❕ Final weekend to express your interest ❕

Explore the theme of queerness in our collections and help us create a series of community art workshops culminating at Cambridge Pride in June.

Closes this Sunday 14 April, 5pm.

Do you want to bring more Classics into your Classroom? 🏺Join us in Cambridge this summer for a Teacher CPD event that will help you do just that. Including sessions with mary beard , @twhittermarsh and many more! 👇

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#teachertwitter #ClassicsTwitter

Good news! 📢 We're delighted that Research England is supporting nine Cambridge University museums & collections with vital investment of £3 million a year over the next five years, with Curatrix, Cambridge University Herbarium (CGE) & The Sedgwick Museum joining the existing portfolio this year. Read more: bit.ly/3TSwiOh

This week at MoCA:

🌷 Spring back to life! 11 April, 2-4pm
Drop in for an afternoon of springtime crafts and stories 🪻

🛡️ Up in Arms?
See our latest temporary display of student work

🗺️ Beyond the Pale
Explore our trail to learn about the impact of colour in ancient art🎨

'Time together and time to just be in an understanding environment.'

Our next disability friendly opening is this Monday 8 April, 10am-12pm. Explore the Egyptian galleries Fitzwilliam Museum, make an animation & enjoy a sensory story. Free, booking essential. bit.ly/3xwiscU

On 31st March the #Romans marked the anniversary of the Temple of the Goddess Luna on the Aventine Hill. She represented the moon - in Roman religion she was also associated with Juno & Diana who also represented the moon. She is often shown with the crescent moon on her head.

📢 Bank Holiday Closure 📢

The Museum will be closed on Friday 28 March and Monday 1 April.

But never fear, we will be back with our usual classical shenanigans (including the return of our #familyfriendly kid's corner 🧸) from Tuesday 2 April.

🖼️ Farnese Hera. Cast No.128

Our AGS GCSE and A Level Classics students had a brilliant day at the Faculty of Classics at the University of Cambridge. We had a session in the Classical Museum of Archaeology with Dr Susanne Turner and incredible lecture on Sappho from Dr Henry Spelmann. 🏺

Work with us 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🧑‍🎨

Unfortunately, our lift is currently out of action and we do not have step-free access.

We hope that the lift will be repaired within two weeks. Our lift maintenance unit are treating this as urgent issue, but a major repair is necessary.

We apologise for the inconvenience.

This week at MoCA:

⚔️ Knives Out! 26 March, 1.15-2pm
Hear how ironwork changed the history of the Mediterranean

👑 Is being a tyrant good for you? 27 March, 1.15-2pm Learn the dangerous reality of being an ancient Greek dictator

🗺️ Beyond the Pale
Follow our trail on colour 🎨

A new collection of free-access articles from #Cambridge 's #Classics journals is available now for The Classical Association's #CA2024 :
📚🔗 cup.org/43tKq50

Classical Review
Classics@Cambridge
🅰ntiquity Journal
Roman Society
CBOMGS UoB
@theBIAAAnkara
The British School at Athens
British School at Rome

The face of a #Roman woman in the 2nd century AD. Made of semi-opaque blue glass, it was made by pressing the glass into an open mould. It may be the goddess Juno & would have been a luxury item displayed in a public temple or a rich private sanctuary. The Metropolitan Museum of Art collection

Booking is open for KCL Greek Play Lysistrata in the Wings King's College London 19th - 21st June Greenwood Theatre

Use the link below to BOOK TICKETS:
estore.kcl.ac.uk/conferences-an…