Saturday Sampler Tour | Halloween at the Kelsey: The Spooky, Weird, and Magical
Kristen Goodman, Docent
The Kelsey Museum is the perfect place to spend the weekend before Halloween. Instead of haunted houses or jack-o’-lanterns, you’ll find...
Sunday Drop-In Tour | Highlights of the Egyptian Collection
Linda Kimmel, Docent
The Kelsey’s Egyptian galleries are many visitors’ favorite part of the museum. In today’s tour, we’ll take a deep dive into the...
Gay-ncient History: Through the Gaze of Dionysus
Take a guided tour focused on queer identities in Ancient Greece and Rome. Learn about the changes in gender expression in depictions of...
Gay-ncient History: Through the Gaze of Dionysus
Take a guided tour focused on queer identities in Ancient Greece and Rome. Learn about the changes in gender expression in depictions of...
Gay-ncient History: Through the Gaze of Dionysus
Take a guided tour focused on queer identities in Ancient Greece and Rome. Learn about the changes in gender expression in depictions of...
Gay-ncient History: Through the Gaze of Dionysus
Take a guided tour focused on queer identities in Ancient Greece and Rome. Learn about the changes in gender expression in depictions of...
Gay-ncient History: Through the Gaze of Dionysus
Take a guided tour focused on queer identities in Ancient Greece and Rome. Learn about the changes in gender expression in depictions of...
The GEM of Giza: The Grand Egyptian Museum Gala Livestream
On November 1, 2025, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) will hold a gala opening attended by queens, kings, and presidents from around the...
Read and Look | At Our Table
Carolyn Nouhan, Docent
The Kelsey’s “Read and Look” program is a great first trip to the museum—providing visitors with opportunities to explore past and...
AIA Lecture | New Approaches to Roman Urbanism: The Excavations of the Falerii Novi Project (Lazio, Italy)
Margaret M. Andrews, Harvard University
This lecture presents the results of an ongoing five-year campaign of excavation in the Roman town of Falerii Novi in the Middle Tiber...
Flash Talk | On the Origins of Leptiminus: Constructing Identity in the First Millennium BCE
David Stone, Classical Studies
Leptiminus, a city on the east coast of Tunisia, was the site of a Kelsey Museum archaeological project in the 1990s. Michigan’s research...
Sunday Drop-In Tour | Images of Women in the Ancient World
Linda Kimmel, Docent
In this tour, we will look at artifacts from the ancient world that include images of women, including goddesses and mortal women. We will...
FAST Lecture | Archive Archaeology at Karanis: Recontextualizing the Michigan Documentation
Tyler Johnson, Postdoctoral Fellow
Although far from modern standards, the University of Michigan excavations at Karanis (1924–1935) employed advanced recording techniques...
Mid-Day Morsel | Drop-In Tour
Linda Kimmel, Docent
Looking for something to feed your brain on your lunch hour? The Mid-Day Morsel tour at the Kelsey Museum is a 30-minute taste of ancient...
Sunday Drop-In Tour | Early Christians and Late Pagans
Dave Horrocks, Docent
Early Christians and late pagans interacted in ways both surprising and predictable across the Mediterranean region. This tour explores...
Third Thursday | Late Night at the Kelsey!
The Kelsey Museum is open late! On the third Thursday of each month, the Kelsey will be open from 4:00 to 7:30 PM. Come check out the...
Kelsey Book Club | Ariadne by Jennifer Saint
Amanda Kubic, Comparative Literature
The Kelsey’s November book club session will focus on Ariadne by Jennifer Saint—a retelling of the Theseus and Minotaur myth...
Saturday Sampler Tour | Hidden in Plain Sight
Linda Kimmel, Docent
Did you know that underneath many of the display cases at the Kelsey, there are drawers filled with interesting artifacts? In this tour, we...
Sunday Drop-In Tour | Walk With an Egyptian: A Journey Through Time
Doug White, Docent
A journey that transcends millennia begins at the Kelsey Museum as you step into the heart of ancient Egypt and walk with an ancient...
