This newsletter for kids features articles, games, books, and information on upcoming children's workshops, related to the Museum's permanent collection, temporary exhibits, and Family Day events. Spend a week with some of Atlanta's best artists at Camp Carlos on the campus of Emory University. Beginning in June, immerse yourself in book arts, ceramics, fiber arts, dance, painting, drawing, and more. The Michael C. Carlos Museum welcomes school groups to explore the Museum's collections and special exhibitions with members of the Museum's Docent Guild . Explore objects of ritual and celebration in the collection of masks, royal regalia, and ceremonial weapons from west-central Africa including Cameroon, Nigeria, and the Republic of Congo.
View artifacts from a recreated shaft tomb from Jericho and explore the gallery as an archaeologist.
Explore the ancient Egyptian galleries at the Carlos Museum and learn about the process of mummification and the rituals that went along with it, the roles of the pharaoh and the gods, and the complex belief systems that developed over thousands of years. The Carlos Collection of Greek Art brings the heroes and heroines of Greek mythology to life, depicted in marble and bronze and on beautifully painted vases. Images and objects from ancient athletic competitions focus attention on the idealized human form, the drive for excellence, and the spirit of competition. Greek dramas play themselves out in red-figure as the gods watch from above. Explore the world view of these cultures through works of art in clay, fiber, jade, and metal in the William C. and Carol W. Thibadeau Collection of the Art of the Ancient Americas.