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  • Athena’s 35th Birthday: 35 Years of Athena Parthenos at the Nashville Parthenon!

    The Parthenon 2500 West End Ave, Nashville, TN, United States

    Celebrate Alan LeQuire’s Athena Parthenos statue turning 35! Join Parthenon staff and expert archaeologists as we celebrate the 35th anniversary of the unveiling of Alan LeQuire’s reconstruction of the ancient Greek Athena Parthenos statue, which took place in Nashville on May 20th, 1990, upon completion of an eight-year project. LeQuire won a competition to undertake […]

  • Highlands, Islands & Fjords: Scotland, Orkney Islands & Norway

    Join Archaeological Institute of America lecturer and host Elizabeth Pierce on this exploration of ancient settlements, remote islands, magnificent landscapes, and idyllic villages from Inverness, Scotland, to the Orkney Islands and along the Norwegian coast above the Arctic Circle. Cruise during the peak of spring, with long days of bright green scenery speckled with blooming […]

  • Goddess in Progress

    The Parthenon 2500 West End Ave, Nashville, TN, United States

    New museum exhibition at the Nashville Parthenon, June 13, 2025-April 19, 2026 Get the story behind the creation and construction of Nashville’s Athena Parthenos with this historic exhibit. Alan LeQuire won the commission in 1982 by proposing a historically-accurate replica of the ancient statue. The young artist began an odyssey of research which included a […]

  • Alan LeQuire — Monumental Figures

    The Parthenon 2500 West End Ave, Nashville, TN, United States

    New museum exhibition at the Nashville Parthenon, June 13-September 21, 2025 Thirty-five years ago, Alan LeQuire became Nashville’s most prominent sculptor with the unveiling of Athena Parthenos. Now, he is returning to the Parthenon with a new body of work that celebrates contemporary people. Working on a monumental scale usually reserved for mythological figures and […]

  • Rediscovering Turtle Island – A first People’s Account of the Sacred Geography of America.

    Auditorium at the St. Louis Public Library 1301 Olive Street, St. Louis, United States

    Lecture by Taylor Keen, Instructor at Creighton University and is a member of both the Omaha Nation and the Cherokee Nation. A lecture discussing his insights into Pre-Contact North America that have been presented in his recently published book "Rediscovering Turtle Island."

  • Roman Britain: Romans at the Edge of Empire

    Follow in the footsteps of the ancient Romans in Britain as you venture north from Chester, England, to Edinburgh, Scotland, with a foray along Hadrian’s Wall, which was famously constructed ca. A.D. 122 along the northwest frontier of the Roman Empire. Experience a world at the edge of the Empire and amidst the natural beauty […]

  • Artist Talk: Alan LeQuire

    The Parthenon 2500 West End Ave, Nashville, TN, United States

    Join the Parthenon and AIA-Nashville Society for a free in-person talk on Tuesday, June 24, at 6 PM at the Parthenon. Free registration required. RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nashville-parthenon-artist-talk-alan-lequire-tickets-1335515766609?aff=oddtdtcreator Alan LeQuire will discuss the new sculptures created for the exhibition Monumental Figures. These 24 sculptures—displayed throughout the Parthenon, inside and out—celebrate the inspirational people among us in everyday […]

  • Hiking Scotland’s Orkney & Shetland Islands

    This is the perfect opportunity to explore all that Scotland’s Northern Isles have to offer: prehistoric stone circles, burial chambers, and settlements; quaint villages; huge seabird colonies; and remarkable plant life—all amidst dramatic landscapes. This will be Scotland seen slowly, with time for in-depth exploration at each site. The Orkney and Shetland islands have an […]

  • Archaeology Field School for Adults with the Office of State Archaeology

    Hollister Archaeology Site South Glastonbury, United States

    Monday – Friday, July 21 – 25, 2025 9AM – 3PM daily South Glastonbury, CT The Connecticut State Museum of Natural History, the Office of State Archaeology, and the Friends of the Office of State Archaeology, Inc. are pleased to once again offer their weeklong Archaeology Field School for Adults. Participants will gain hands on […]