Happening @ Michigan

FAST Lecture | The Olynthos Project: Dirt on an Ancient Greek City

Laurel Fricker, Nadhira Hill, Peter Knoop, Lisa Nevett, and David Stone, U-M

Since 2014 a group of faculty, staff, and students from U-M has worked as part of an international team at the site of the Archaic and...

MAS Lecture | Bill Monaghan's Squash Seed

William Lovis, Michigan State University

This talk focuses on a single domesticated squash seed recovered from a deep trench dug during work in Windmill Park, south of Detroit. Dr....

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...

Sunday Drop-In 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...

Family Day | Ancient Storytelling

“Once Upon a Time …”...

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...