

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Summer Science Week: Life in Ancient Times
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 03 Aug, 2026 at 09:30 am – Mon, 03 Aug, 2026 at 12:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: For children entering grades 1–3. Advance registration required:
https://tinyurl.com/SummerScienceLifeAncientTimes

Practice age-old skills used by early civilizations in Egypt, Europe, and Central America. Try cuneiform and hieroglyphics, recreate a working oil lamp, practice with stone-age tools, paint with bugs, and make something to take home. Explore two archaeology museums and enjoy hands-on activities as you learn more about ancient peoples of the past.

Each Summer Science Week program is taught by a professional educator and serves a maximum of 15 students. Based in one of the museum classrooms, students work independently and in groups to examine museum specimens, conduct experiments, create crafts, explore museum galleries, play games, and have fun!

Fee: $235 members / $260 nonmembers. Not a member? Join today to save $25 on this program: 
https://hmsc.harvard.edu/support-hmsc/membership
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cambridge/summer-science-week-life-in-ancient-times/200029786046859
- **Event Categories**: 
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 21

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://tinyurl.com/SummerScienceLifeAncientTimes?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=cambridge-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Cambridge
- **state**: MA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
- **lat**: 42.37825
- **long**: -71.11458
- **full address**: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 11 Divinity Ave,Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: Harvard Museums of Science & Culture (https://allevents.in/org/harvard-museums-of-science-and-culture/13906326)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Mon, 03 Aug, 2026 at 09:30 am (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 11 Divinity Ave,Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Summer Science Week: Life in Ancient Times ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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