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Faculty of Classics

 

This is a Summer With the Museums event

**Fully Booked**

Put on your pirate hat and come for a journey over the wine-dark sea with Odysseus - keep an eye out for monsters! An interactive story for under 5s and their families with storyteller Marion Leeper based on that best of all pirate adventures: the Odyssey.

Booking is essential. Please only book tickets for participating children.

 

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.

 

£££:

Free

Booking:

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Accessibility:

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Date: 
Wednesday, 16 August, 2023 - 11:00 to 12:00
Contact name: 
Will Jefferies
Contact phone: 
01223 330402
Event location: 
Museum of Classical Archaeology, Cast Gallery

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