The Saint Louis Art Museum announces a free family film, The Adventures of Prince Achmed. This silent film features live musical accompaniment by Miles and Karina, and will be shown on September 28 at 1 pm in the Museum Auditorium.
Climb aboard a flying horse and fly away to the kaleidoscopic world of The Arabian Nights. This breathtaking animated film tells the story of an Arabian prince, an evil sorcerer and a captured princess through shadow puppet techniques. Created in 1926 by a 23-year-old teacher in Germany, Prince Achmed is considered a masterpiece of early animated film. Recommended for children 7 and up.
The Saint Louis Art Museum is one of the nation's leading comprehensive art museums with collections that include works of art of exceptional quality from virtually every culture and time period. Areas of notable depth include Oceanic art, pre-Columbian art, ancient Chinese bronzes and European and American art of the late 19th and 20th centuries, with particular strengths in 20th-century German art.
The Art Museum offers a full range of exhibitions and educational programming generated independently and in collaboration with local, national and international partners. -- www.stlouis.art.museum
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