Feel free to visit our Past Exhibitions page to see online versions of many of our previous special exhibitions.
Crossroads of Culture, 400–800 | Object Spotlight #3
The third installment of our Object Spotlight series exploring the Mediterranean, Northeast Africa, and the Middle East from 400 to 1800, this exhibition features objects selected by Kelsey Museum staff.
A Michigan-Egyptian Collaboration: Exhibiting Weni the Elder in the Sohag National Museum
This photo show—a sister show to a recently installed exhibition at the Sohag National Museum in Sohag, Egypt—gives visitors an introduction to Michigan’s research at Weni the Elder’s tomb complex in Abydos and a view into Sohag’s Weni exhibition through photographic representations of its key components. Learn more.
Kelsey in Focus #9 | Back Roads and Bedbugs: Swain’s Mediterranean Adventures, 1924–1926
Based on Curator Emerita Laurie Talalay’s recent book, this mini-exhibition showcases the pivotal role that University of Michigan photographer George R. Swain and two accompanying “dig” cars played during archaeological expeditions across the Mediterranean, the Middle East, and North Africa from 1924 to 1926.
Kelsey in Focus #10 | Gladiators: Life in the Arena
This exhibition presents the varied, complex lives of Rome’s premier athletes, exploring their lives, deaths, careers, and celebrity status.
