Location: Level 1 & 2 Lobbies and Sculpture Court
Registration requested but not required.

6–7:30 p.m.: Art making in Level 2 Lobby
6–7:30 p.m.: Light reception in Sculpture Court
6–7:30 p.m.: Music by Ishta! in Sculpture Court
6:40 & 7:10 p.m.: Curator-led tours at gallery entrance

Celebrate the opening of our new exhibition Soulful Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt with a special expanded edition of First Thursdays: Make and Mingle. In this unique installment of our monthly adult drop-in program, you can create a work of art honoring a living being. Guests can also take a curator-led tour and enjoy music by Ishta!, a jazz sextet led by Baltimore-based guitarist, composer, and arranger Ahmed Warshanna.

Soulful Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt highlights the stories behind animal mummification and is on view from September 27, 2025–January 11, 2026.