Ancient Encounters

Join us at a FREE event at sites across Houston for activities that forge a connection to Texas and Indigenous heritage.  Learn about the life of a boy and girl who lived in an Indigenous settlement on Buffalo Bayou before Houston became a city.

EXCAVATE  like an archaeologist

DISCOVER ways of living and learning

MAKE a shell bracelet

KBR Kids Day and International Archaeology Day

Discover stories of Indigenous people, the Karankawa, who lived along Buffalo Bayou long ago before Houston was a city. Activities include a prepared excavation, making jewelry with shells, and much more!

Sun Oct 18, 2026, 11am-3pm. The Water Works at Buffalo Bayou Park | 105B Sabine Street, Houston, TX 77007

FREE ADMISSION

NO RESERVATION NEEDED