Egypt
Columbus Dispatch
- Exhibition: Tut In Toronto Drew More Than 400,000 Visitors
The Globe and Mail (Guy Dixon) King Tut still pulls them in, but not quite like 1979. The exhibit King Tut: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs, which is closing this week at Toronto’s Art Gallery of Ontario after a 24-week run, attracted more than...
- Exhibition: 'excavating Egypt' Shatters Art Museum Records
LexGo (Mary Meehan) With nearly 13,000 visitors, the exhibit Excavating Egypt buried previous attendance records at The Art Museum at the University of Kentucky and could help attract funding for other blockbuster exhibits. The exhibit, which ran March...
- Dallas Museum Of Art Attendance And Membership Soars To Historic Highs In 2008
Art Daily The Dallas Museum of Art reached historical highs in attendance and membership in 2008, thanks to the opening of a groundbreaking new education facility and ambitious schedule of major exhibitions and new programs. Museum attendance, which had...
- Coming Exhibits To Move Beyond The Traditional
The Columbus Dispatch From quilts to Chihuly glass, the next two years of exhibitions at the Columbus Museum of Art will be packed with fare that goes beyond traditional paintings and sculptures. A schedule extending through March 2010 has been crafted...
- Ticket Sales For Tutankhamun In Chicago
http://tinyurl.com/yxhfy6 (chicagotribune.com) "The boy king is still the man. With about six weeks to go before its Jan. 1 departure from Chicago's Field Museum, "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" seems to be surpassing the museum's...
Egypt
Exhibition: To Live Forever breaks attendance record
Columbus Dispatch
In the last week of presenting "To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures From the Brooklyn Museum," the Columbus Museum of Art broke its attendance record -- with 18,586 visitors for June 1-7.
The museum, at 480 E. Broad St., offered free admission to the exhibit Friday through Sunday, during the Columbus Arts Festival. Regular admission cost $5 to $10.
The previous attendance record was 17,345 -- set during the last week of "In Monet's Garden: The Lure of Giverny" in January 2008.
- Exhibition: Tut In Toronto Drew More Than 400,000 Visitors
The Globe and Mail (Guy Dixon) King Tut still pulls them in, but not quite like 1979. The exhibit King Tut: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs, which is closing this week at Toronto’s Art Gallery of Ontario after a 24-week run, attracted more than...
- Exhibition: 'excavating Egypt' Shatters Art Museum Records
LexGo (Mary Meehan) With nearly 13,000 visitors, the exhibit Excavating Egypt buried previous attendance records at The Art Museum at the University of Kentucky and could help attract funding for other blockbuster exhibits. The exhibit, which ran March...
- Dallas Museum Of Art Attendance And Membership Soars To Historic Highs In 2008
Art Daily The Dallas Museum of Art reached historical highs in attendance and membership in 2008, thanks to the opening of a groundbreaking new education facility and ambitious schedule of major exhibitions and new programs. Museum attendance, which had...
- Coming Exhibits To Move Beyond The Traditional
The Columbus Dispatch From quilts to Chihuly glass, the next two years of exhibitions at the Columbus Museum of Art will be packed with fare that goes beyond traditional paintings and sculptures. A schedule extending through March 2010 has been crafted...
- Ticket Sales For Tutankhamun In Chicago
http://tinyurl.com/yxhfy6 (chicagotribune.com) "The boy king is still the man. With about six weeks to go before its Jan. 1 departure from Chicago's Field Museum, "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" seems to be surpassing the museum's...