Family Day is a biannual, family-friendly event featuring engaging, hands-on activities related to the cultures of the ancient Near East, Greece, Egypt, and Rome!
Discover how people lived in the past by playing ancient games, handling replica artifacts, trying on ancient clothing, and learning to write in new alphabets.
Explore the museum on kid-friendly tours of the museum galleries and learn how to explore the ancient world in continuing activities at home.
Create your own versions of ancient artifacts to take home (like frescoes, mosaics, mummies, toys, jewelry, pottery, hieroglyphs, seals, and more) inspired by the artifacts on display at the Kelsey Museum.
The Museum and Family Day are free and open to the public. Engaging, hands-on activities take place in Newberry Hall. Kid-friendly tours of the exhibition will take place at 1:00, 2:00, and 3:00 PM.
"Ancient Egypt" Family Day, March 2018
The Ancient Egypt Family Day on March 24, 2018, was our biggest event yet! Kids of all ages came to the museum to mummify Barbies, tour Egyptian tombs with virtual-reality glasses, create Egyptian crowns, and (of course!) see the amazing Egyptian artifacts on display in the galleries.
Past Family Days
October 18–23, 2020 | Ancient Storytelling
October 20, 2019 | Graffiti and Ancient Kush
March 24, 2018 | Ancient Egypt
October 21, 2017 | Excavating Archaeology @ U-M: 1817-2017
April 8, 2017 | The Art and Science of Healing
"The Art and Science of Healing" Family Day, April 2017
