Egypt
News Herald (Janet Podolak)
- Ashmolean Egyptian Galleries Re-open, Refurbished
ArtInfo Oxford University's Ashmolean Museum has just opened a new chapter in the distant past, unveiling its new galleries dedicated to Ancient Egypt and Nubia. This £5 million ($7.7 million) refurbishment has allowed the re-housing of 40,000 artifacts...
- Rochester (u.s.) Gallery Puts Egyptian Items On Display
The Daily News Online Two new galleries showcasing the Memorial Art Gallery's ancient art collections opened in late 2009 as part of a renovation and reinstallation of the museum's second-floor galleries. The changes were made possible by one...
- Ohio Art Museum Expansion
npr With photos. The Cleveland Museum of Art has given some of its prized treasures more elbow room to show off. Galleries housing Egyptian, Greek, Roman, early Christian, Byzantine and African art open Saturday. The new space marks another milestone...
- Opening Of Egyptian Galleries At The Nelson-atkins
InfoZine A spectacular 2,300-year-old collection of funerary objects from an Egyptian tomb will be the centerpiece of new Egyptian galleries that open May 8 at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Among the objects is an elaborately decorated, 7-foot inner...
- Museum: Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York
Art Daily Two new galleries showcasing the Memorial Art Gallery’s ancient art collections will open December 16. Renovation and reinstallation of the second-floor galleries, which began this summer, was made possible by one of the largest gifts in Gallery...
Egypt
Cleveland Museum of Art galleries welcome back ancient collections
News Herald (Janet Podolak)
Works from the ancient Near East, Greece, Rome, Egypt and Africa are now in place in 17 recently opened galleries, renovated on the first floor of the Museum's original 1916 Beaux Arts building.
It's all part of the museum's eight-year, $350 million renovation and reconstruction, and this recent opening marks the halfway point for the project. . . .
For the first time, the museum's sub-Saharan African collections, many of which date from the 1800s and later, are displayed in spaces contiguous to the galleries of ancient Egypt to emphasize the regional proximity. Surrounding galleries are connected by larger cultural and historical arcs so visitors may move from the burgeoning civilizations of the ancient Near East to the seafaring cultures of the Greek world and the rise of the Roman Empire, which adopted and reinvented the artists and religious traditions of its predecessors.
That reinvention of the past is made especially apparent with the state of the art non-reflective glass used to frame exhibits, which appear to be floating within their cases. Many of the display cases are freestanding, instead of against a wall, so the visitor can look through the display to see what is behind it.
- Ashmolean Egyptian Galleries Re-open, Refurbished
ArtInfo Oxford University's Ashmolean Museum has just opened a new chapter in the distant past, unveiling its new galleries dedicated to Ancient Egypt and Nubia. This £5 million ($7.7 million) refurbishment has allowed the re-housing of 40,000 artifacts...
- Rochester (u.s.) Gallery Puts Egyptian Items On Display
The Daily News Online Two new galleries showcasing the Memorial Art Gallery's ancient art collections opened in late 2009 as part of a renovation and reinstallation of the museum's second-floor galleries. The changes were made possible by one...
- Ohio Art Museum Expansion
npr With photos. The Cleveland Museum of Art has given some of its prized treasures more elbow room to show off. Galleries housing Egyptian, Greek, Roman, early Christian, Byzantine and African art open Saturday. The new space marks another milestone...
- Opening Of Egyptian Galleries At The Nelson-atkins
InfoZine A spectacular 2,300-year-old collection of funerary objects from an Egyptian tomb will be the centerpiece of new Egyptian galleries that open May 8 at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Among the objects is an elaborately decorated, 7-foot inner...
- Museum: Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York
Art Daily Two new galleries showcasing the Memorial Art Gallery’s ancient art collections will open December 16. Renovation and reinstallation of the second-floor galleries, which began this summer, was made possible by one of the largest gifts in Gallery...