skip to content

Faculty of Classics

 
Up in arms! 29 Aug, 2-4pm

Arm yourself for back-to-school shopping with an afternoon of ancient Greek shield-making.

Drop in to the museum for a relaxed afternoon of arts and crafts, as we teach you to make your very own Greek shield and helmet. Then take our trail to learn how the ancient Greeks fought for their city state, and discover what it took to become fearsome hoplite soldier.

 

Don't forget to show us your battle face once you're done...

 

This event is part of Summer at the Museums.

 

Accessibility

  • The Cast Gallery is on the first floor.
  • Unfortunately, our lift is currently our of order which means we are unable to provide step-free access at this time. We hope to be able to restore lift access in mid-August.
  • This event is primarily seated. The family trail involves standing, but we can move chairs around the gallery.
  • Find out more about Museum Access.
  • Please contact us on 01223 330402 or email museum@classics.cam.ac.uk if you have any questions or concerns about accessibility.

 

Summer Temperatures

Our glass-roofed gallery can get very warm in the summer months. We recommend bringing water if the weather is forecast to be warm and sunny.

 

Who: families, 5+

£££: free

Booking: no need to book, just drop in

Date: 
Thursday, 29 August, 2024 - 14:00 to 16:00
Contact name: 
Will Jefferies
Contact phone: 
01223330402
Event location: 
Cast Gallery

Latest news

Research vacancies: Cambridge Lab for Ancient World Studies (CLAWS)

27 August 2026

Applications are sought for three Research Associates to join the Cambridge Lab for Ancient World Studies (CLAWS), directed by Professor Josephine Quinn. Starting no later than 1 October 2027, you will anchor a new phase of activities for the Lab focusing on ancient entanglements in the broadest senses. As well as...

Professor Patricia Easterling

19 August 2026

The Faculty is very sad to report that our dear colleague Professor Patricia (Pat) Easterling has died, at the age of 92. She was Fellow of Newnham College from 1958 to 1987 and Professor of Greek at University College London from 1987 to 1994, when she returned to Cambridge as the 36 th (and first female) Regius Professor...

Cambridge Classicists on Nolan's Odyssey

17 July 2026

Today marks the highly anticipated theatrical release of Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster adaptation of The Odyssey . Starring Matt Damon as Odysseus, the film is generating lots of discussion across the global classics community. As people everywhere head to cinemas, academics from the Faculty are already exploring how...

Script Keepers Network Wins Cultural Collaboration Award

28 July 2026

The Script Keepers Network —co-led by Pippa Steele (Faculty of Classics and the VIEWS Project ) and Tim Brookes ( Endangered Alphabets Project )—has been awarded the prestigious NCACE Emerging Academic Cultural Collaboration Award by the National Centre for Academic and Cultural Exchange . The award recognises outstanding...