About the Event

Spooky season is in full swing, which means it’s the perfect time to team up with our favorite archaeologist, Dr. Alexander J. Smith from the Archaeological Institute of America’s Rochester Society, and our favorite egyptologist, Dr. Rozenn Bailleul-LeSuer, to dig up all the fun facts about dead objects in MAG’s collection.

Alex and Rozenn will take us on a mind-jostling journey back in time to see how people lived and died, how their bodies have been preserved, how to differentiate between a decayed piece of garbage and an invaluable ancient artifact, and all the mysterious/eerie/dead things they've discovered in the field. Join us if you dare!

About the Tour Guides

Dr. Alexander J. Smith is an archaeologist and a Professor of Anthropology at SUNY Brockport where he specializes in survey and landscape archaeology, Western New York History, and colonialism in the Western Mediterranean (Iron Age to the 20th century). He is the director of Frost Town Archaeology in Naples, New York, and co-director of the Torre d’en Galmes Archaeological Project in Menorca, Spain. He teaches ten different courses at SUNY Brockport, has published over a dozen articles, has done digs all around the world, can speak Italian, and in his free time he enjoys hiking, reading, opera, art, and leading DeTOURs℠ for MAG.

Dr. Rozenn Bailleul-LeSuer is currently the historian of the Western Monroe Historical Society at the Morgan-Manning House, Brockport. She is in charge of the archives of the Society, which are mostly composed of the business and family papers of the Morgan family. She also works with the collection of artifacts owned by the Society, some of which is on display or in storage in the Morgan-Manning House.

Registration Details

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For questions about this event, please contact MAG Engagement Manager Jessica Gasbarre at jgasbarre@mag.rochester.edu. Ticket sales end on Thursday, October 17, at 6:15 pm. Ticket includes DeTOUR℠ and museum admission.

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