C E Smith Museum of Anthropology

04/13/2026

Education as Resistance is coming to CSUEB!

Join us Thursday, April 23rd from 11am–12:15pm in Meiklejohn Hall 2106 for a powerful bilingual conversation on Mapuche-run schools, language revitalization, and decolonial futures.
Featured speaker Silvia Calfuqueo, Educator & Legal Representative of Kom Pu Lof Ñi Kimeltuwe, will explore how Indigenous-led education challenges assimilationist policies — and what those lessons mean for all of us fighting for democracy, cultural survival, and community power.
This one is not to be missed. 🙌
📍 Cal State East Bay — 2106 Meiklejohn Hall
🗓️ Thursday, April 23rd | 11:00am – 12:15pm

03/04/2026

Come join us for a new exhibition now open through May 8, 2026!

Mon-Fri 11-5 in Meiklejohn hall, Rm 4047 o the Hayward campus. (Closed over break 3/30-4/3.) For more details follow our current exhibits link https://www.csueastbay.edu/museum/current-exhibit.html
Looking forward to seeing you there!

03/04/2026

The C. E. Smith Museum of Anthropology is excited to participate in this year’s East Bay Giving Day! With your support, we’re sending four undergraduate students to Pensacola, Florida, to participate in the Florida Public Archaeology Network’s Archaeobootcamp, a multi-day archaeological field work workshop. Please help our wonderful students experience the joy of field work and to prepare for their careers!

Click https://givingday.csueastbay.edu/campaigns/anthropology-museum-student-exchange-program to give today!

04/18/2025

Tonight’s the night! Please join us for a very special reception - 50 Years of Celebrating Cultures!

Friday April 18, 4:00 – 7:00 pm

Meiklejohn Hall, fourth floor (Room 4047), Cal State East Bay, Hayward

Admission is free and the public is welcome!
https://www.csueastbay.edu/museum/current-events.html

(Parking on campus is free after 5:00 on Friday.)

Please join us at a special reception to not only celebrate the latest student-created exhibitions, but also the museum’s 50th anniversary!

04/09/2025

Save the date: Friday, April 18, 2025!
Amazing as it may seem, the C. E. Smith Museum is turning 50! We invite you to join us at a spring reception to not only celebrate the latest student-created exhibitions, but also celebrate this milestone and honor the legacy and ongoing impact of Dr. Lowell Bean (1931-2023), our first Museum Director. We are hosting the event next Friday, April 18 from 4-7 in the museum’s gallery. Meiklejohn Hall, fourth floor (Room 4047), Cal State East Bay, Hayward.

03/07/2025

A BIG THANK YOU to our donors on Cal State’s Giving Day!!! 💕🥰 Every little bit helps us reach our goal and there’s still time to give! https://givingday.csueastbay.edu/campaigns/c-e-smith-museum-of-anthropology?fbclid=IwY2xjawI4AxNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHelT2PcbvmCk-ZKYpkC0wTWKRJisgb3eilhvyQSStqQv54dHJnnc_xMjaQ_aem_bFbIMrBCZG_pSTv47zEcew

In an increasingly diverse world, students need hands-on, collaborative experiences that build critical skills for meaningful change. This project funds student travel to Arizona, where they will work alongside Indigenous construction specialists to learn and document traditional mud-brick building....

03/04/2025

3/4 is Giving Day at Cal State East Bay! Help support the museum's cause to help students travel to AZ to work with indigenous adobe specialists, and do archaeological and museum research while engaging in cross-cultural collaboration! https://givingday.csueastbay.edu/campaigns/c-e-smith-museum-of-anthropology

02/19/2025

A display on the Chinese laborers who build Lake Chabot dam is on view now in the Hayward campus CORE building through 2/26/25. Stop by and check it out!

11/04/2024

Join us to celebrate Indigenous Peoples Heritage Month this Thursday, Nov, 7, from 12:15-1:00. We’ll be meeting in room 301 in the beautiful new CORE building on the Hayward campus. Refreshments will be served!

09/24/2024

Come join us for a seed share and sustainability event this Wednesday, Sept. 25, from 2-3 in the beautiful new CORE building on the Hayward campus (room 2-11). Food and snacks will be provided! We will be hosting a discussion by Real Food Justice on campus food systems. Come learn how to get involved!

Next month: Look forward to a music event at the East Bay Garden on October, 23rd, and an update on museum gallery hours during the fall semester.

05/28/2024

https://www.amnh.org/research/hayden-planetarium/manhattanhenge

New York City's rectangular street grid - and clear views to the horizon, east and west - are a perfect setting for this special event.