Requirement
7. Do ONE of the following, and discuss it
Required Often forgotten
Three routes that cost nothing like the same. One needs a museum within reach, one needs your family to own something with a story somebody can still tell, and the third needs nobody at all but takes a week.
Notes and warnings
Warning. THE CHEAPEST OF THESE THREE IS THE ONE WITH A CLOCK IN IT. 7(c), listing a week of your family's trash, needs nobody outside the house and no travel, and takes seven days that cannot be compressed. If there is any chance you will take it, start the list on the first day of the badge and decide later. 7(a) needs a museum with a suitable collection near enough to reach and open when you can go. 7(b) is the odd one: presenting a family artifact or heirloom is the fastest route of the three IF your family owns something significant AND somebody can still tell you its history, and it is a closed door if not, because discussing the history is the requirement. Check with your family before you choose it.
What this is made of
Where this step comes from
- Archaeology Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-12-31), Requirement 7