Giving Blueday 2025

Giving Blueday is just once a year, but your donations impact student opportunities for years to come!

UMMAA is dedicated to original research on humanity's past, to the curation of world-class collections, and to sharing our knowledge with the public. We are committed to educating undergraduates about human diversity, and training graduate students to become anthropological archaeologists. 

Your gift today, or on Giving Blueday, helps support a vision of a world where archaeological data are employed to help meet future challenges, both local and global, to the benefit of all members of society.

And on this year's Giving Blueday, your gift will go even further!  Dr. Joyce Marcus, UMMAA’s curator of Latin American archaeology, has pledged to match all donations to UMMAA this Giving Blueday up to a total of $5000. Now, your donation, large or small, will automatically double and will make a difference. Your gift to UMMAA will help support research by curators, students, and staff in the field, the laboratory, and the collections.

Dr. Marcus has spent her career at the University of Michigan conducting pathbreaking archaeological field and collections research. She is also a master teacher and mentor, who has guided the careers of hundreds of undergraduate and graduate students. She knows well the power of anthropological archaeological research to answer critical questions about past human behavior, with significant implications for today’s world.

With federal funding for archaeological research under attack, UMMAA’s strategic fund becomes that much more important. The fund is used to support all aspects of UMMAA’s work, including cutting-edge research. This is why Dr. Marcus has pledged to match all donations to UMMAA this Giving Blueday up to a total of $5000. Your donation, large or small, will automatically double and will make a difference.

Thank you!