Treasures of Ancient Greece. Opening June 15, 2019 at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Treasures of Ancient Greece. Opening June 15, 2019 at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis in Indianapolis, Indiana. Diskobolos (discus thrower) 2nd century CE Roman copy of 450-440 BCE Greek bronze by Myron recovered from Emperor Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli Italy. Photographed at "The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greece" exhibit assembled by the British Museum and displayed at the Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon. Rare antiquities from Greece including mythological gods and goddesses, a replica of the Antikythera mechanism and fine art will be part of a new exhibit at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis opening June 15, 2019 called Treasures of Ancient Greece. A separate exhibit called Take Me There: Greece will focus o n the people, culture, environment, homes and markets of modern Greece.