“CLEOPATRA” – WCAC Tour
Monday, October 24th – Reservation deadline Friday, October 14. Save the date on your calendar to see history’s most famous temptress at the Milwaukee Public Museum – a new international exhibition: “Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt.”
The Walworth County Arts Council will sponsor a bus to this fascinating traveling exhibit featuring 150 artifacts associated with the famed Cleopatra VII, the queen who lived from 69 B.C. to 30 B.C. and earned a permanent place in history by becoming the lover of two Roman leaders: Julius Caesar and Mark Antony.
All the artifacts are on exhibit in the United States for the first time, and the Milwaukee stop will be the show’s last in the U.S. before going overseas. More than a half-million visitors saw “Cleopatra” in Philadelphia and Cincinnati. We will be transported to Cleopatra’s Egypt through a series of galleries displaying golden jewelry, ancient tools and armor, religious relics, statues and everyday items including two 16-foot-tall, 5-ton stone statues of a pharaoh and his queen that once flanked the entrance to an ancient temple. An original papyrus document in the show is thought to have been handwritten by Cleopatra.
“Cleopatra is one of the most enigmatic figures in history, and this exhibition does a wonderful job of exploring who she really was, and depicting the political upheaval that shaped her life,” said Jay Williams, Milwaukee Public Museum president.
The group will depart by bus from the Elkhorn Park and Ride on Wednesday, October 24th, at 9:00 a.m., arriving back at 3:30. Cost for the tour will be $45.00 for WCAC members and $48.00 for nonmembers. Lunch is not included.
“CLEOPATRA”
Monday, October 24, 2011
9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
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Send reservations and checks payable to Walworth County Arts Council to: Walworth County Arts Council, P.O. Box 446, Delavan, WI 53115.
