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Gallery Talk: Digging up Ancient Samaria-Sebaste

Presented by Harvard Art Museums at Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge MA

Mar 28 2023

Gallery Talk: Digging up Ancient Samaria-Sebaste

Badawi Ahmed Abu Bakr, Egyptian, Workers at Samaria-Sebaste, July 30, 1909. Gelatin silver print. Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, A.290, TL42461.7.

Whose work lies, unseen, behind ancient Middle Eastern objects on display?

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Explore a display about early 20th-century excavations of the ancient city of Samaria-Sebaste, with curatorial fellow Caitlin Clerkin. You’ll learn how photographs and payroll records help us rewrite the history of archaeology—one that acknowledges the people behind the excavation of the objects on display.

Led by:
Caitlin Clerkin, Frederick Randolph Grace Curatorial Fellow in Ancient Art

ADMISSION INFO

Gallery talks are limited to 18 people, and it is required that you reserve your place. At 10am the day of the event, reservations will open and may be arranged online through this form. The gallery talk reservation will also serve as your general museum reservation. If required, visitors will pay the museum admission fee upon arrival.

$20
Adults

$18
Seniors (65+)

Free
Sundays—free to all!

Free
All students with a valid ID

Free
Harvard ID holders (plus one guest)

Free
Harvard Art Museums Friends

Free
Youth under 18

Free
Cambridge residents (proof of residency required)

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Additional time info:

Please meet in the Calderwood Courtyard, in front of the digital screens between the shop and the admissions desk.

LOCATION

Harvard Art Museums

32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

ACCESSIBILITY INFO

- Wheelchair Access

The Harvard Art Museums are committed to accessibility for all visitors. For anyone requiring accessibility accommodations for our programs, please contact us at am_register@harvard.edu at least 48