Non-SSEA Events relating to ancient Egypt in OntarioIN TORONTO
Thursday, April 8th, 2010, 3:00 -5:00 p.m.
Lecture co-sponsored by the Department of Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations, U of Toronto and the Department of Classics, University of Toronto
Establishing Roman Rule in Egypt: The Trilingual Stela of C. Cornelius Gallus from Philae
Dr. Martina Minas-Nerpel, University of Wales at Swansea
Room 163, University College, 15 King’s College Circle
University of Toronto This lecture is free; Dr. Minas-Nerpal will be speaking for the SSEA as part of our Public Lecture Series on March 19th; visit our Events page for more information.
Thurssday, 29th April, 2010, 7:00 p.m.
Friends of Ancient Egypt Members Lecture
The Mysterious Pyramid of Abu Roash and the Tombs of Khufu's Grandchildren
Dr. Michel Baud, Curator, Musee du Louvre Royal Ontario Museum, Level 1B
Signy Eaton TheatreThis lecture is $15 for FAE members. General Public: $20. Students: $10. To join: Join Friends of Ancient Egypt today!
Crocodile Mummies and Baskets of Papyri: Stewart and Gilbert Bagnani in 1930s Egypt
Dates/Times: through mid-August, 2010
Location/Venue: Thompson Gallery, Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas Street West TorontoCall 1-877-225-4246 or 416-979-6648.
Admission: AGO Members FREE; Adults $18; Seniors (65+) $15; Youth (6-17) $10; Students (Full Time with Valid ID) $10; Children (5 and under) FREE; Family Pass (2 adults and up to 5 youths) $45
FREE Wednesday evenings from 6 to 8:30 pm
FREE for Ontario teachers with valid ID from the Ontario College of Teachers
FREE for Ontario high school students with valid school ID, Tuesday to Friday, 3 to 5:30 pm
NOTE: THESE ADMISSION RATES DO NOT ALLOW ENTRY TO THE TUT EXHIBIT, which continues until 18 April
Crocodile Mummies: Stewart and Gilbert Bagnani in 1930s Egypt will introduce King Tut visitors and others to the AGO’s own Egyptian archaeological connection, in the persons of Gilbert and Stewart Bagnani, archaeologists, art collectors and friends of the AGO and Trent University. Together Gilbert and Stewart excavated at the site of Tebtunis in Egypt, during the 1930s. Gilbert Bagnani was also a professor of ancient history at University College, University of Toronto after WWII, and later at Trent University. At the same time, Stewart Bagnani was head of Extension at the Art Gallery of Ontario. In the 1960s they both taught at Trent University: Stewart teaching art history and Gilbert accepting a position as professor of ancient history. For more information on this exhibition and the Bagnanis, visit the Trent University page
The AGO also presents two other Egypt-themed installations, comprising works from the Gallery’s permanent collection.
Egypt in the Western Imagination explores the growing interest in Egyptian culture among Europeans during the 1800s through etchings, watercolours, lithographs and photographs. This exhibit is in the Gelber Gallery, just off the Thompson Gallery.
Views on Egypt: The Album as Souvenir allows visitors to experience the accounts and archaeological expeditions of travellers during the late 1800s through photographs. This exhibit is in the Fraser Gallery on the first floor.
SOUTHERN ONTARIO
Egypt: Gift of the Nile
Dates/Times: through April 25, 2010
Winter Hours: September 1st to May 31st
Wednesday to Friday 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday Evenings 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Saturdays and Sundays 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Location/Venue: Grimsby Museum, 6 Murrary St., Grimsby, ON
Cost of Admission:
Admission is FREE for members of the Grimsby Museum, children under 5 years of age, members of participating MONA museums and members of the Ontario Museum Association. Otherwise, contact
museum-public@town.grimsby.on.ca or phone 905-945-5292 x0000 or visit to leave a web email.
A travelling exhibit from the Royal Ontario Museum at Grimsby Museum. Come to the Grimsby Museum and explore an ancient civilization that flourished for thousands of years with a special travelling exhibition from the Royal Ontario Museum.
Sixty-eight ancient Egyptian artefacts, including jewellery, carvings, writing implements and fabric are on loan from the largest Egyptian collection in Canada. In addition to the original artefacts are three replicas, a sarcophagus, wig and mirror and a model of a boat. "Egypt: Gift of the Nile" is divided into centres: Personal Adornment, Make-up and Perfume, Feeding the Household, Buildings Large and Small, Family Life and the Afterlife.
This event is suitable for children. An education program for school groups has also been developed for the grade 5 level. Special group programming is offered in conjunction with the exhibition.
For more information, visit Grimsby Museum
OTTAWA AND NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA
|