Department of Cultural and Philosophical Inquiry

Open house, James Farmer Hall 233

The museum in JFH 233 will be open extended hours,

11 am to 6 pm.

Students involved in the creating of the current display will be present to showcase their work,

Noon to 1 pm.

Student Presenters: (Fall 2025 student workers) Ally Dawahare, William Jarrett, Charlotte Niblett, Vesper Padgett, Drew Tolley; (Spring 2026 student workers) Yoredanos Ayele, Bex Colley, Elsie Stubbs

Faculty Mentor: Liane Houghtalin

Abstract: An open house for the Museum of Ancient Mediterranean Cultures at the University of Mary Washington. This museum is meant to be an immersive experience, where visitors can move in a reconstructed ancient space, touch the objects there, and experience what it was like to live in an ancient culture.  The current installations include a Roman “fast food” shop known as a thermopolium, a Pompeian-style graffiti wall, and an exhibit on the mapping of ancient Rome.  Additions have been made to both the thermopolium and the mapping exhibit, while the graffiti wall and a web site for the museum are entirely new this year.