Alexandria Archaeology Museum

{{Short description|Museum in Virginia, United States}}

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The Alexandria Archaeology Museum is an institution dedicated to the preservation and study of the archaeological heritage of Alexandria, Virginia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.alexandriava.gov/Archaeology|title=Alexandria Archaeology Museum|website=City of Alexandria, VA}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?311479-1/alexandria-archaeology-museum|title=Alexandria Archaeology Museum | C-SPAN.org|website=www.c-span.org}}

According to the National Park Service, the museum exhibits feature's 10,000 years of the human history of Alexandria.{{cite journal |last1=National Park Service |title=Media Review Alexandria Archaeology Museum |journal=CRM: The Journal of Heritage Stewardship |date=Fall 2003 |volume=1 |issue=1 |url=https://www.nps.gov/crps/CRMJournal/Fall2003/reviewmedia4.html |access-date=5 October 2022}}

In addition to artifacts, the museum also jointly holds a collection of 160 oral histories in conjunction with two other institutions, the Black History Museum and the Lyceum.{{cite web |title=The Civil Rights History Project: Survey of Collections and Repositories, Alexandria oral history program - Alexandria legacies Repository: Alexandria Archaeology Museum |url=https://www.loc.gov/folklife/civilrights/survey/view_collection.php?coll_id=2290 |website=American Folklife Center |access-date=5 October 2022}}