Mediterranean Marketplaces: Connecting the Ancient World
By
Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East and Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
Free
Thousands of years ago, ancient people across the Mediterranean were connected to faraway places and cultures through trade. Learn more in this exhibition at Harvard's Museum of the Ancient Near East.
Sign-up Information
Ages: Infant to Adults.
Translation services available - Contact the organization for more details..
Audio tours available in English and Spanish.
No application or registration needed.
Cost
This Program is free!
Location
- In-person only.
6 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States
Dates and Times
This is an ongoing program.
Sunday through Friday.
Morning and Afternoon.
This exhibit will run February 2024 to February 2025. The museum will be closed the following days:
- Wednesday, November 27, 2024 (day before Thanksgiving)
- Thursday, November 28, 2024 (Thanksgiving Day)
- Sunday, December 22, 2024
- Monday, December 23, 2024
- Tuesday, December 24, 2024 (Christmas Eve)
- Wednesday, December 25, 2024 (Christmas)
- Wednesday, January 1, 2025 (New Year's Day)
Additional information
Much like today, ancient “consumers” were connected to distant markets. Both basic and precious goods from faraway lands “shipped” to royal palaces, elite estates—sometimes even rural households—and technological advances in craftsmanship and commerce transcended boundaries of language, religion, or culture to spread rapidly. Mediterranean Marketplaces explores how the movement of goods, peoples, and ideas around the ancient Mediterranean transformed the lives and livelihoods of people at all levels of society, driving innovations that had lasting impacts—even on the modern world. Audio tours available in English and Spanish.
image: EJSP Visual | Julieta Sarmiento
Program continues to run during
Winter vacation, February vacation, and April vacation
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Last updated October 15, 2024.
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