Event Types
Location
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...
Saturday Sampler Tour | Magic in the Ancient World
Colleen Murphy, Docent
Explore the ways that ancient people from Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Rome used magic for protection, for healing, and to seek favor from powers...
Saturday Sampler Tour | Egyptian Gods and Animals
Linda Kimmel, Docent
Visitors often ask docents such questions as, “Did the ancient Egyptians worship animals?” and “Did the ancient Egyptians mummify...
Sunday Drop-In Tour | What’s Around the Corner?
Kristen Goodman, Docent
October is a great time for wandering through corn mazes, where you never quite know what you’ll find around the next corner. Just like a...
Third Thursday Tour | Highlights of the Kelsey
Bill Kryska, Docent
Join us for a special evening event at the Kelsey Museum! This Third Thursday experience features a 30-minute tour of ancient Mediterranean...
Saturday Sampler Tour | Egypt 101
Connie Powers, Docent
Experience the history of ancient Egypt in this engaging introductory gallery tour. Through works of art and everyday objects, we’ll...
Sunday Drop-In Tour | Walk with an Egyptian
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...
Saturday Sampler Tour | Spooky, Weird, and Magical: Halloween with the Kelsey
Robin Little, Docent
This tour explores a variety of objects in the Kelsey through the lens of Halloween. We’ll look at animals, mummies, funerary...
Sunday Drop-In Tour | Halloween Visits to the Ancient Dead
Dave Horrocks, Docent
Learn how ancient Egyptians, Etruscans, Greeks, and Romans understood death, burial, and the afterlife through the objects they left behind....
Saturday Sampler 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...
