Receptacle refers to objects, such as vessels and architecture, that are encountered frequently during archaeological excavation. The fragmentary states of these artifacts both hint at what was once there, and enable reconstructions that shed light on their usage in the lives of past peoples and in the spaces they inhabited. 
 
Fragments of two types of containers – architecture and vessels – are displayed in this section. Whether evidence of domestic or public buildings, cups or bowls, these fragments bear witness to numerous possibilities for using space as a container. Remnants exhibited here in ceramic, glass, and metal can be used to reconstruct both entire buildings or vessels through archaeological analysis. This display juxtaposes the remains as they came out of the ground with some potential reconstructions.