EGYPT FOR TEACHERS

A wonderful event at a favorite musem!
W H A T : BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT
W H E N : Thursday, September 30, 2010 from 6:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M.
W H E R E : Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, San Jose

Join us Thursday, September 30, 2010 from 6:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M. for a special after-hours exploration of our galleries for teachers. Take advantage of this opportunity to get up-close and behind-the-scenes without the crowds! Our talks and tours this evening will provide a preview of the information that will be taught to your students during their museum Expeditions (school group tours).

Attendees will have the opportunity to book Expeditions that evening as well as having their questions answered by our School Expedition Coordinator. Teachers that book a tour that evening will receive a complimentary museum membership for one year! Light refreshments will be provided.

This event is free for all classroom teachers and homeschool educators, plus one guest per teacher.

For more information or to RSVP, please contact us at expeditions@egyptianmuseum.org

EGYPTIAN EPAGOMENAL FESTIVAL

W H A T:
W H E N : July 24-25
W H E R E : Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, San Jose

M O R E : ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS
SFGate: Epagomenal Festival: Celebrate everything Egypt
TheScribe

HAPPY FATHER’S DAY AROUND THE BAY

Father’s Day at 100: How It Began, Why Dads Gets Fewer Gifts

Museums:

• California Academy of Sciences:
  “Pierre the Penguin” Book Reading and Signing
• Chabot Space & Science Center:

Father’s Day Brunch, Father’s Day Solar Car Challenge

• Contemporary Jewish Museum:
  Free for dads on Sunday. Free showing of the movie Sixty Six
• Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum:
  Free admission to all fathers. Activities for the whole family!
• The Tech Museum:
  Dads get in free to Genghis Khan: The Exhibition on father’s day!

Outdoors:

• Gourmet Hikes
• The Northern California Pirate Festival
• Treasure Island 10th Annual Summer Sailstice 2010

+ KidMatter Events this Weekend

+ TheKittyCats

T U T I N E R A R Y

King Tut is everywhere around us these days, here’s our Egyptian itinerary:

• King Tut Exhibit Egyptian Art Center North America Tour




• KING TUT VIDEOS
• Tut’s Treasures
• King Tut’s Treasures: The Canopic Shrine
• King Tut’s Treasures: Animal Iconography
• King Tut’s Treasures: The Ritual Figures
• King Tut’s Treasures: Perfumes, Alabaster Vessels and Wine…
• How Did King Tut Die?
• The Curse of Tutankhamun
• Chabot Space & Science Center: Shows: Mysteries of Egypt

Great for younger kids too!

• IMAX > MUMMIES: SECRETS OF THE PHARAOHS

Bit too scary for younger ones…


• From Barcelona to San Francisco: The King is dead. Long live the King!
• Happy Mummy’s Day From San Jose

M O R E   Egyptian exhibitions in San Francisco and the Bay Area:

• Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose
• Tutankhamun and the golden age of the Pharaohs in San Francisco
• Very Postmortem: Mummies and Medicine in San Francisco
• The Lost Cities of North Africa in San Francisco
• Cantor Museum in Stanford
• Virtual Egyptian Museum

Happy Mummy’s Day From San Jose!

From all the happenings around the Bay for Mother’s Day we chose Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum & Planetarium in San Jose. I wanted to check their weekend workshops for a while now, and this Mother’s Day weekend just happened to be the Egyptian Oils and Perfumes!

I always liked this small museum, but now I’m happy I discovered their wonderful workshops and museum store too!

And now we are sooooo ready to explore the Ancient Egypt at the British