Event information
Centre for Material Culture,
Gilpin Road,
Cambridge
CB2 8BY
Please note that this workshop does not take place at the main museum site and is instead being held in its off-site store, the Centre for Material Culture.
About the Event
Discover the artistry and ingenuity of ancient Peru through a selection of Pre-Columbian textiles from the museum’s collections. This session offers a rare chance to see fragile fabrics up close and to learn how they were made, used, the symbolic meanings of their depictions, and how they have been preserved over centuries. No prior knowledge is needed, just curiosity about how threads, colours, and patterns can reveal the lives and beliefs of people long ago.
This workshop will be led by Dr Jimena Lobo Guerrero Arenas, a Senior Curator at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology with responsibility for World Archaeology.
Important Information
- Workshops are for adults of 16 years +
- No audio or video recording is permitted of the workshops, without the clear permission of the Workshop leader and other participants
- Arrival and transport information to be shared post-booking
- Access details of the room will be shared, we will ask for information about access requirements.
