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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!

Trotter Multicultural Center Now Open

Dye Workshop To Be Offered Again

Richard Redding on CNN’s “Inside Africa”

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

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

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

The Kelsey Museum and the Department of Classical Studies Welcome Irene Soto Marín

Caitlin Clerkin Named Institute for the Humanities Fellow

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

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 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

Irene Soto Marín on the Podcast “Peopling the Past”

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

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

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!

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

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

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

Just Published: Fall 2024 Newsletter

Weni the Elder Exhibition Opens in Sohag, Egypt

Kelsey Museum to Receive $1.15M Gift From Alum and Donor Steve Klinsky

New Museum Hours Effective in Early 2025

Welcome, Christina Johnson

Launch of the Center for Community Archaeology and Heritage

Welcome, Laura Motta

Camp Kelsey 2025: From Mythmaking to Excavating

Experience the Ides of March at the Kelsey Museum’s Winter Family Day

Save the Date: Giving Blueday 2025

Save the Dates! April Lectures at the Kelsey Museum

Heads Up! Upcoming May Gallery Closures

Now Available: 2024 Impact Report

Kelsey Field Seasons to Launch Soon

New Spotlight Exhibition Opens Next Month

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

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

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

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

Transmissions Across the Gap: Cosmogonic Tattoos with Artist Jim Cogswell

Kelsey Museum Welcomes New IPCAA Students

New Publications

Aphrodisias Named World Heritage Site

Nic Terrenato Speaks about Gabii Project

Karanis Collaboratory

Sharon Herbert Named Distinguished University Professor

Kelsey Museum Closed until June 3, 2016

Conservation Challenges at El-Kurru, Sudan

Jackier Prize Winners Announced

Students of Ross School of Business Visit the Kelsey Museum

2016-2017 Jackier Prize Competition

Kelsey Object Featured in Engineering Video

The "Leisure and Luxury" Website Goes Live

Major Show on Villas near Pompeii Opens in February

Grant to Encourage Use of Kelsey Objects in Undergraduate Teaching

National Geographic Takes Drone Video of Geoff Emberling’s El Kurru Excavations

Show Featuring Wendy Artin’s Watercolors of Ancient Sculpture Opens June 5

Detroit News Has High Praise for the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Hatcher Library Exhibition on Francis Kelsey’s 1919–1920 Expedition to Armenia

Museum Offers Valentine’s Day Celebration

Kelsey Focus Group for First-Year Honors

Show on Islamic Art Opens October 15

Kelsey Publishes “Karanis Revealed”

Kelsey Featured on the Today Show

“Ancient/Modern” Exhibition Opens June 6

Geoff Emberling Blogs Again from Sudan

New Show Features Miniatures from Ancient Seleucia

U-M Museum of Art to Exhibit Kelsey Islamic Artifacts

“Discovery! Excavating the Ancient World” Opens August 23

Kelsey Publishes Book on Djehutymose Coffin

“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

Spring Kelsey Museum Newsletter Announces New Director

Research Scientist Richard Redding Reveals How Pyramid Workers Fed

Kelsey Contemporaries Opens March 15

Geoff Emberling Blogs from Sudan

Kelsey Publishes New Volume on Fieldwork at Tel Anafa

New Book on Excavations at Aphrodisias, Turkey

Fall 2012 Kelsey Museum Newsletter Available Online

“Conserving Antiquity” Exhibition to Open November 2

Show on Francis Kelsey Opens June 8

"Hours of Infinity Part II: Twelve Hours of Infinity: Amduat" Opens March 9

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

John G. Pedley Publishes Book on Francis Kelsey

“Dominated and Demeaned” Opens October 21

“Karanis Revealed” Opens September 16

Kelsey Publishes Book on Pisidian Antioch

Former Kelsey Conservation Intern Blogging from Cyprus

Antioch Show to Feature 3-D Movie of Virtual Reconstruction

Exhibition of Byzantine Photographs Opens

Upjohn Wing Opens November 1

U-M Conservators Join Archaeological Dig in Israel

Museum to Conserve Watercolors

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Finding Ancient Napata: Lost City on the Nile

The Northern Masters of Eurasia: Nomadic Elites at the Dawn of the Silk Roads

Dust, Beads and Genes: Pinpointing Our African Origins with Ancient DNA

A Moonshot Under Water: Discovering Ancient Hunting Sites Beneath the Great Lakes

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Less Than Perfect

Leisure and Luxury in the Age of Nero: The Villas of Oplontis near Pompeii

Karanis Revealed: The Past and Present of a Michigan Excavation in Egypt

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

Cavafy's World: Ancient Passions

Villa of the Mysteries

The Fabric of Everyday Life: Textiles from Karanis, Egypt

Surrounded by the View: Panoramic Photographs from the Kelsey Museum Archives

The Art and Science of Healing: From Antiquity to the Renaissance

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Cosmogonic Tattoos by Jim Cogswell

Excavating Archaeology @ U-M: 1817–2017

Urban Biographies, Ancient and Modern

Urban Biographies: Interview with Lead Curator, Professor Christopher Ratté

Ancient Color: Interview with co-curators Catherine Person and Caroline Roberts

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

Gallery Images for "Randal Stegmeyer: Exposing the Past"

Object Spotlights: Crossroads of Culture, 400–1800

Crossroads of Culture, 400–1800 | Object Spotlight #1

Crossroads of Culture, 400–1800 | Object Spotlight #2

Personal Treasures Objects

Prayer and Protection Objects

Miniature Qur’an

Visitor Feedback

Crossroads of Culture, 400–1800 | Object Spotlight #3

Inscribed Blessings: Lintels from Egypt

Islamic Glass: A Reflection of Medieval Mastery

Formed, Fired, and Adorned: Islamic Ceramic Art

Byzantine Coinage: Emblems of Power and Faith

Interwoven Heritage: Coptic Wood Carvings

Chronicling a Culture: Description de l’Égypte

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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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Enhancing the Villa of the Mysteries Exhibition

Animals in the Kelsey!

Gender in the Ancient World

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When Is an Isis a Venus?

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The Archaeology of Individuals at Abydos, Egypt

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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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Individual and Society in Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of an Exhibition

Destination: Cairo, Egypt

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Oleg Grabar Receives Honorary Degree

A Trip to the Archives: IPCAA and the Kelsey Connection

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

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Archaeologies of Childhood

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Archaeological Fieldwork in the Adriatic Islands, 2003

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