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Wednesday 1 July
Nicholson Museum, 6.30pm
Public Lecture: Professor Demetrios Michaelides (University of Cyprus)
Ayioi Pente: a new Early Christian religious complex at Yeroskipou, Cyprus
The chance discovery in 2002 of Early Christian remains north of Yeroskipou (a township adjacent to Paphos), in an area renowned for its Late Bronze Age and Hellenistic tombs, came as a complete surprise.
After a small-scale investigation by the Department of Antiquities, the University of Cyprus undertook the systematic excavation and study of the site. Although the remains are extremely poorly preserved, it is clear that the focal point was a basilica around which there was a funerary and a monastic(?) complex. The basilica as well as many of the adjacent rooms were originally paved with mosaics. All of these were destroyed by either plough or bulldozer, save two that survive intact. Both are associated with burials – a very unusual feature for Cyprus. A room nearby housed four large ossuaries, which, even though looted, yielded important material including a considerable number of gold jewellery and around 900 bronze coins. The remains span the period from the 5th to the 7th centuries AD.
Cost: $30, $25 for Friends of the Nicholson Museum
Bookings essential: (02) 9351 2812 or
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Sunday 5 July, 2 pm
Nicholson Museum
Free Sunday Egyptian Talk Series
Public lecture: David Down (Archaeological Diggings Magazine)
Pyramids and Excavations in the Faiyyum
El Faiyyum is the largest oasis in the land of Egypt. It is about 100 km south west of Cairo and supports a population of some two million people. It was a major centre of the powerful 12th dynasty of Egypt and boasts two large pyramids, one at Hawarra built by Amenemhet III, the other built at Lahun by Sesostri II. These pyramids were once faced with stone blocks but the interior consisted of millions of sun-dried mud bricks. The stone facing has long since been stolen but the brick core remains. Adjoining the Hawarra pyramid was the mysterious labyrinth. Near the Lahun pyramid was the city of Kahun, which was occupied by the workmen who built the pyramids. Sir Flinders Petrie excavated this city and made some amazing discoveries. Because the Faiyyum is so remote and these pyramids are not well known, very few tourists visit them, but David takes his group there every year and has made a detailed study of them. His illustrated lecture will explain their many unusual features.
Free entry
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Wednesday 8 July
University Art Gallery, 12 noon
Free Lunchtime Art Talk
Join us for a monthly guided tour of the University Art Gallery and its current exhibition, Poesia Visiva. Lunch for the mind and the soul.
Free entry.
Friday 10 July, 4pm
Macleay Museum
Public lecture: Dr Carolyn Strange (ANU)
Griffith Taylor: Global Geographer,
The Curator's View
The first to cycle in the Antarctic, falsely arrested for spying in Europe, demonised for suggesting cross-cultural marriage… Hear more about the extraordinary geographer who was Griffith Taylor from the exhibition’s curator, Carolyn Strange.
Free Entry
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Temporary Exhibition: 7 July - 24 July 2009
Tina Modotti: A Fresh Look
Presented by the Embassy of Mexico in Australia and The University of Sydney.
Photographer, political activist and model Tina Modotti was an outstanding artist and a remarkable woman, friend of the likes of Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros.
Born in Italy in 1896, Modotti moved to San Francisco, U.S.A. at the age of 16 to live with her father, who had a small photography shop.
She embarked on a Hollywood film career and married the artist Roubaix (Robo) de l'Abrie Richey. While in Los Angeles she began a relationship with highly regarded United States photographer, Edward Weston.
Mr. Robo travelled to Mexico to mount an exhibition but died suddenly of smallpox two days before Modotti could join him. She presented a selection of his works in Mexico City and included works by Weston, her photographic mentor and lover.
Modotti’s photographic career can be divided into two parts: the romantic on her early years and the revolutionary, after she joined the Communist Party in 1927.
The strength and emotion depicted in her work is both powerful and impressive.
This collection of invaluable historic worth is composed of 26 originals of her more distinctive pictures, which capture social and political life in Mexico during the 1920’s.
Now showing in the Freehills Law Library, Sydney Law School
Inquiries: 9351 4004
Image: Tina Modotti (1896-1942)
Woman with flag. c. 1923-1927
silver/gelatin
8 x 10"
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Sunday 12 July, 12 noon to 4pm
University Art Gallery
Kids’ Museum Day: Concrete Poetry
Express you creative side and discover concrete poetry in this family day for artists of all ages at the University Art Gallery. Activities run throughout the afternoon.
Free entry
Tuesday 14 July, 11am to 12.15pm
Main Quadrangle
Alumni Heritage Tour of the Quadrangle
11am to 12.15pm (tour)
12.15pm to 1.30pm (buffet refreshments)
Appreciate the Quadrangle as you perhaps never did in your student days, with a wonderful hour-long tour of this remarkable heritage building. The tour will take you down memory lane, into nooks and crannies you never knew existed and into our history and legends.
The all inclusive price is $25 for alumni and $30 for all guests.
Tour groups are limited to 25 each and they tend to fill up fast, so please book early by visiting www.usyd.edu.au/alumni/event
Sunday 19 July, 12 noon to 4pm
Nicholson Museum
Kids’ Museum: Hieroglyphs
A fun day for the family in the Nicholson Museum in which you will be taught hieroglyphs and explore ancient Egyptian culture and mummies. Children’s activities run throughout the afternoon.
Free Entry
School Holiday Program
From Monday 13 July through Friday 24 July, Sydney University Museums will be hosting a range of fun, engaging and informative school holiday activities for children aged 5-12 years. There will be two sessions per day, one between 10am-12noon, and the other from 1pm-3pm. Cost for all sessions is $10 per child. Bookings are essential, so please call 02 9351 2812 to secure a place for your child.
| Week One |
Activity |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| Monday 13 July |
Mummies Alive! In the Nicholson Museum. |
Come and find out how and why bodies were mummified in Ancient Egypt and maybe even get wrapped up as one. Go on a treasure hunt; handle real artefacts; write your name in hieroglyphs and explore the new exhibition on Herodotus and mummification. |
| Tuesday 14 July | Concrete Poetry In the Art Gallery. |
Explore the new exhibition on Italian Concrete Poetry and create some art woks of your own using images, words, cuttings and colour. Illustrate an Italian fairy tale and make a portfolio to take your work home. |
| Wednesday 15 July |
Passport to Explore. In the Macleay Museum |
Make a passport and have it stamped each time you complete a 'hunt and find' challenge. Learn about the explorer Griffith Taylor. Join in the games and craft activities. |
| Thursday 16 July | Concrete Poetry In the Art Gallery. |
Explore the new exhibition on Italian Concrete Poetry and create some art woks of your own using images, words, cuttings and colour. Illustrate an Italian fairy tale and make a portfolio to take your work home. |
| Friday 17 July | Mummies Alive! In the Nicholson Museum. |
Come and find out how and why bodies were mummified in Ancient Egypt and maybe even get wrapped up as one. Go on a treasure hunt; handle real artefacts; write your name in hieroglyphs and explore the new exhibition on Herodotus and mummification. |
| Week Two | ||
| Monday 20 July | Mummies Alive! In the Nicholson Museum. |
Come and find out how and why bodies were mummified in Ancient Egypt and maybe even get wrapped up as one. Go on a treasure hunt; handle real artefacts; write your name in hieroglyphs and explore the new exhibition on Herodotus and mummification. |
| Tuesday 21 July | Passport to Explore. In the Macleay Museum |
Make a passport and have it stamped each time you complete a 'hunt and find' challenge. Learn about the explorer Griffith Taylor. Join in the games and craft activities. |
| Wednesday 22 July | Mummies Alive! In the Nicholson Museum. |
Come and find out how and why bodies were mummified in Ancient Egypt and maybe even get wrapped up as one. Go on a treasure hunt; handle real artefacts; write your name in hieroglyphs and explore the new exhibition on Herodotus and mummification. |
| Thursday 23 July | Passport to Explore. In the Macleay Museum. |
Make a passport and have it stamped each time you complete a 'hunt and find' challenge. Learn about the explorer Griffith Taylor. Join in the games and craft activities. |
| Friday 24 July | Mummies Alive! In the Nicholson Museum. |
Come and find out how and why bodies were mummified in Ancient Egypt and maybe even get wrapped up as one. Go on a treasure hunt; handle real artefacts; write your name in hieroglyphs and explore the new exhibition on Herodotus and mummification. |
Sunday 2 August, 2pm
Nicholson Museum
Sunday Egyptian Talk Series
Public lecture: Dr Elizabeth Bollen (Nicholson Museum)
Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile
Cleopatra. Ruler of Egypt, lover of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony,
extravagant in life, tragic in death.
Who was this woman? Cicero’s ambitious and arrogant foreigner? Shakespeare’s tragic queen? Elizabeth Taylor’s demanding monarch? The opiumsmoking, politically astute girl of the recent BBC/HBO series Rome?
This lecture will re-examine the evidence of Cleopatra, her origins, her rule, her imagery and her legacy.
Free Entry
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Wednesday 5 August, 1pm - 2pm
University Art Gallery
Lunchtime art talk
Join us for a floor talk on the University Art Gallery’s new exhibition Collecting Passions with Professor Roger Benjamin, Research Professor in the History of Art, the University of Sydney.
Free Entry
Wednesday 5 August, 6pm
Macleay Museum
Griffith Taylor Series in association with the Faculty of Geosciences.
Public Lecture: Professor Bruce Thom (Faculty of Geosciences)
Griffith Taylor – a contemporary geographic perspective
Taylor was a geography student in the 1900s - does his geography hold up today? Do we have anything to learn from his times and battles about our town times? Join Prof. Thom as he guides us through a geographer’s view of the energetic scholar.
Bookings essential on 02 9036 5253 or
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Tuesday 11 August, 6.30pm
Tuesday 18 August, 6.30pm
Tuesday 25 August, 6.30pm
Nicholson Museum
Sword and Sandal Movies: Three Evenings of Film
Join Dr Estelle Laser and Dr Craig Barker as they take you through the ancient history of Hollywood. Film-makers have long been fascinated with telling stories from ancient history; this is your chance to learn more. Each evening features a talk on a topic, then a screening of a whole film or segments of films. See how the Hollywood version of history varies from reality! Topics are: Hercules, Pompeii and Gladiators.
Cost: $20 per evening, or $50 for all three evenings.
Bookings essential on (02) 9351 2812 or
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Wednesday 12 August, 6.30pm
Nicholson Museum
An Evening of Poetry with Les Murray, Judith Beveridge and Stephen Edgar
Join us for an evening of poetry amongst the antiquities, featuring some of Australia’s and best-loved poets.
Cost: $10
Bookings essential on (02) 9351 2812 or
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Sunday 16 August, 1pm
Macleay Museum
Public talk: Dr Allan S Jones (Australian Key Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis)
3D X-ray: Microscopic Wonder
Microscopes are getting more sophisticated at looking at matter through time. Leading edge microscopy technology allows us to look inside objects and construct 3D visualisations of microscopic details. Allan Jones will show you how these visualisations can be made into movies that are both scientifically rich and visually compelling.
Using techniques from animation, photography and microscopy Allan will take you on a magical journey in 3D. A fun and beautiful presentation for all ages.
Celebrating National Science Week.
Free entry
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Wednesday 19 August, 6pm to 7pm
University Art Gallery
In Conversation with Anne Summers
The Lost Mother: A Story of Art and Love
Writer and editor Anne Summers is the author of numerous books including The End of Equity. Join us for an evening in which she discusses her new book, The Lost Mother, which explores Anne’s journey into the stories behind portraits painted of her mother as a child, and the broader relationship she had with her mother.
Free entry to the talk; fee for drinks at the bar.
Bookings essential on (02) 9351 6883 or
Thursday 20 August, 6.30pm
Nicholson Museum
Public lecture: Rabbi Jeremy Lawrence (Great Synagogue, Sydney)
Torah: Ancient scroll and modern tree
Sir Charles Nicholson taught himself Hebrew late in life, and collected numerous Torahs. In this talk, Rabbi Jeremy Lawrence discusses what the Torah is, and its role in the Jewish faith.
Presented in conjunction with the Sydney Jewish Museum
Cost: $30, $25 for Friends of the Nicholson Museum and Sydney Jewish Museum
Bookings essential on (02) 9351 2812 or
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Sunday 23 August, 12 noon to 4pm
Macleay Museum
Kids’ Museum: Reconciliation
To launch Living and Working, Learning and Playing Together: Children’s Reconciliation Artworks, kids are invited to join in a range of activities including making Reconciliation art to take home, touch tables, museum trails and mini tours of the Indigenous collection. From 1.30 – 3.30 artist and printmaker Jeffrey Samuels will lead children in a t-shirt silk-screen activity. Children will make their own Reconciliation silk screen t-shirt to take home.
Free entry including all activities except silk-screen activity
Silk-screen activity is $10.00 (Limit of 50 t-shirts will be made) and includes an original Reconciliation t-shirt.
Enquiries on (02) 9036 5253.
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Image: Annandale Primary School
Wednesday 26 August, 1pm - 2pm
University Art Gallery
Lunchtime art talk
Join us for a floor talk on the University Art Gallery’s exhibition Collecting Passions with Senior Curator Dr Ann Stephen.
Free Entry
Wednesday 26 August, 6 for 6.30pm
Nicholson Museum
Exhibition Opening: Egyptians, Gods and Mummies. Travels with Herodotus
Exhibition to be opened by Phillip Adams AO
with further contributions from
Janet Davey (Forensic Archaeologist, Monash University)
Michael Turner (Exhibition Curator, Nicholson Museum)
Derek Welsby (British Museum, Assistant Keeper, Archaeology of Sudan and Egyptian Nubia)
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$30 ($20 Friends of the Nicholson Museum)
Champagne and our famous pies
Booking essential: 93512812 or
Thursday 27 August, 6pm
Macleay Museum
Public Lecture: Dr Thalia Anthony (Sydney Law School)
From paradise to prison: Palm Island
Thaila Anthony writes on legal issues and developments pertaining to Australian indigenous people – especially stolen wages, sentencing and policy. In this talk for the Being Collected series at the Macleay Museum, she will talk on the enduring effects Indigenous segregation to Palm Island in the 1920s. She points to the death in custody of Mulrunji as the culmination of a tense history of Indigenous policing.
Free entry.
Bookings essential on (02) 9036 5253 or
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Saturday 29 August, 10am to 4pm
Sydney Uni Live
The Nicholson Museum, the Macleay Museum and the University Art Gallery will be open to the public on Sydney Uni Live, the University’s annual open day.
Free entry
Tuesday 1 September, 6.30pm
Nicholson Museum
Alumni at the Nicholson
Public lecture: Professor Bryan Gaensler (University of Sydney)
Beyond the Sky’s Limits
In the International Year on Astronomy, world-leading astrophysicist Professor Bryan Gaensler will provide a special alumni talk on his amazing insights into astronomy today and tomorrow. Professor Gaensler is a leading member of the team for the Square Kilometre Array, the next-generation radio telescope capable of surveying the sky 10,000 times faster than at present.
Cost: $30 for alumni and $35 for guests
Please book early by visiting www.usyd.edu.au/alumni/event
Sunday 6 September, 2pm
Nicholson Museum
Free Sunday Egyptian Talk Series
Public talk: Pamela Chauvel (University Museums Education Program)
The Curse of Tutankhamun
From the moment Howard Carter broke the seals of Tutankhamun’s tomb in November 1922, the world has been fascinated by this once all but forgotten young king and the wonderful treasures buried with him. The death of Carter’s backer, Lord Carnarvon, a few months after the opening of the tomb, sent the press into a frenzy of rumours about a curse. Was there any basis for these rumours? Is there any truth in the idea of a mummy’s curse?
This talk will examine the circumstances surrounding Lord Carnarvon’s death, the part played by Egyptomania and Gothic fiction in the public’s imagination, and whether there is any historical evidence for curses in Ancient Egyptian tombs.
Free Entry
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Tuesday 8 September, 6pm
Nicholson Museum
Department of History Discussion: Scandalous Revelations
Scandals often reveal changes and challenges to social, sexual and political mores in unique ways. In this discussion scholars from the University of Sydney will present new research into ‘scandal’ and explore how different incidents have illuminated diverse societies, past and present. Discussion leaders are Amanda Kaladelfos, Sophie Loy-Wilson and Agnieszka Sobocinska.
Presented in conjunction with NSW History Week
Open to all, free entry.
Bookings essential on (02) 9351 2812.
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Wednesday 9 September, 1pm - 2pm
University Art Gallery
Lunchtime art talk: Australian Modernism from the Roddy Meagher Collection
Join us for a floor talk on the exhibition Collecting Passions with Dr Ann Stephen, Senior Curator of the University Art Collection. Presented in conjunction with NSW History Week.
Free Entry
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Wednesday 9 September, 6pm
Macleay Museum
Griffith Taylor Series in association with the Faculty of Geosciences
Public lecture: Prof John Connell (School of Geosciences)
Space, place, and humanity: back to the future with Griffith Taylor
Taylor was a pioneer geographer who repeatedly declared that Australia’s unique geography meant the Australian nation had to recognise the limits the environment imposed on its population. In this lecture John Connell asks the crucial question, why have we blundered away from Taylor’s legacy? And what does that legacy mean for Australia and the Asia-Pacific region and for our contemporary understanding of space, place and humanity?
Bookings essential on (02) 9036 5253 or
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Thursday 10 September, 2pm to 3.30pm
Nicholson Museum and the Great Hall
Scandal in the Quadrangle: The Nicholson Museum and Great Hall
Explore the early history of the University of Sydney and hear rumours about the beginnings of the Nicholson Museum and the Great Hall. Meet Sir Charles Nicholson, founder of the Nicholson museum and the University’s first Vice-Chancellor (from 1851 to 1854), with Dr Craig Barker. Then join University Historian Dr Julia Horne for a rare tour of the University of Sydney’s Great Hall, which celebrates its sesquicentenary this year.
Presented in conjunction with NSW History Week.
Free entry
Places are limited, bookings essential on (02) 9351 2812
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Thursday 10 September, 5pm onwards
The Quadrangle
The Nicholson Museum will be open during the Verge Arts Festival film night.
Visit www.vergeartsfestival.com for more details on the 2009 University of Sydney Union Verge Arts Festival. The festival runs 28 August to 11 September 2009.
Saturday 12 September, 10am to 4.30pm
Nicholson Museum
Nicholson Museum Course in a Day
Wondrous Antiquities: The Histories of Herodotus
Leading University of Sydney scholars bring alive the writings of Herodotus, the first historian. Featuring talks by Dr Julia Kindt, Dr Alastair Blanshard, Michael Turner, Dr Frances Muecke, Dr Hyun Jin Kim. Includes the screening of scenes from ‘The English Patient’.
Cost: $100 for course and lunch
Bookings essential on (02) 9351 2812 or
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Sunday 13 September, 12noon to 4pm
Sydney University Museums
Kids Museums’: Scandalous History
Help celebrate NSW History Week with a series of family events across the Nicholson Museum, Macleay Museum and University Art Gallery. Discover history the fun way with the children’s activities throughout the day. Learn about ancient historical scandals like Cleopatra and Marc Antony, Alcibaides’ exploits in ancient Greece, and unscrupulous embalmers who falsified mummies; and see the shock of modernist Australian art!
Presented in conjunction with NSW History Week.
Free entry
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Sunday 13 September, 12 noon
Macleay Museum
National Threatened Species Week
To commemorate National Threatened Species week, Elizabeth Jefferys, Natural History Curator at the Macleay, will lead you through the Macleay’s exhibitions and talk about issues affecting animal species in Australia today.
Free Entry
Tuesday 15 September, 6pm
Nicholson Museum
Booklaunch: Resurrecting Pompeii
The Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning at The University of Sydney will be hosting the official booklaunch of Resurrecting Pompeii by Dr Estelle Lazer. The evening includes a 30 minute talk, Romancing the bones: The impact of popular culture on archaeological research since 1748.
Dr Estelle Lazer is an Honourary Associate with the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning at The University of Sydney.
Bookings essential on 9351 5906 or
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Wednesday 16 September, 6pm
Macleay Museum
Griffith Taylor Series in association with the Faculty of Geosciences
Public lecture by Dietmar Müller (Faculty of Geosciences)
Planet Earth
To celebrate the International Year of Astronomy, Professor Müller will take us through four and a half billion years of history of the planet called Earth.
Bookings essential on (02) 9036 5253 or
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Thursday 17 September, 6.30pm
Nicholson Museum
Menander’s Dyskolos
The University of Sydney holds a very special place in the history of the comedy of menander. On July 4, 1959 students of the University performed this comedy in its original Greek for the very first time since antiquity.
Now, 50 years later, a combination of students, staff and members of that original 1959 cast will re-perform scenes from the play in celebration of that important event in theatre history.
Cost: $30, $20 for Friends of the Nicholson Museum
Bookings essential on (02) 9351 2812 or
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Saturday 19 September, 10am to 4pm
Spring Back to Sydney
Join the University of Sydney for its annual alumni day. Sydney University Museums will be open all day, with all day, with a series of activities, as we welcome alumni back to the campus. The Nicholson Museum will host lectures by Dr Elizabeth Bollen and Dr Sophie Winlaw on archaeology, and the Macleay Museum will hold a talk by Jan Brazier on the Macleay’s historic photograph collection. For more details on the day’s activities, see the website www.usyd.edu.au/alumni/activities/reunions/spring_07
School Holiday Program
From Tuesday 6 October through Friday 16 October, Sydney University Museums will be hosting a range of fun, engaging and informative school holiday activities for children aged 5-12 years. There will be two sessions per day, one between 10am-12noon, and the other from 1pm-3pm. Cost for all sessions is $10 per child. Bookings are essential, so please call 02 9351 2812 to secure a place for your child.
| Week One | Activity | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 6 October | Ancient Greek Myths, Nicholson Museum | Come and learn about the Ancient Greeks and their stories of monsters, heroes, gods and goddesses! Dress like an ancient Greek, go on a treasure hunt and handle genuine artefacts from all over the ancient world! |
| Wednesday 7 October | Passport to Explore, Macleay Museum | Make a passport and have it stamped each time you complete a 'hunt and find' challenge. Learn about the explorer Griffith Taylor. Join in the games and craft activities. |
| Thursday 8 October | Playdate with Picasso, University Art Gallery | |
| Friday 9 October | Ancient Greek Myths, Nicholson Museum | Come and learn about the Ancient Greeks and their stories of monsters, heroes, gods and goddesses! Dress like an ancient Greek, go on a treasure hunt and handle genuine artefacts from all over the ancient world! |
| Week 2 | ||
| Monday 12 October | Ancient Greek Myths, Nicholson Museum | Come and learn about the Ancient Greeks and their stories of monsters, heroes, gods and goddesses! Dress like an ancient Greek, go on a treasure hunt and handle genuine artefacts from all over the ancient world! |
| Tuesday 13 October | Passport to Explore, Macleay Museum | Make a passport and have it stamped each time you complete a 'hunt and find' challenge. Learn about the explorer Griffith Taylor. Join in the games and craft activities. |
| Wednesday 14 October | Playdate with Picasso, University Art Gallery | Explore the new exhibition in the art gallery, Annemarie Grgich: Archaeologies of the extraordinary everyday, and learn about how artists create portraits. Make your own self-portrait, or perhaps you would prefer to make a portrait of someone you know? Let your creative energies run wild! |
| Thursday 15 October | Passport to Explore, Macleay Museum | Make a passport and have it stamped each time you complete a 'hunt and find' challenge. Learn about the explorer Griffith Taylor. Join in the games and craft activities. |
| Friday 16 October | Ancient Greek Myths, Nicholson Museum | Come and learn about the Ancient Greeks and their stories of monsters, heroes, gods and goddesses! Dress like an ancient Greek, go on a treasure hunt and handle genuine artefacts from all over the ancient world! |
Wednesday 7 October, 6pm
Macleay Museum
Griffith Taylor Series in association with the School of Geosciences
Public lecture: Dr David Branagan (Hon. Associate School of Geosciences)
Griff Taylor, Edgeworth David and other Australians in Antarctica
University of Sydney has long has a firm commitment to science in the Antarctic region. David Branagan will talk about some of the scientists, including Edgeworth David and Griffith Taylor, who ventured to the Antarctic to tackle questions of geology, geography and climate in one of the harshest environments on earth.
Free entry
Bookings on 02 9036 5253 or
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Wednesday 14 October, 12 noon to 1pm
University Art Gallery
Lunchtime art talk
Join us for a free floor talk on the exhibition Annemarie Grgich – Archaeologies of the Extraordinary Everyday, by its curator Professor Colin Rhodes, Dean of Sydney College of Arts.