The floorboards creak, the olive walls are worn and there's a radiator in every room. The building has been around 116 years, and there are plenty signs of aging in the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology on State Street. Tucked away between the LSA Building and the Helen Newberry House, the modest museum boasts a massive collection of Egyptian and classical Roman artifacts.
"In our stock room on the third floor, we probably have around 100,000 pieces," said Scott Meier, the Kelsey Museum's exhibition coordinator.
It's hard to believe that so many artifacts are stashed away upstairs. With a current gallery space of just 1,000 square feet, the Kelsey Museum is in definite need of a bigger display area.
"Right now, about 1 percent of our pieces are on display, if that," Meier said.
Fortunately, Kelsey is in the process of constructing a 17,000-square-foot addition, which will stretch all the way to Maynard Street. Meier and the rest of the museum's faculty hope the renovation will earn attention from both archaeological scholars and visitors.
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