From: Saturday 07 February
To: Sunday 06 February
Location: National Museum of Natural History
Written in Bone examines history through 17th-century bone biographies, including those of colonists teetering on the edge of survival at Jamestown, Virginia, and those living in the wealthy and well-established settlement of St. Mary’s City, Maryland. The forensic investigation of human skeletons provides intriguing information on people and events of America's past. No other inanimate objects make us feel the same passionate curiosity as the remains of once-living, breathing individuals like us. And nothing else can answer our questions in quite the same ways. At no other time in our history have we had the technological capability or opportunity now available to help us tell this tale. Explore the history and science behind the investigation as we learn for the first time the intimate stories of America's early colonists.


Opening hours National Museum of Natural History:
Daily from 10:00-5:30 p.m. Closed on December 25

Admission National Museum of Natural History:
Free