Explore the Nile to the Hudson with May Programs for Children at AIHA

Bring the whole family to the Albany Institute of History & Art for fun and unique activities that celebrate history & art.

Sunday, May 5

Museum Explorers Day --“Ancient Egypt”

12:00-5:00pm, 2:00 (book signing), 2:30 (lecture: RSVP required-- limited to 150. Call 518-463-5502 x470); FREE with admission

• Participate in a scavenger hunt in our new Egyptian gallery.

• Relax as author David Macaulay takes you to the Great Pyramid of Giza in Pyramid.

• Build your own pyramid or become a pharaoh/queen by creating your own Egyptian mask.

• Take a cyberspace odyssey through Ancient Egypt sites in the Museum Explorers Gallery.

• Enjoy a lecture by Mr. Mummy.  "Mummification: Resurrection of an Ancient Art” by Robert Brier, Ph.D.  In 1994, Dr. Robert Brier made international headlines by mummifying a modern-day cadaver with a colleague.  Using ancient tools and procedures, Dr. Brier made the first attempt in 2,000 years to mummify a corpse employing the ancient techniques used to preserve the pharaohs.  The project became the subject of a National Geographic television documentary, Mr. Mummy.  (Dr. Brier will be available at 2:00pm to sign copies of his books available in the Museum Shop.)

Ancient Egypt Day is supported by Fleet.  Dr. Brier’s lecture is supported by a grant from the Museum Loan Network.

Sunday, May 12

Museum Explorers Day – “ An Afternoon with Artist and Author Thomas Locker”

2:30pm; FREE with admission

• Enjoy a reading from In Blue Mountains, An Artist’s Return to America’s First Wilderness.

• Tour In Blue Mountains and The Landscape That Defined America: The Hudson River School.

• Children and adults are invited to contribute to the creation of the “world’s largest landscape.”