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A non-profit technology company that preserves and shares scientific research data. We pioneer ways to open up access to archaeology and related fields.

The Alexandria Archive Institute is a non-profit technology company that preserves and shares archaeological and related data on the web, free of charge. Through advocacy, education, research and technology programs like Open Context, we pioneer ways to make primary research open to everyone. Archaeological findings play a pivotal role in our development as a society but the vast majority of our understanding about the human past is locked in the Ivory Tower, behind expensive pay-walls. The public’s access is mostly limited to commercially and politically distorted and sensationalized fragments. These barriers impoverish learning and public understanding, and stifle discovery and progress. Our work aims to free this knowledge from academic, technological, and commercial silos. Open access to scientific literature and data powers learning. It improves our understanding of who we are, and can inspire us to shape better futures as global citizens. Eliminating access barriers to research creates more collaboration toward the greater goal of discovery. We connect with researchers on global initiatives such as sharing standards, technology, data, good practices, as well as ideas. In fact, we often fund other open access initiatives with our grant funding. We’ve been fortunate to receive funding from private donors as well as organizations including the U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Google, and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. With the goal of expanding our efforts even further in 2017, we invite you to share in our mission by making a 100% tax-deductible contribution of any amount. Thank you for your interest in our organization. Please visit our website alexandriaarchive.org to learn more about our work.

09/29/2026

AAI welcomes new board member, Leigh Lieberman

The Alexandria Archive Institute is delighted to welcome Dr. Leigh Lieberman to our Board of Directors. Leigh brings a deep understanding of the AAI’s work, having served as our Director of Professional Development since 2021. In her work with the AAI and Open Context, Leigh launched the Digging Up Data program; directed Networking Archaeological Data and Communities, an…...

The Alexandria Archive Institute is delighted to welcome Dr. Leigh Lieberman to our Board of Directors. Leigh brings a deep understanding of the AAI’s work, having served as our Director of Professional Development since 2021. In her work with the AAI and Open Context, Leigh launched the Digging U...

08/26/2026

Want to learn how we developed one of our Digital Data Stories?

Check out the new article "How to find books about archaeological data literacy" to see how we found the book for "Of Mycenaean Men" that explore and the impacts of archaeological data on modern society.

Learn how we selected works of popular science and nonfiction for our open educational resource "Of Mycenaean Men".

08/18/2026

08/13/2026

Next week we'll be providing a about for Association for Washington Archaeology as part of their annual Field Technician Training Program.

"Intro to Archaeological Data Literacy for Quality Data Creation" will be a 1-hour online training session held on 20 August 2026 from 5-6pm Pacific. Register for free at: https://washingtonarchaeology.org/event-6755403

06/27/2026

Check out new articles by our staff!

Check out two, new, free to read and share articles in Advances in Archaeological Practice and Internet Archaeology by AAI staff.

06/15/2026

The September 2025 issue of The SAA Archaeological Record (the magazine of the Society for American Archaeology) contains a short article about the IMLS-funded FAIR+CARE Cultural Heritage Network. Check it out here: “The FAIR+CARE Cultural Heritage Network: Advancing Practices to Support Ethical D...

12/31/2025

AAI & Open Context – Highlights from 2025

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12/20/2025

FAIR+CARE Cultural Heritage Network Workshop #2

The FAIR+CARE Cultural Heritage Network held their second all-hands workshop in October 2025 with 42 participants from various sectors including CRM, universities, state archaeologists, Tribal archaeologists, museums, libraries, data publishers, and repositories. Since 2023, the IMLS-funded Network has been working online and through in-person workshops to develop, disseminate, and promote ethical good practice guidance and digital data governance models to reconcile the apparent social and technical contradictions in the data life cycle....

The FAIR+CARE Cultural Heritage Network held their second all-hands workshop in October 2025 with 42 participants from various sectors including CRM, universities, state archaeologists, Tribal archaeologists, museums, libraries, data publishers, and repositories. Since 2023, the IMLS-funded Network....

12/18/2025

New Article about the FAIR+CARE Cultural Heritage Network

The September 2025 issue of The SAA Archaeological Record (the magazine of the Society for American Archaeology) contains a short article about the IMLS-funded FAIR+CARE Cultural Heritage Network. Check it out here: "The FAIR+CARE Cultural Heritage Network: Advancing Practices to Support Ethical Data Management in Archaeology" (available open access).

12/11/2025

Check our page at: https://www.youtube.com/-thealexandriaa8713

There you can learn more about about getting to know your when writing interpretation, the basics of , or how to find and online . My favorite is "What do you mean 'I don't have a question'?" where I explain how to formulate short, answerable, questions based on existing data sets. Watch it now at: https://youtu.be/DGSEaefeTIw?si=9ghbtJAwpVDzbKP2

This video discusses the fundamentals of creating an answerable question based on an existing data set, was produced for week four of the Archaeological Data...

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