MU Museum of Art & Archaeology-Art Merit Badge

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Art Merit Badge Opportunity!

Earn the Art Merit Badge at the Museum of Art and Archaeology at the University of Missouri.

Scouts will be treated to a docent led tour of the Museum’s Weinberg Gallery of Antiquities* and will complete all requirements to earn the Art Merit Badge. The course will be led by Museum Educator (and mom to an Eagle Scout!) Julie Chatman, and will include hands-on activities using a variety of materials. Scouts will take home with them a work of art they create for attaching to their Scout gear. There are no prerequisites to be completed before attending the class.

*Parents who register and attend with their scouts will also be treated to a free docent led tour of all the museum galleries.

Maximum number of youth participants: 16

Cost

*$25.00
*Course includes all program materials

Date & Time

Sunday, February 9, from 1 to 3:30 PM

Location

Museum of Art and Archaeology

Ellis Library on the University of Missouri Campus

Lower Level of Ellis Library, enter on Hitt Street entrance

Columbia, MO 65211

The Day of the Event:

The Museum of Art and Archaeology is located in the lower level of Ellis Library on MU’s campus. Use the museum’s Lowry Mall entrance or the Hitt Street accessible entrance on the east side of the lower level of Ellis Library.

Metered parking is available on surrounding streets and in the Hitt Street Visitors Lot (between Ellis Library and the Student Center and Bookstore) and in the Memorial Union Visitors Lot (entrance off University Avenue).

Weekend parking is free in the Hitt Street and University Avenue parking structures.

For More Information

Museum of Art & Archaeology: Julie Chatman, 573-882-5076 or jchatman@missouri.edu
GRC of BSA: Travis Campbell, Office: 573.449.2561 or Stephen.Campbell@scouting.org

Pictured from the Museum's permanent collection:

Yoshida Hiroshi (1876–1950)

Camping at Washibadake, 1926

Color woodblock print

Gift of Doreen Canaday Spitzer in memory of Ward and Mariam Canaday (76.147)

When & Where

Museum of Art & Archaeology Art MB
Museum of Art and Archaeology in Ellis Library on MU's Campus
Sunday 02-09-2025
1:00 PM CT to 3:30 PM CT Past

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