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Flash Talk | Through the Lens: Examining Colorful Objects from Karanis
Laurel Fricker, IPAMAA
Since 2021, IPAMAA PhD candidate Laurel Fricker has worked with Kelsey Museum conservators on Investigating Color in Roman Egypt, a...
Mid-Day Morsel Tour | Highlights of the Kelsey Museum
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...
Saturday Sampler Tour | Centaurs and Sirens and Satyrs, Oh My!
Linda Kimmel, Docent
While we mainly focus on the gods and goddesses, Greek and Roman mythology is filled with many divine creatures. Some were deadly to humans...
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 | Pandora by Susan Stokes-Chapman
Shannon Ness and Stephanie Wottreng Haley, Education Department
Steeped in mystery and rich in imagination, Susan Stokes-Chapman’s Pandora is an exhilarating historical novel set in Georgian...
Saturday Sampler Tour | Daily Life in Ancient Rome
Colleen Murphy, Docent
What was life like in ancient Rome? This tour will explore artifacts related to dining, bathing, entertainment, and medicine, including a...
Saturday Sampler Tour | Highlights of the Kelsey Museum
Linda Kimmel, Docent
Have you always wanted to learn more about Egyptian burial practices? Perhaps you are intrigued by Greek vases—or maybe you would like to...
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...
Read and Look | The Museum
Carolyn Nouhan, Docent
Written by Susan Verde and illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds, The Museum follows a young girl’s imaginative and emotional journey...
Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World
View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen, supernatural forces for aid and...
Mid-Day Morsel | Drop-In Tour
Kristen Goodman, 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...
Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World
View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen, supernatural forces for aid and...
Saturday Sampler Tour | Death and Ritual in Ancient Egypt
Colleen Murphy, Docent
This tour will explore the Kelsey Museum’s ancient Egyptian collections, looking specifically at what our objects can teach us about the...
Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World
View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen, supernatural forces for aid and...
Sunday Drop-In Tour | Dangers Lurking Around Every Corner
Linda Kimmel, Docent
The ancient world was filled with hazards, from illnesses to animal attacks to natural disasters. In this tour, we will look at some of the...
Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World
View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen, supernatural forces for aid and...
Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World
View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen, supernatural forces for aid and...
Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World
View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen, supernatural forces for aid and...
Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World
View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen, supernatural forces for aid and...
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 | The Shadow of Perseus by Claire Heywood
Lorraine Abagatnan, IPAMAA
“Myth remembers Perseus as one of its greatest heroes. A slayer of monsters. A rescuer of damsels. But the women who knew him best have a...
Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World
View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen, supernatural forces for aid and...
Healing the Womb: Uterine Amulets in the Roman World
Anna Bonnell Freidin, U-M associate professor of history, talks about a class of largely hematite and red jasper amulets known as...
Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World
View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen, supernatural forces for aid and...
Saturday Sampler Tour | Where Did All This Stuff Come From?
Kristen Goodman, Docent
A frequent visitor question is, “Where did we get all this stuff?” The Kelsey Museum’s collection was built through many paths,...
Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World
View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen, supernatural forces for aid and...
Sunday Drop-In Tour | Highlights of the Kelsey Museum
Linda Kimmel, Docent
Have you always wanted to learn more about Egyptian burial practices? Perhaps you are intrigued by Greek vases—or maybe you would like to...
Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World
View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen, supernatural forces for aid and...
Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World
View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen, supernatural forces for aid and...
Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World
View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen, supernatural forces for aid and...
Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World
View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen, supernatural forces for aid and...
Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World
View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen, supernatural forces for aid and...
Flash Talk | Karanis Research at the Kelsey
C. Michael Sampson, University of Manitoba
For the past several years, classics professor Mike Sampson (University of Manitoba) has conducted research on the Kelsey Museum’s...
Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World
View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen, supernatural forces for aid and...
Saturday Sampler Tour | Goddesses of the Kelsey
Linda Kimmel, Docent
In this tour, we will explore some strong women of the ancient world: the goddesses of Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Through a variety of...
Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World
View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen, supernatural forces for aid and...
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...
Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World
View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen, supernatural forces for aid and...
Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World
View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen, supernatural forces for aid and...
Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World
View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen, supernatural forces for aid and...
Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World
View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen, supernatural forces for aid and...
Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World
View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen, supernatural forces for aid and...
Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World
View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen, supernatural forces for aid and...
Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World
View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen, supernatural forces for aid and...
Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World
View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen, supernatural forces for aid and...
Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World
View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen, supernatural forces for aid and...
Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World
View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen, supernatural forces for aid and...
Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World
View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen, supernatural forces for aid and...
Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World
View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen, supernatural forces for aid and...
Materia Magica: Materiality and Ritual in the Greco-Roman World
View a diverse array of artifacts which were created to communicate with and call upon various unseen, supernatural forces for aid and...
