Tuesday May 26th and Thursday May 28th, 2-3.30pm
Cast Gallery, Museum of Classical Archaeology
Suitable for ages 7-11
Hear stories of Herakles and his 12 labours, as well as finding out about Herakles' latest adventure, imagined by artist Marian Maguire in our exhibition The Labours of Herakles, as our hero travels to New Zealand to start up a new life for himself. We'll be making Herakles mobiles afterwards for you to take home, too.
If you're a regular visitor, you'll know our Kiddies' Corner is full of activities - and now we have lots of Herakles and Maori themed books, worksheets and trails to help you explore our current exhibition.
Summer at the Museums
We have an exciting programme of events planned for Summer at the Museums 2015, aimed at children from early years and up. Keep your eyes peeled for the next mailing list to see the full line up.
Bookings open June 20th.
Exhibitions
The Labours of Herakles
17th April - 15th August, 2015
Hercules – most famous of all the Greek heroes – steps directly out of a Greek vase and into the New World in this series of beautifully observed lithographs and etchings. New Zealand artist Marian Maguire imagines Herakles as nineteenth-century colonist, venturing into a landscape where his labours are both mundane and extraordinary.
Kids in Museums' Family Friendly Award: Make your Nominations!
Do you have a favourite family-friendly museum? Now's your chance to shout it from the rooftops!
The 2015 Telegraph Family Friendly Museum Award has launched. You can nominate which museum, gallery, heritage site, science centre or historic home in Britain you and your children most enjoy visiting.
The Museum of Classical Archaeology has been featured in an article in the Sunday Telegraph, focusing on museums which have been nominated for Kids in Museums' Family Friendly Award. Nominations remain open until May 10th, after which twenty museums will be long-listed for the prize.
London Maori Club welcomes Marian Maguire's The Labours of Herakles to Cambridge
Monday 27th April 2015
Marian Maguire's The Labours of Herakles, a series of lithographs and etchings exploring colonialism in 19th century New Zealand via the classical figure of Herakles, were welcomed to Cambridge by the London Maori Club. During the Private View on the evening of Friday 17th April, representatives from Ngati Ranana, performed a waita (a ritual song) called 'Haere Mai'.
The Fitzwilliam is 1 of 5 institutions in competition to win contemporary artist Alinah Azadeh to conduct a Museums at Night event on Friday 30 October. If successful, the Museum will work with community groups, staff and online audiences to capture stories/artwork of people's responses to works in the collections. These Hidden Histories will be shared, and more captured, in an intervention to be devised by Alinah at the Museum later this year. The Fitzwilliam Museum needs your support to make their proposal a reality, so please visit http://bit.ly/alinahazadeh to vote.
