which are of archaeological artefacts.
The Peabody Museum has played an active part in the history of American anthropology and in the evolving relationship between museums and native American tribes, and hosts a large collection of artefacts from the Mesoamerican and Aztec regions.
