KU’s Wilcox Classical Museum

Sometimes it is good to be early for appointments.  My colleague in the Office of Study Abroad was not ready for our meeting, so I got to dawdle and text in the corridors of Lippincott Hall.  When I spied plaster casts of Greek statues through a doorway, I had to investigate.  I must have been holding my jaw in my hands, because the attendant immediately guessed it was my first time there and that I was very surprised.  Yes, I was.  Tucked away in these two rooms was a collection of Greek and Roman antiquities and casts that was dedicated at KU since 1888!  Today it serves more as a classroom, but I still felt transported to ancient Athens and Rome.

Roman: Armed pig, 3rd-2nd BCE (left); child's feeding bottle (right)
Roman: Armed pig, 3rd-2nd BCE (left); child’s feeding bottle (right)

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Please visit: https://wilcox.ku.edu/

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