424 Walnut St, Lawrenceburg, IN 47025
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Our mission To educate future and current generations about the ancient cultures of the tristate region through identification, preservation, and archaeological investigations of sites in this region.

The Archaeological Research Institute

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Lab Volunteer

Clean and Sort artifacts and other finds in the ARI lab.
  • One-time, Occasional, Weekly, Monthly
  • Children, Teens, 21+, 55+, Adults, Child with Adult
  • Individuals, Groups (2-10), Groups (10+), Corporate Teams, Families
  • Indoor
  • None, On-site
  • Weekdays, Evenings, Weekends

ARI Administrative Volunteer

Marketing, filing, social media, blog writing, newsletter creation etc.
  • Occasional, Weekly, Monthly
  • Teens, 21+, 55+, Adults
  • Individuals
  • Office work, Event support, Indoor
  • On-site, Formal, Skilled
  • Weekdays, Evenings, Weekends

ARI Learning Center Interpreter

Help us share history of the local area!
  • Occasional, Weekly, Monthly
  • Teens, 55+, Adults
  • Individuals
  • Office work, Indoor
  • None, On-site, Formal
  • Weekdays, Evenings, Weekends
How you help You can help ARI achieve its mission by participating in hands-on experiences, helping us educate visitors and other volunteers, and donating your time to help make our organization great! We need volunteers to help us excavate in the field, clean & sort artifacts in the lab, interpret/lead tours, and help us build our programming. We are a brand new organization looking to build bridges for all interested parties to the past. The risk of losing cultural resources is real and you can help us preserve it!
About us ARI is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit institution dedicated to research into Native American sites in the Indiana-Ohio-Kentucky region. Located in Indiana, ARI operates offices and labs in Lawrenceburg and is currently supporting excavations at the Guard site, a nearby early Fort Ancient Village, near the mouth of the Great Miami River. These excavations are conducted under the supervision of professional archaeologists, and there are three professional archaeologists with extensive experience in Fort Ancient studies on ARI’s board. ARI was created by passionate local avocational and professional archaeologists that have witnessed the unfortunate destruction of many important and sacred prehistoric sites in the area. Sites that continue to be destroyed due to a lack of knowledge and appreciation of the rich and extensive history that exists in our region prior to colonial settlement. ARI’S passionate founding members felt that an organization that focused on providing educational opportunities to the public through hands-on experiences, literature, lectures, tours, a learning center, and other digital educational tools that an informed and appreciative community could be cultivated. Thereby resulting in better stewardship of our region’s cultural resources.
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