Of Masks and Mirrors

Erin Curran, 6, a 1st-grader from the Martha Jones School in Westwood, Mass., practices a wrathful roar while looking in a hand mirror after having her face painted inside the Museum of Comparative Zoology.

Inside the MCZ’s Romer Hall, Jill Podel, 5, of the Waldorf School on Lexington, enjoys a mask from Gabon, Central West Africa.

Ashlee Perry, 13, from the George A. Lewis Middle School in Roxbury, performs with the Fred Hayes Dance Group at the Peabody Museum.