Please Touch the Art: Perspectives from the Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum

Sanchita Balachandran, curator/conservator of the Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, discusses recent projects where undergraduate students worked hands-on with ancient art from the museum’s collection. Recent courses such as Recreating Ancient Greek Ceramics and Technical Examination of Roman Egyptian Mummy Portraits have given students the opportunity to interact closely with the objects of the ancient world, and to consider the ancient people who made and used them. Sponsored by the Department of History of Art and Architecture, Johnson Enrichment Fund, Middlebury College Museum of Art, and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Free