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Family Day: Art of Ancient Greece

Join us on Saturday, September 21 in the Bellarmine Hall, Museum Classroom for a Family Day inspired by the legacy of ancient Greece! Each Session will begin promptly at 12:30 p.m. and again at 2:30 p.m. During this Family Day event, kids ages 4-10 will decorate black-and-red Greek vases and design figures of gods and goddesses from ancient myth! They’ll go on a scavenger hunt, and can also check out our model of the world’s first “planetary computer,” the ancient…

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September 21, 2024 @ 12:30 pm - 4:00 pm

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1073 North Benson Rd
Fairfield, CT 06824 United States

cost

Free

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Fairfield University Art Museum

203.254.4000 ext. 2726

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Join us on Saturday, September 21 in the Bellarmine Hall, Museum Classroom for a Family Day inspired by the legacy of ancient Greece!
Each Session will begin promptly at 12:30 p.m. and again at 2:30 p.m.
During this Family Day event, kids ages 4-10 will decorate black-and-red Greek vases and design figures of gods and goddesses from ancient myth! They’ll go on a scavenger hunt, and can also check out our model of the world’s first “planetary computer,” the ancient Greek Antikythera Mechanism!

Image: Phidias, Lemnian Athena, painted plaster cast after marble original in Museo Civico di Bologna (TC2024.01.01)

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