Historic Fort Snelling Archaeology Collections

In the third year of this project, MNHS staff continued to inventory and rehouse archaeological collections from Historic Fort Snelling. As part of MNHS involvement with the University of Minnesota's Heritage Collaborative, student interns spent the 2015 fall semester assisting project staff with inventory and research. Artifact data was shared with University faculty for use in their courses. To date, over 98,000 catalog records have been created, describing more than 180,000 artifacts recovered during archaeological excavations at Historic Fort Snelling. Over 300 objects have had descriptions and images added to MNHS's Collections Online website, where information about them is available to the general public. Project staff are creating a pilot website for sharing artifact data and linking it to similar collections around the country. It is expected that the remaining Fort Snelling artifacts will be inventoried by the end of FY16.