Roman Empire exhibit opens Saturday at SC State Museum

New Julius Caesar Exhibit opens at S.C.State Museum

“Julius Caesar: Roman Military Might and Machines” brings to life one of the most technologically significant times in history. The exhibit features more than 30 intricately designed and functional inventions from the height of the Roman Empire. There are war, transportation and civil engineering machines, including sundials, water clocks, grinding mills, pottery wheels, arches and cranes. The Roman story also will be told through replicas, recreated artifacts, digital images and computer animations. “Julius Caesar: Roman Military Might and Machines” is an award-winning traveling exhibition that was crafted by a consortium in Italy. The State Museum also is partnering with Legio VI Ferrata Fidelas Constans, South Carolina’s Roman legion, to present several programs and events during the run of the exhibition, which ends May 22, 2016.

301 Gervais St. (803) 898-4921, www.scmuseum.org

The Columbia Museum of Art offers free admission

Visitors get free admission into the Columbia Museum of Art through Oct. 3. Explore the second-floor collection galleries, including the newly reinstalled Botticelli fresco, “The Nativity.” See the new multimedia TAP tour of the Kress Collection. View “Identity” in the Caroline Guignard Community Gallery, “The Art of Joseph Norman” in the Mamie and William Andrew Treadway Jr. Gallery 15, and “Palmetto Heritage: The History of South Carolina” in the Wells Fargo Interactive Education Gallery.

1515 Main St. (803) 799-2810, www..columbiamuseum.org

Cornelia Freeman Concert series continues

Featuring the university’s renowned music faculty performing a diverse repertoire, this popular chamber music series has been raising scholarship money for more than 20 years.

This Sunday’s performance features Barbara York’s Suite for Horn, Tuba and Piano;

Johannes Brahms’ “Two Songs, Opus 91;” Scott A. Wyatt’s “A Road Beyond,” and Bert Ligon’s “Sarasa Comets and Capri.”

All concerts are held in the USC School of Music Recital Hall at 3 p.m. Sundays.

Single concerts: $12 adults; $10 seniors citizens, USC faculty and staff; $5 students.

Series tickets: $50 adults; $40 seniors citizens, USC faculty and staff. Reserved seating for this series is an additional $100 per series. Purchase tickets online at sc.edu/music/freeman, call (803) 576-5763 or at the door.

Make it a theater weekend

▪ Marie Antoinette continues its run at Trustus Theatre through Oct. 3.

520 Lady St. (803) 254-9732, trustus.org

▪ Threepenny Opera opens Oct. 2 and runs through Oct. 10 at Longstreet Theatre.

1300 Greene St. artsandsciences.sc.edu/thea/threepenny-opera

This story was originally published September 26, 2015 at 8:00 AM.