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Karanis Collaboratory
Sharon Herbert Named Distinguished University Professor
Kelsey Museum Closed until June 3, 2016
Conservation Challenges at El-Kurru, Sudan
Leisure and Luxury in the Age of Nero
Jackier Prize Winners Announced
Students of Ross School of Business Visit the Kelsey Museum
2016-2017 Jackier Prize Competition
Don't miss Failure:Lab!
Holiday Open House at the Kelsey
Holiday Sales at the Gift Shop
Kelsey Object Featured in Engineering Video
Extended Holiday Hours
The "Leisure and Luxury" Website Goes Live
A New Display Prepared by Students on View through March 2017
Visit our New Exhibition! "The Art and Science of Healing: From Antiquity to the Renaissance" Open until April 30
The Catalogue "Leisure and Luxury in the Age of Nero: The Villas of Oplontis near Pompeii" Reviewed in Bryn Mawr Classical Review
In the Field: Dr. Richard Redding, Associate Research Scientist at the Kelsey Museum, Returns from Egypt
"The Countryside of Aphrodisias" - a New Publication by Christopher Ratté and Angela Commito
Welcome Emily Pierattini, our new Assistant Exhibition Designer!
Bicentennial Exhibition Countdown
Peter Knoop Delivers a Talk on Best Practices for Mobile GIS and Information Technology in the Field
Congratulations, Jackier Prize Winners!
Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Receives Highest National Recognition
Visit Our New Exhibition: Cosmogonic Tattoos
Kelsey Museum Returns Artifact to Egyptian Museum in Berlin
Conservation Workshop for Graduate Students
News from the Field
Kelsey Museum Galleries Open During Art Fair
Transmissions Across the Gap: Cosmogonic Tattoos with Artist Jim Cogswell
2017-2018 Jackier Prize Competition Is Open
Kelsey Museum Welcomes New IPCAA Students
New Publications
Aphrodisias Named World Heritage Site
Holiday Open House at the Kelsey
Holiday Sale at the Kelsey Museum Gift Shop
Museum Closed this Saturday, January 20
Nic Terrenato Speaks about Gabii Project
Recently Published: Fall 2017 Newsletter
Hidden in Plain Sight: Kelsey Museum, Featured in a Podcast on WEMU 89.1
New Publication: Final Volume of Tel Anafa
Just Released: Online Exhibition "Death Dogs: The Jackal Gods of Ancient Egypt"
Jay Crisostomo Featured in "The University Record"
Leslie Schramer, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Editor
Jackier Prize Awards Ceremony
Last Month to See "Cosmogonic Tattoos"
Coming Soon: "Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern"
Bryn Mawr Classical Review on Lisa Nevett's Recent Book
The "Cosmogonic Tattoos" Catalogue Receives Silver Award in Printing Competition
Just Published: Spring 2018 Newsletter
Recently Published: Conservation of Ancient Graffiti at El Kurru
Kelsey in Focus: A New Program
Special Exhibition: Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern
Family Programs at the Kelsey Museum: New Adventures in the Fall
LSA IT Honored for Special Achievement in GIS
Tour of Newberry Hall and the Tiffany Window
The Kelsey Museum Welcomes New Curator Nicola Barham
Julia Falkovitch-Khain Presents Her Work for the Kelsey in a Poster Session
Sharon Herbert's Distinguished University Professor Lecture Now Available Online
Kelsey in Focus — See It Before It's Gone!
New Special Exhibition Opening Soon
New Banner on the Upjohn Wing
Richard Redding Delivers Keynote Speech at Cairo Conference
Kelsey Bioarchaeology Lab Renovation Complete
Visit Our New Exhibition: Ancient Color
Richard Redding to Appear on TV
Kelsey Museum Touted as a Must-See in Ann Arbor
Indie-Dance Pop Band "The Kelseys" Cites Kelsey Museum as Inspiration
Congratulations, Jackier Prize Winners!
Tour of Newberry Hall and the Tiffany Window
Trotter Multicultural Center Now Open
Kelsey Listed Among Top Three Historical Museums at U-M
"Ancient Color" Exhibition Extended
Dye Workshop To Be Offered Again
Richard Redding on CNN's "Inside Africa"
Kelsey Museum Participates in "Summer Reading Kickoff Party"
Kelsey Staff Wins "Spirit Award" at Spring Fling
A Look Ahead: Graffiti as Devotion along the Nile
U-M Students Investigate Ancient Climate Change at Karanis
Short Write-Up About the Kelsey in the Toronto Sun
Review of "Ancient Color" in A2 Observer
The Kelsey Keeps It Cool at the Townie Street Party
Art Fair Sale at the Kelsey Gift Shop
New Mid-Day Tour Program at the Kelsey Museum
Now Open: "Graffiti as Devotion along the Nile"
The Kelsey Welcomes New Assistant Exhibition Designer Eric Campbell
Recent "Graffiti as Devotion" News Coverage
Now Open: "Graffiti as Devotion along the Nile"
New Kelsey Publication Available for Purchase and Download
Video of "Graffiti as Devotion" Opening Lecture Now Online
"Graffiti as Devotion" Featured in Museum Magazine's "First Look"
Mallory Genauer Joins the Kelsey as Community and Youth Educator
Family Day Is This Sunday!
Perfume Inspired by Kelsey Museum Mummies
Laura Motta Seeks to Understand the Environmental Factors in the Rise of Rome
Just Published: Fall 2019 Newsletter
Holiday Open House at the Kelsey
Kelsey Museum Holiday Hours
Former Kelsey Curator Susan Alcock Recommended as UM-Dearborn Provost
Kelsey in Focus #4 Now On View
KCBX's Tom Wilmer Interviews Cathy Person
IPCAA Alum Diana Ng to Speak at the Humanities Institute
Event Reminder: FAST Lecture Tonight
Announcing Family Day: Ancient Storytelling
Congratulations, Jackier Prize Winners!
Reminder: Movie Night at the Kelsey!
U-M Students Compare Ancient and Modern Climate Disasters
Jackier Prize Essays and Projects Available to View Online
A Message from Kelsey Director Terry Wilfong
Nicola Barham Awarded Getty/ACLS Postdoctoral Fellowship
Kelsey Researchers Receive Grant from UM Humanities Collaboratory
Let the Kelsey Help Get You Through the Quarantine
The Kelsey Museum and the Department of Classical Studies Welcome Irene Soto Marín
Caitlin Clerkin Named Institute for the Humanities Fellow
Docent Recruitment Open House Will Be Held Remotely
Visit Our New Exhibition: "Randal Stegmeyer: Exposing the Past"
Elaine Gazda Retires
We Stand Together: Black Lives Matter
IPCAA Students Awarded Fulbrights and Fellowships
Now Available: Spring 2020 Newsletter
Graffiti Symposium Now Available to View Online
Richard Redding to Appear on PBS's "Decoding the Great Pyramid"
Geoff Emberling in "Smithsonian Magazine" Article About Ancient Sudan
Now Available: Virtual Museum Tours for K–12 Classrooms
Kelsey Museum Annual Report for 2019 Now Available
"Narrating Nubia" Wins Grant
Family Week: Mark Your Calendar For This Virtual Event
New Kelsey Blog: The Social Lives of Coins
Kelsey Now Open to U-M Community
Kelsey Archaeologists to Take Part in Community-Based Archaeology Roundtable
Just Published: Fall 2020 Newsletter
Nicola Terrenato's Book Receives Prestigious Award
Kelsey Conservation Department Receives NEH Grant to Study Ancient Color
Irene Soto Marín Interviewed by "The Daily Beast" About the Laws and Ethics of Treasure Hunting
Irene Soto Marín on the ANS Podcast "The Planchet"
Laura Motta Receives AIA-NEH Grant for Archaeological Research
New Lecture Recordings Now Available
Giving Blueday is Wednesday, March 10, 2021
The Kelsey Participates in LSA Humanities Poetry Month Event
New from the Kelsey: Artifact Explorations
Geoff Emberling To Give Two Lectures About Jebel Barkal
Project Launch: "Narrating Nubia: The Social Lives of Heritage"
Now Available: Kelsey Museum Annual Report for 2020
Suzanne Davis Starts Term as President of the AIC
The Kelsey To Reopen On June 18
Irene Soto Marín on the Podcast "Peopling the Past"
As of August 10, No Reservations Needed to Visit the Kelsey
Welcome, Mallory Bower
National Geographic's "Flooded Tombs of the Nile" Airs Tonight
Two New Publications By Kelsey Affiliates
Just Published: Spring 2021 Newsletter
Nadhira Hill Receives Public Scholarship Award from the Women’s Classical Caucus
IPCAA's Caitlin Clerkin Begins Curatorial Fellowship at Harvard Art Museums
Website Launch of the Jebel Barkal Archaeological Project
Events Roundup
New Publication from the Abydos Wood Conservation Team
The Kelsey Is Now a Museums for All Partner
New Podcast Interview and TED-Ed Animated Video from Geoff Emberling
New Publication from the Gabii Project
New Kelsey Museum Publication: City in the Desert, Revisited
New Open Access Monograph from the Gabii Project
Now Available: Fall 2021 Newsletter
University Tours and Activities Are Back!
AIA Spotlight on David Stone
Closing Soon: Randal Stegmeyer: Exposing the Past
Jebel Barkal Team Set to Resume Fieldwork
Suzanne Davis Contributes Chapter to New Book Chronicling Life during COVID
In Memoriam: Leyla Lau-Lamb
Michigan-Princeton Digital Collaboration Brings Together Treasures of St Catherine's Monastery
Now Available: Teacher Resource Guide for Ancient Egypt
Now On View: Kelsey in Focus #5
Laura Motta and Richard Redding Receive Grant to Study Ancient Grains
Welcome, Stephanie Wottreng Haley
Announcing the 2021–2022 Kelsey Prize Winners
Save the Date: Giving Blueday is Wednesday, March 16!
Face Masks Now Optional in Kelsey Museum Galleries
Abydos Included On WMF 2022 Monuments Watch List
The Kelsey Once Again Participates in LSA Poetry Blast
Kelsey Prize Awards Ceremony
Farewell, Dawn and Mallory
UROP Students Receive Award for Work on Gabii Seeds
Geoff Emberling To Give Lecture About Jebel Barkal
Temporary Closure of Second-Floor Galleries
The Kelsey Participates in Blue Star Museums Program
Jebel Barkal Team Awarded Grant to Study Ancient Landscape
"Narrating Nubia" Featured in LSA Magazine
Geoff Emberling Discusses Ancient Kush in "Discover Magazine"
Now Available: Spring 2022 Newsletter
Welcome Back, Stephanie Wottreng Haley
Now Available: Kelsey Museum Annual Report for 2021
All Public Tours and Activities Are Back
Now On View: Kelsey in Focus #6
Docent Recruitment Open House
Announcing family day: Stinky, Noisy, Fun: The 5 Senses of the Ancient Mediterranean
Join Our Team! The Kelsey Seeks an Associate Director
Announcing the 2022–2023 Kelsey Prize Winners
Welcome, Emily Allison
Welcome, Tamika Mohr
Ancient Kush Project Awarded NEH Grant
Investigating Color in Roman Egypt Website Launches
Notion Archaeological Project Awarded Sustainability Grant
Honoring Dr. Richard W. Redding
Just Published: Spring 2023 Newsletter
Farewell, Lorene and Mallory
Drainage Project Begins at the Kelsey Museum
Announcing the Kelsey Museum DEIAS Statement
Now on View: BIG Object Spotlight #1
Become a Kelsey Attendant!
Hands-On Opportunities: Relaunch of Discovery Carts Program
Welcome, Christiane Gruber!
From “IPCAA” to “IPAMAA”: A New Name for an Established Program
Jennifer Kirker Appointed Associate Director of the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Welcome, Anne Stevenson!
Announcing Family Day—Hands-On History: Ancient Technologies, Modern Discoveries
Opening Soon: “Narrating Nubia: The Social Lives of Heritage”
New Kelsey Museum Exhibit Explores the Life Cycle of Roman Soldiers
Watch Now: “Local Histories” Webinar
We’re Hiring! The Kelsey Museum Seeks a Digital Assets Manager
Just Published: Fall 2023 Newsletter
Roman Wall Painting on the Bay of Naples: A New Immersive Experience at the Kelsey Museum
Now on View: BIG Object Spotlight #2
The Gabii Project Receives AIA Award for Outstanding Work in Digital Archaeology
Farewell, Cathy
New Display Highlights Pioneering Black Classicist William Sanders Scarborough
Hamzeh Carr Project Receives LSA Award
Welcome, Shannon Ness
$50,000 Awarded to U-M Field Projects
Announcing the Spring 2024 Family Day—Magical Marvels: Power and Protection in the Ancient World
Make Your Own Myth at Camp Kelsey
Join Our Team as Director of Education
Geoff Emberling to Speak at African Studies Center Conference
Announcing the Winners of the 2023–2024 Kelsey Prize
Welcome, Bruce Worden
We Want to Hear from You! Provide Your Feedback for Our Crossroads of Culture Gallery
Richard Redding to Be Honored at SAA Meeting
Collaborate to Educate: The Kelsey Museum’s New Teacher Advisory Group
Explore More! New Weekend Hours Starting May 5
Now Available: Kelsey Museum Impact Report for 2023
Welcome, Chris Motz
Beyond the 5th Century: New Article Recasts Karanis Timeline
Nic Terrenato Elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries
On View: Crossroads of Culture Object Spotlight #3
Kelsey Museum Reinstates Pre-Pandemic Pricing for K–12 and Group Tours
Myths, Magic, and More: The Kelsey Book Club
Welcome, Will Pestle
Kelsey-Sponsored Dig Highlighted in New York Times
Announcing the Fall 2024 Family Day: Roaming with Romans
New Faces at the Kelsey Museum
Now Published: Catalog of the Kelsey Museum’s Roman Decorative Stones
Archaeology at Michigan: An Updated Online Gateway
DiSKO Website Goes Live: Explore Kelsey Artifacts Online in 3-D
New Book and Exhibit on Photographer George R. Swain’s Mediterranean Travels
Kelsey Museum Featured in New Ann Arbor Picture Book
Beyond the Arena: Exploring the Real Lives of Gladiators
Archived News
2015
November 2015
Major Show on Villas near Pompeii Opens in February
User Survey to Inform the Redesign of the Kelsey Museum’s Website
May 2015
Grant to Encourage Use of Kelsey Objects in Undergraduate Teaching
National Geographic Takes Drone Video of Geoff Emberling's El Kurru Excavations
April 2015
Show Featuring Wendy Artin's Watercolors of Ancient Sculpture Opens June 5
Detroit News Has High Praise for the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
February 2015
Hatcher Library Exhibition on Francis Kelsey’s 1919-1920 Expedition to Armenia
January 2015
Museum Offers Valentine's Day Celebration
Kelsey Focus Group for First-Year Honors
2014
December 2014
Special Tours Offered during the Holidays
November 2014
New Thanksgiving Weekend Events Scheduled
October 2014
Kelsey Galleries Open during 2014-2015 Holidays
September 2014
Show on Islamic Art Opens October 15
June 2014
Kelsey Publishes "Karanis Revealed"
Kelsey Featured on the Today Show
May 2014
Recruiting New Docents
April 2014
"Ancient/Modern" Exhibition Opens June 6
February 2014
Follow the Renewed Kelsey Blog
January 2014
Geoff Emberling Blogs Again from Sudan
New Show Features Miniatures from Ancient Seleucia
2013
September 2013
U-M Museum of Art to Exhibit Kelsey Islamic Artifacts
July 2013
"Discovery! Excavating the Ancient World" Opens August 23
Kelsey Publishes Book on Djehutymose Coffin
June 2013
"Red Rock & Rust Belt" Showing June 30 to July 21
Website for "A Man of Many Parts: The Life and Legacy of Francis Willey Kelsey" Goes Live
May 2013
Spring Kelsey Museum Newsletter Announces New Director
April 2013
Research Scientist Richard Redding Reveals How Pyramid Workers Fed
February 2013
Kelsey Contemporaries Opens March 15
January 2013
Geoff Emberling blogs from Sudan
2012
December 2012
Kelsey Publishes New Volume on Fieldwork at Tel Anafa
November 2012
New Book on Excavations at Aphrodisias, Turkey
October 2012
Fall 2012 Kelsey Museum Newsletter available on line
September 2012
"Conserving Antiquity" Exhibition to Open November 2
April 2012
Show on Francis Kelsey Opens June 8
March 2012
"Hours of Infinity Part II: Twelve Hours of Infinity: Amduat" Opens March 9
January 2012
Kelsey Publishes Book on Cities of Asia Minor in Late Antiqutiy
Undergraduate Archaeology Conference March 9-10, 2012
Part II of “Karanis Revealed” Opens January 27
2011
October 2011
John G. Pedley Publishes Book on Francis Kelsey
"Dominated and Demeaned" Opens October 21
July 2011
"Karanis Revealed" Opens September 16
June 2011
Kelsey Publishes Book on Pisidian Antioch
Former Kelsey Conservation Intern Blogging from Cyprus
May 2011
Antioch Show to Feature 3-D Movie of Virtual Reconstruction
2010
August 2010
Exhibition of Byzantine Photographs Opens
2009
November 2009
Upjohn Wing Opens November 1
2008
May 2008
U-M Conservators Join Archaeological Dig in Israel
April 2008
Museum to Conserve Watercolors
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Past Events
2016
May 2016
Film Screening: Last Days of Pompeii
April 2016
Family Day
Conference on Ancient Roman Leisure and Luxury
Keynote Lecture for Conference on Ancient Roman Leisure and Luxury
March 2016
FAST Lecture
Archaeological Institute of America Samuel H. Kress Lecture | The Political Role of Comrade Associations in Archaic Rome and Etruria
Drop-In Tour with Dr. Lynley McAlpine
The Story of a City over 8,000 Years: Pushing the Frontiers of Non-Invasive Survey
February 2016
FAST Lecture: Coring Early Rome: Subsurface Survey in the Forum Boarium, 2013-2015
Drop-In Tour with Curator Elaine Gazda
Exhibition Opening Lecture: Studying the Villas of Oplontis: Archives, Excavation, 3D Modeling, and an Exhibition
Michigan Archaeological Society Lecture: “Paleoindian Bifaces and Mobility: Questioning Assumptions”
From Seleucia to Delos by Way of Uruk and Kedesh: A Panel Discussion on Hellenistic Archives
January 2016
Michigan Archaeological Society Lecture: Weaning age in late Pleistocene woolly mammoths supports hunting-induced extinction
FAST Lecture: “Water in Late Antique Ephesus” / “Object-based Learning with the Kelsey Experience and TLTC”
FAST Lecture: The So-Called "Little Baths" of Elaiussa Sebaste (Cilicia, Turkey)
Kelsey Museum Closed
Holiday Drop-in Tour
2015
December 2015
Holiday Drop-in Tour
Holiday Drop-in Tour
Saturday Sampler
Docent-led Drop-in Gallery Tour
Saturday Sampler
FAST Lecture: "Eruption of Memory: Commemoration as Politics in the Empire of Kush"
Saturday Sampler
November 2015
Saturday Sampler
Saturday Sampler
Michigan Archaeological Society meeting
Family Day
Saturday Sampler
FAST Lecture: "Intertextuality and Roman Visual Culture. A New Approach to Roman Ideal Sculpture”
October 2015
Saturday Sampler
Film Screening: "Al Momia or The Night of Counting Years"
Saturday Sampler
A Workshop on Wendy Artin's Engagement with the Classical Past
Saturday Sampler
Michigan Archaeological Society meeting
FAST Lecture: "Bioarchaeological Approaches to Copper Age Complexity" (Thu, 15 Oct 2015)
Saturday Sampler
Saturday Sampler
September 2015
AIA Lecture: "Rethinking the Mycenean World"
Seamus Heaney and the Art of Ekphrasis: Poets Read Heaney's Poems
Saturday Sampler
Exhibition Opening Event: A Conversation with Artist Wendy Artin
Exhibition Opening: "Rocks, Paper, Memory, Phase II"
FAST Lecture: "IPCAA in the Field"
Curator-led Tour of "Passionate Curiosities"
Saturday Sampler
Exhibition Opening Lecture: “People, Things, Entangled Lives. Collecting in Egypt & the Holy Land"
Michigan Archaeological Society meeting
Docent-led Drop-in Gallery Tour
Saturday Sampler
Saturday Sampler
August 2015
Saturday Sampler
"Passionate Curiosities" Exhibition Opens
Docent-led Drop-in Gallery Tour
Saturday Sampler
Read and Look
Saturday Sampler
Docent-led Drop-in Gallery Tour
Saturday Sampler
Saturday Sampler
July 2015
Docent-led Drop-in Gallery Tour
Saturday Sampler
Painting with Water
30-minute Gallery Tour for Art Fair
30-minute Gallery Tour for Art Fair
30-minute Gallery Tour for Art Fair
Read and Look
30-minute Gallery Tour for Art Fair
Docent-led Drop-in Gallery Tour
Painting with Water
Saturday Sampler
June 2015
Curator-led Tour of "Rocks, Paper, Memory: Wendy Artin's Watercolor Paintings of Ancient Sculptures"
Saturday Sampler
Painting with Water
A Conversation with Artist Wendy Artin
Saturday Sampler
Read & Look
Docent-led Drop-in Gallery Tour
Saturday Sampler
Painting with Water
Sketching in the Galleries
Exhibition Opening: "Rocks, Paper, Memory: Wendy Artin's Watercolor Paintings of Ancient Sculptures"
May 2015
Docent-led Drop-in Gallery Tour
Read & Look
Saturday Sampler
Docent-led Drop-in Gallery Tour
April 2015
Docent-led Drop-in Gallery Tour
FAST Lecture: "The Heavenly Archer: Graeco-Iranian Iconography in Hellenistic Bactria"
Mummy Movie Night
FAST Lecture: "The Sangro Valley Project: New Excavations at Aquachiara"
Read & Look
Curator-led Drop-in Tour
Family Day: Dogs and Jackal Gods of Ancient Egypt
AIA Lecture: "The Politics of Public Display: Archaeology, Museums and Artifacts from the Holy Land"
"Jackal Songs": A Musical Performance
March 2015
Lecture: "A New Look at the City of Armazi: Patterns of Roman Urbanization in Ancient Georgia?"
Docent-led Drop-in Gallery Tour
FAST Lecture: "Glass for the People! Craft Production, Elite Consumption, and Technological Innovation in the Hellenistic Period"
Docent-led Drop-in Gallery Tour
February 2015
Docent-led Drop-in Gallery Tour
FAST Lecture: "The New Excavations at Gabii: At the Roots of Central Italian Urbanism"
Date Night
Exhibition Opening: "Death Dogs: The Jackal Gods of Ancient Egypt"
January 2015
Docent-led Drop-in Gallery Tour
FAST Lecture: "Cultural Choices and Exchange Networks: Cereals in Iron Age and Archaic Italy"
Docent-led Drop-in Gallery Tour
Docent-led Drop-in Gallery Tour: Ancient Faces
Docent-led Drop-in Gallery Tour: The Art of the Kelsey Museum
2014
December 2014
Docent-led Drop-in Gallery Tour: Ancient Coins and Commerce
Docent-led Drop-in Gallery Tour: "From the Blog: The Curators' Favorite Objects"
Docent-led Drop-in Gallery Tour
Read & Look
Curator-led Drop-in Tour
Calligraphy Workshop
FAST Lecture
November 2014
Ancient animals–themed Drop-in Tour
Roman food–themed Drop-in Tour
FAST Lecture: "Cultural Entanglements and Identities on Kos during the Late Bronze Age: The Results of SELAP's 2009-2014 Study Seasons and Their Implications"
Read & Look
Lecture: "Islamic Textiles as Political Tools: Conspicuous Display of Wealth, Power, and Authority through Textile Displays and Gift-giving"
Curator-led Drop-in Tour
FAST Lecture: "Of Marble and Mud: The Sant'Omobono Project, 2009-2014"
Homecoming Weekend Extended Hours
October 2014
Kelsey Movie Night
Docent-led Drop-in Gallery Tour
AIA Lecture: "Unexpected Choices: Greek Myth in Italic Imagery in the 4th Century BCE""
Family Day
FAST Lecture: "New Multi-disciplinary Investigations at an Ancient Greek City: the Olynthos Project 2014"
Read & Look
Exhibition Opening: "Pearls of Wisdom: The Arts of Islam at the University of Michigan"
Docent-led Drop-in Gallery Tour
September 2014
Docent-led Drop-in Gallery Tour
FAST Lecture: "IPCAA in the Field"
Parents' Weekend Extended Hours
Read & Look
Docent-led Drop-in Gallery Tour
New Docent Class
August 2014
Curator Tour
Rosalia Festival
Drop-in Tour
Ancient/Modern Gallery Conversation
Ancient/Modern Gallery Conversation
July 2014
Read and Look
Ancient/Modern Gallery Conversation
Art Fair Drop-in Tour
Art Fair Drop-in Tour
Art Fair Drop-in Tour
Art Fair Drop-in Tour
Curator Tour
Read and Look
June 2014
DATE CHANGE for Exhibition Opening Lecture: "Ancient, Modern, or Somewhere in Between?"
Read and Look
Curator Tour
A Taste of the Mediterranean
Docent Open House
Read and Look
Drop-in Tour
May 2014
Lecture: "Reviving Karanis in 3D"
Michigan Archaeological Society Meeting
Lecture: "Recent Excavations at the Latin City of Gabii"
April 2014
Drop-in Tour
Michigan Archaeological Society Meeting
Drop-in Tour
Family Day: Life in Miniature
FAST Lecture: "When Kings Ruled Lydia: From the Late Bronze Age Citadels to the Rise of Sardis"
FAST Lecture: "Disentangling Contacts between Greece and Italy at the End of the Bronze Age"
March 2014
AIA Lecture: "From Palace to Polis on Crete"
Drop-in Tour
Michigan Archaeological Society Meeting
Lecture: "Seleucia-on-the-Tigris: From Miniature to Metropolis"
February 2014
Lecture: "The Power of the Miniature: Small Things with Big Consequences"
Michigan Archaeological Society Meeting
January 2014
Conservation Brown Bag: "When Fungus Attacks (Cultural Heritage)"
U-Monument 2014: Translating the Facade of Angell Hall
Exhibition Opening Lecture: “Miniatures in Life: The Role of Tiny Objects in Everyday Worlds"
Michigan Archaeological Society Meeting
Drop-in Tour
2013
December 2013
Drop-in Tour
FAST Lecture: "El Kurru, Home of the 'Black Pharaohs': Challenges of Settlement Archaeology in the Nile Valley of Northern Sudan"
November 2013
Meeting: Michigan Archaeological Society
FAST Lecture: "Lapis Gabinus”
Drop-in Tour
AIA Lecture: "New Excavations at the Ancient City of Petra, Jordan"
October 2013
FAST Lecture: "Resurrecting Refuse at Pompeii"
Lecture: "Royal Women in an Ancient Mesopotamian Kingdom: A Kelsey Perspective"
Publication Party for Book on the Djehutymose Coffin
Drop-in Tour
Meeting: Michigan Archaeological Society
Lecture: "Fascination with the Tiny: Figurines and Identities in Hellenistic Babylonia"
Drop-in Tour
FAST Lecture: "IPCAA in the Field: 2013 Summer Projects"
September 2013
Panel Discussion: "Discovery! Conservation and Science in Action at Abydos, Egypt"
Exhibition Opening Lecture: "Reptilian Mysteries in the Mediterranean: The Archaeology of Biodiversity"
Meeting: Michigan Archaeological Society
August 2013
Drop-in Tour
Drop-in Tour
July 2013
Drop-in Tour
Drop-in Tour
June 2013
Opening Reception for "Red Rock &Rust Belt" Exhibition
Drop-in Tour
Drop-in Tour
May 2013
Drop-in Tour
Michigan Archaeological Society Meeting
Lecture: "Archaeology in Afghanistan: New Perspectives, New Challenges"
April 2013
Drop-in Tour
Family Day
Michigan Archaeological Society meeting
Ethics Bowl: Problems Facing Greek Heritage Today
FAST Lecture: "Exchange and Urbanization in Early Rome: Perspectives from S. Omobono"
Drop-in Tour
March 2013
Lecture: "Results of the 2011 Season of Excavation at Gadara (Umm Qais), North Jordan"
Michigan Archaeological Society Meeting
Drop-in Tour
Exhibition Opening: "Kelsey Contemporaries: Kayla Romberger and Alisha Wessler"
FAST Lecture: "Household Archaeology in Greece: Past, Present, and Future"
Lecture: "Roman Athens: The Transformation into an Imperial City"
Drop-in Tour
February 2013
Michigan Archaeological Society Meeting
Drop-in Tour
FAST Lecture: "The Capitoline on Coins: Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Roman Temple"
Drop-in Tour
Lecture: "Recent Conservation Projects at the Detroit Institute of Arts"
January 2013
Publication Party
FAST Lecture: "Traces of Roman Foodways: Methods, Processes, Results"
Drop-in Tour
Lecture "Conservation at The Henry Ford: Large History Museums and Their Challenges"
2012
December 2012
Drop-in Tour
Conserving Ancient Abydos: Discovery, Recovery, and Responsibility
FAST Lecture: "Urbanization in Anatolia: 450 BCE - 50 CE"
November 2012
Associates' discount days at the Kelsey Museum Shop
Discount Days at the Kelsey Shop
FAST Lecture: "Negotiating the Pharaonic Past: New Research on Ptolemaic Abydos"
Michigan Archaeological Society Meeting
Lecture: "The City Wall of Aphrodisias: Before, during, and after Construction"
Associates Behind-the-Scenes Tour
Associates Bus Trip to Detroit Institute of Arts
Exhibition Opening: "Conserving Antiquity"
Lecture: “Conserving Ancient Abydos: Discovery, Recovery, and Responsibility”
Exhibition Preview
October 2012
Publication party: Marjorie M. Fisher's Ancient Nubia
Lecture: "The Beast in Us All: Animals and Identity in Greek and Roman Antiquity"
Hands-on Activity: Archaeology of the Ancient World
Michigan Archaeological Society Meeting
Rackham Centennial Lecture: "On the Menu at the Graveside: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Funerary Offerings in the Cemeteries of Leptiminus (Lamta, Tunisia)"
FAST Lecture: "Statuary and State: Iron Age Conundrums from Tell Tayinat, Turkey"
September 2012
Drop-in Tour
FAST Lecture: "New Approaches to Urbanism at Leptiminus, a Roman Port Town in North Africa"
Lecture: "Napoleon in Egypt: The Beginning of Egyptology"
Michigan Archaeology Society Meeting
Lecture: "Between Ephemeral and Permanent: Architectural Forms and Their Environments"
August 2012
Drop-in Tour
Drop-in Tour
July 2012
Lecture: "Francis Kelsey: Honorary Papyrologist"
Drop-in Tour
Drop-in Tour
June 2012
Lecture: "Moving Pictures from Karanis"
Drop-in Tour
Drop-in Tour
Exhibition Opening: A Man of Many Parts: The Life and Legacy of Francis Willey Kelsey
May 2012
Family Day: Monsters and Myth
Theory in Greek Archaeology Conference
April 2012
Lecture: "The Romance of Archaeology--NOT!: The University of Pennsylvania Museum's Theban Tomb Project"
Lecture: "A Secret in the Life of Bees: Cross craft interactions, chaînes operatoires, and the unexpected outcomes of an interdisciplinary project about food storage in prehistoric northern Greece."
March 2012
Performance: "An Hour of Infinity" with artist John Kannenberg
Lecture: "Death, Mythology, and Ideology in the Arena: Sculpture from the Amphitheater at Capua"
Lecture: "Roman Transformations to the Isthmian Games and the Creation of New Corinthian Identities"
February 2012
Lecture: "Patronage and Memorials. Expectations of Permanence and Architectural Benefactions in the Roman Period"
Family Day: Life in Ancient Egypt
Lecture: "Qazion: A Late Second-Early Third Century CE Cultic Structure in the Upper Galilee"
January 2012
Opening Reception: Karanis Revealed Part II
Lecture: "The Pharaoh's Owls: Coin Use in Egypt before the Ptolemies"
Michigan Archaeological Society Meeting
Lecture: "The Middle Strouma Valley Archaeological Survey: Settlement Patterns in the Eastern Balkan Peninsula in Late Prehistory"
2011
December 2011
Lecture: "Ancient Ceramics in Modern Afghanistan. Some Problems and Results"
Book Signing: The Life and Work of Francis Willey Kelsey
November 2011
Michigan Archaeological Society Meeting
Family Day: Life in Roman Egypt
Lecture: "Looking beyond Medea's Garden: A Preliminary Report on the First Season of the Eastern Vani Intensive Survey"
Lecture: "The Temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak: 2000 Years of Rituals and Renovations"
October 2011
Lecture: "African Kingdoms of Ancient Nubia"
Lecture: "The Valley of the Kings? Social Complexity of Inland Thrace during the First Millennium BC"
September 2011
Lecture: “GO SPARTANS: Girls’ Athletics in Ancient Greece”
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July 2011
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June 2011
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Monsters and Myth Family Day
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1/18/13: Cell phone stories from Sudan
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1/18/13: Look on my works, ye mighty...:A palace well?
1/18/13: More news from the temple
1/14/13: News from the temple
1/12/13: To my family
1/12/13: Food!
1/12/13: Resistivity
1/11/13: The Language of the Street
1/11/13: The royal cemetery at El Kurru
1/8/13: Archaeologists as anthropologists 2
1/8/13: A temple!
1/7/13: First results!
1/6/13: Archaeologists as anthropologists
1/5/13: A Nubian house
1/3/13: Local knowledge
1/2/13: Work begins
1/2/13: Magnetometry
1/1/13: One step closer—to the house
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12/31/12: Friends and colleagues
12/31/12: Archaeologists in Sudan
12/30/12: Khartoum, Sudan
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Tel Kedesh, Israel*
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Sepphoris, Israel
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Qasr al-Hayr, Syria
Apollonia, Libya
Cyrene, Libya
Dibsi Faraj, Syria
Tel Anafa, Israel
Paestum-Poseidonia, Italy
Coptos and the Eastern Desert, Egypt
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Leisure and Luxury in the Age of Nero: The Villas of Oplontis near Pompeii
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Passionate Curiosities: Collecting in Egypt & the Near East, 1880s–1950s
Rocks, Paper, Memory: Wendy Artin's Watercolor Paintings of Ancient Sculptures
Death Dogs: The Jackal Gods of Ancient Egypt
Ancient/Modern: The Design of Everyday Things
Pearls of Wisdom: The Arts of Islam at the University of Michigan
Life in Miniature: Identity and Display at Ancient Seleucia-on-the-Tigris
Discovery! Excavating the Ancient World
Red Rock & Rust Belt: A Tale of Two Cities
Kelsey Contemporaries: Kayla Romberger and Alisha Wessler
Conserving Antiquity
A Man of Many Parts: The Life and Legacy of Francis Willey Kelsey
Hours of Infinity
Dominated and Demeaned: Representations of the Other
Envisioning Antioch: A Roman Colony in Asia Minor
Vaults of Heaven: Visions of Byzantium
Mary Upjohn Meader: Pioneering Adventures over Africa
Building a New Rome: The Imperial Colony of Pisidian Antioch
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Excavating Archaeology @ U-M: 1817–2017
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Reem Gibriel: Personae
Graffiti as Devotion along the Nile: El-Kurru, Sudan
Graffiti as Devotion: Interview with co-curators Geoff Emberling and Suzanne Davis
Randal Stegmeyer: Exposing the Past
Interview with the Artist: Randal Stegmeyer
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Crossroads of Culture, 400–1800 | Object Spotlight #1
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Fall Exhibition to Explore Pompeiian Mural Cycle
Conserving the Barosso Watercolors
IPCAA Students Garner Kudos
“Ancient Treasures of Sicily and Campania” Tour Scheduled for 2001
Weni the Elder and His Mortuary Neighborhood at Abydos, Egypt
The Associates of the Kelsey Museum, 1999-2000
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Animals in the Kelsey!
Gender in the Ancient World
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When Is an Isis a Venus?
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Fall 2001
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Cavafy’s World
The Archaeology of Individuals at Abydos, Egypt
The Spatial Analysis/Geographic Information Systems Initiative
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In Memoriam: Fred Anderegg
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Spring 2002
Notes from the Director
The Kelsey’s Fox Memorial Window by the Tiffany Glass Company
Fall Exhibition Will Feature New David Roberts Print
Kelsey Mummy Encounters Modern Medicine
Undergraduate Engineering Student Now Analyzing Results of Mummy CT Scan
The Associates of the Kelsey Museum, 2001-2002
Book Accompanies Cavafy’s World
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Fall 2002
Notes from the Director
Individual and Society in Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of an Exhibition
Destination: Cairo, Egypt
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Spring 2003
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Oleg Grabar Receives Honorary Degree
A Trip to the Archives: IPCAA and the Kelsey Connection
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Prehistorians Convene
Kelsey Artifacts Travel the World
Kedesh Yields Complete Archive of More Than 2,000 Bullae
Behind the Scenes at the Kelsey: Exhibition Conservation
Associates of the Kelsey Museum, 2002–2003
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Fall 2003
Notes from the Director
Archaeologies of Childhood
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Project ArAGATS: States and Landscapes in the Ancient South Caucasus
Archaeological Fieldwork in the Adriatic Islands, 2003
Kelsey Welcomes New Staff Member to Registry
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