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Graffiti Columns - Children's activities

Special Event | Updated 1 decade ago

FREE Children's Art Activity
Western Australian Museum - Perth

10.00am and 2.00pm
Thursday 8 July, Friday 9 July, 18 & 19 August

Come to the Western Australian Museum - Perth and enjoy a family fun activity where YOU can draw on the graffiti columns, just like the messages and artwork found on the walls of Pompeii during Roman times. What is your message to the future?

Graffiti Columns is proudly supported by Lotterywest and Friends of the WA Museum.

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Gladiator Games

Special Event | Updated 1 decade ago

The Grey Company
FREE Family Event
Cultural Centre, James St Mall, (grassed area in front of Museum)
11.00am and 1.00pm

Sunday 30 May, Sunday 20 June, Sunday 18 July & Sunday 15 August

Come to the Western Australian Museum - Perth and enjoy a display of historic Roman combat and entertainment with The Gladiator Games. Watch the thrill and spectacle of gladiators battling it out for the crowd's approval and the maiden's hearts in the Perth Cultural Centre.

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Talking Walls: Graffiti from ancient Pompeii to 21st century Perth

Public Lecture | Updated 1 decade ago

Dr Moya Smith
Head of Department, Anthropology & Archaeology, Western Australian Museum

Join Moya Smith as she considers the fascinating role of ancient graffiti in Pompeii, as well as graffiti in other parts of the world and from other times including Perth's urban graffiti.

6.00pm, 3 September 2010
State Library Theatre, State Library of Western Australia
Admission by gold coin donation.

Register on the Pompeii website.

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The Romans on the Bay of Naples; Pompeii and its neighbours

Public Lecture | Updated 1 decade ago

Presented in association with The Roman Archaeology Group and the University of Western Australia.

Lecture program

1) ‘Tread carefully, painters at work’: The House of Julius Polybius and others. Wall painters and painting at Pompeii
Asst/Prof Glenys Wootton
2) ‘This one’s not for the kids’: A candid look at Pompeiian Graffiti, Nathan Leber
TEA BREAK
3) ‘What lies beneath’: Sanitation in Pompeii and Herculaneum, W/Prof David Kennedy

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The Gods of Pompeii: Worship, devotion and ritual in a Roman town

Public Lecture | Updated 1 decade ago

Dr Bill Leadbetter
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education and Arts, Edith Cowan University.

Join Bill Leadbetter as he explores the complex grandeur of Roman religious life through the artefacts and remains from Pompeii and Herculaneum.

6.00pm, 13 August 2010
State Library Theatre, State Library of Western Australia
Admission by gold coin donation.

Register on the Pompeii website.

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