Egypt
Suite 101 (Stan Parchin)
- Met Museum Director Gets Going-away Exhibit
The Canadian Press When Philippe de Montebello announced his retirement earlier this year, the curators at the Metropolitan Museum of Art quickly came up with the perfect going-away gift for their long-serving director. An exhibit, of course. It was a...
- Four New Objects Added To Tutankhamun Exhibition
Suite 101 (Stan Parchin)A pectoral, bracelet and nested fetus coffins have joined "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" for the exhibition's encore tour of the United States. All four artifacts, found in the Treasury of the tomb of Egyptian...
- Thomas Campbell Named Met Museum's New Director
Suite 101 (Stan Parchin) Stan Parchin has provided a great introduction to the new Director of the MMA. Here's an extract but see the above page for the full story: Curator of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts at The Met, the world-renowned authority...
- Exhibition: Beyond Babylon
Suite 101 (Stan parchin) Thanks to Stan Parchin for sending me the above link. New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art is the sole venue for Beyond Babylon: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C. On view from November 18, 2008 to March...
- Exhibition: Extended Dates For Amarna, Ancient Egypt's Place In The Sun
Suite 101 (Stan Parchin) Thanks very much to Stan Parchin for emailing the hyperlink to the above page, where he has posted news that the Amarna exhibition at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology is to become a long...
Egypt
Exhibition: De Montebello Exhibit at The Met
Suite 101 (Stan Parchin)
Thanks to Stan for letting me know that in the above exhibition, for which details are provided on the above page, the Egyptian collection will be well represented:
Stan's page also provides a useful reminder that the tomb of Tutankhamun will be closing on May 1st 2008 for restoration work which is expected to last for a year.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York will present The Philippe de Montebello Years: Curators Celebrate Three Decades of Acquisitions from October 24, 2008 to February 1, 2009 in its second-floor Tisch Galleries.
Stan's page also provides a useful reminder that the tomb of Tutankhamun will be closing on May 1st 2008 for restoration work which is expected to last for a year.
- Met Museum Director Gets Going-away Exhibit
The Canadian Press When Philippe de Montebello announced his retirement earlier this year, the curators at the Metropolitan Museum of Art quickly came up with the perfect going-away gift for their long-serving director. An exhibit, of course. It was a...
- Four New Objects Added To Tutankhamun Exhibition
Suite 101 (Stan Parchin)A pectoral, bracelet and nested fetus coffins have joined "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" for the exhibition's encore tour of the United States. All four artifacts, found in the Treasury of the tomb of Egyptian...
- Thomas Campbell Named Met Museum's New Director
Suite 101 (Stan Parchin) Stan Parchin has provided a great introduction to the new Director of the MMA. Here's an extract but see the above page for the full story: Curator of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts at The Met, the world-renowned authority...
- Exhibition: Beyond Babylon
Suite 101 (Stan parchin) Thanks to Stan Parchin for sending me the above link. New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art is the sole venue for Beyond Babylon: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C. On view from November 18, 2008 to March...
- Exhibition: Extended Dates For Amarna, Ancient Egypt's Place In The Sun
Suite 101 (Stan Parchin) Thanks very much to Stan Parchin for emailing the hyperlink to the above page, where he has posted news that the Amarna exhibition at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology is to become a long...