However, the objects in the kit are to be touched and examined through supervised activities. Overall, the experience of touch is a valuable tool for understanding, and outreach kits are designed to highlight that experience. Artifacts are material objects made by humans. Artifacts reflect the physical, economic, and social environment in which they are made and used. Artifacts reflect the culture of the people who make and use them.
Artifacts are valuable resources for information about life in the past.
Looking at artifacts requires observation, experimentation, hypothesis, comparison, and research.