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A Host of People

A Host of People is a Detroit-based ensemble theater company creating original work that celebrates complexity, imagination, and the...

Undergraduate Student Event | Kelsey Movie Night

Join us for Disney's Hercules on January 23 from 6 to 8:30 pm....

Saturday Sampler Tour | Graffiti as Devotion along the Nile

Ancient graffiti provide a unique glimpse into the lives of individuals in antiquity. Religious devotion in ancient Kush (a region located...

Sunday Drop-In Tour | Egypt and the Egyptians

Discover 4,500 years of ancient Egyptian history on a guided tour of the Kelsey Museum’s Predynastic, Dynastic, and Graeco-Roman Egyptian...

FAST Lecture | Assessing Mechanisms of Mobility and Exchange in the Prehistoric Cyclades

Natalie Abell, University of Michigan

Recent research in the Bronze Age Cycladic archipelago has documented the widespread evidence for the distribution of imported products —...

Saturday Sampler | Ancient Writing

Humans began to write over 5,000 years ago. On this tour, see artifacts with writing in many languages and writing systems: cuneiform,...

Archaeologies of Contemporary Migration: Border Assemblages, Global Apartheid, and the Decolonial Potential

Professor Yannis Hamilakis - Brown University

18th Annual Dimitris and Irmgard Pallas Modern Greek Lecture...

Saturday Sampler Tour | Read and Look: "Tickle Tut's Toes"

Join us for a kid-friendly tour of the Egyptian exhibits at the Kelsey Museum! We begin by reading aloud "Tickle Tut's Toes,"...

Sunday Drop-In Tour | Egypt at the Kelsey

Discover 4,500 years of ancient Egyptian history on a guided tour of the Kelsey Museum’s Predynastic, Dynastic, and Graeco-Roman Egyptian...

Madeline Miller - a public reading and discussion of "Circe"

Author

A public reading and conversation with Madeline Miller, author of 'Circe' and 'Song of Achilles.'...

Saturday Sampler Tour | The Roman Empire

For over 500 years Rome was ruled by emperors. Some enjoyed decades in power, while some lasted less than a year. Being an emperor could be...

Saturday Sampler Tour | Graffiti as Devotion along the Nile

Ancient graffiti provide a unique glimpse into the lives of individuals in antiquity. Religious devotion in ancient Kush (a region located...

Saturday Sampler Tour | Fakes, Forgeries, and Really Good Replicas

One of the most common questions we get at the Kelsey Museum is, “Are all the objects in the museum real?” The answer to this question...

Saturday Sampler Tour | Women in the Ancient World

Celebrate International Women's Day with a tour of the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology! In this docent-led tour, explore the status of...

Sunday Drop-In Tour | Around the Table

Whether it was an elaborate Greek symposium or a small family dinner in Pompeii, people had to eat! On this tour, learn more about what all...

Saturday Sampler Tour | Read and Look: "G is for Gladiator"

“A is for Archaeologist. Archaeologists uncover clues to life in Ancient Rome, revealing buried treasures: frescos, rings, a vase, and a...

Saturday Sampler Tour | Graffiti as Devotion along the Nile

Ancient graffiti provide a unique glimpse into the lives of individuals in antiquity. Religious devotion in ancient Kush (a region located...

Saturday Sampler Tour | Health and Medicine

How was illness prevented and treated in the past? Who was your doctor, and what were their credentials? On this tour, learn more about the...

Greek to Me

Mary Norris

The Gerald F. Else Lecture in the Humanities...

Saturday Sampler Tour | Read and Look: "One-Minute Greek Myths"

Join us for a kid-friendly tour of the exhibits at the Kelsey Museum! We begin by reading aloud a few myths from "One-Minute Greek...

Saturday Sampler Tour | Ancient Environment

How did the environment effect the peoples of the ancient world? On this tour we explore how the peoples of the Mediterranean, Near East,...

Saturday Sampler Tour | Artifact Exploration: Stamp Seals, Cylinder Seals, and Cuneiform Tablets

As writing developed in Mesopotamia, stamp seals, cylinder seals, and cuneiform tablets served as symbols and as communication devices. On...

Exhibition Opening Reception | Kelsey Contemporaries: Randal Stegmeyer

Join us in celebrating the opening of our new special exhibition, "Kelsey Contemporaries: Randal Stegmeyer." This exhibition...

Photography for the Museum

Museums like the Kelsey use photography in many different ways — to document, to examine, to preserve, to teach. This public presentation...