Museum Day! Saturday, Sept. 26

Museum Day!

Date: 
Saturday, September 26, 2015 –

1:00pm to 3:00pm

Location: 
Mizzou North Lobby

Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day Live!

National Museum Day 

In conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution, the Museum of Art and Archaeology will host its annual National Museum Day on Saturday, September 26, from 1:00–3:00pm at Mizzou North. This year’s participants include characters like Thomas Hart Benton interpreting Museum objects, the Museum of Civilization exhibition (in connection with Daniel Boone Regional Library’s One Read program), Folk Arts, the Museum of Anthropology, Classical Studies, the State Historical Society of Missouri, the Mizzou Botanic Garden, and the MU Broader Impacts Network. Some special activities include a video and a tea ceremony by the Confucius Institute in their Tea Room, a reprise of Ellis Library Special Collection’s popular calligraphy workshop, Campus Writing Program activities focusing on Museum objects, and even a museum-wide Textile and Apparel Management scavenger hunt.

1:00–3:00pm, Mizzou North Lobby

(Limit two children per accompanying adult) 

No preregistration required

For more info click here!

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One comment on “Museum Day! Saturday, Sept. 26

  1. Thanks for posting this! My family and I attended Museum Day and really enjoyed the activities and seeing the Museum of Art and Archaeology's new location.

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