Summer Science Week: Life in Ancient Times

Location: Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, 12 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138

Time: 9:30 am – 12:00 pm

For children entering grades 1–3

Practice age-old skills used by early civilizations in Egypt, Europe, and Central America. Try cuneiform and hieroglyphics, recreate a working oil lamp, practice with stone-age tools, paint with bugs, and make something to take home. Explore two archaeology museums and enjoy hands-on activities as you learn more about ancient peoples of the past.

Fee: $235 members / $260 nonmembers

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Advance registration required.

Children look closely in marked grassy lanes outside.