This seminar takes place in the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), using their significant collection of Greek vases. The course is co-taught with the ROM curator of antiquities, who will oversee the handling of and discussions about the vases, fragments, and their historiographical and iconographical studies. This course not only offers a rare opportunity for hands-on, object-based learning, it also provides instructions on writing for the museum, whether a catalogue entry, archival notes or labels. The course will also introduce students to theory, methodology, and historiography of vase painting scholarship, while using the ROM's collection as case studies for further research. Topics of exploration will include formalist subjects such as vase painting techniques, connoisseurship, and dating, as well as interpretative frameworks including archaeological and social contexts, aspects of daily lives, gender and sexuality, and mythological iconography. We will also be engaging in digital technology such as 3D reconstructions and photogrammetry of the objects. The format of the class will be an hour lecture, followed by discussion/hands-on investigations of vases and fragments, and a visit to the galleries where students will have chances to perform short presentations.