Egypt
- Exhibition: Cleopatra At The Franklin Institute
Art Daily With a lovely photo of a diver and a sphinx face to face. The world of Cleopatra, which has been lost to the sea and sand for nearly 2,000 years, will surface in a new exhibition, “Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt,” making...
- Exhibition: Tutankhamun In Indianapolis
Huliq Another story about the build-up to the move of the Golden Pharaohs to Indianapolis. Don't forget that if you are in London in August you have just one month to see the exhibition at the O2 in Greenwich. I shall be going along for one last visit...
- Exhibition: Opening Hours For Final Weekend Of Tutankhamun
Courier Post Online For anyone in a position to make a last mad dash to the exhibition in Philadelphia, the Franklin Institute has changed its opening hours for the final weekend, to meet an anticipated last-minute influx. The new opening hours will be...
- Franklin Museum Welcomes Millionth Ticket Holder To Tutankhamun
Huliq.com Just weeks after celebrating its one millionth visitor of 2007, The Franklin Institute sold the one millionth ticket for “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs," putting the museum on track to become the most successful venue on the...
- Latest Figures For Tutankhamun In Philadelphia
http://tinyurl.com/yqlpk5 (philly.com) "Franklin Institute officials are boosting their attendance forecast for the King Tut show halfway through its run at the science museum. The number of visitors now expected to see Tut before it packs up Sept. 30...
Egypt
Mellon Financial to sponsor Tutankhamn
http://tinyurl.com/ey4os (Business Wire)
"Mellon Financial Corporation has entered into an agreement with Los Angeles-based AEG Exhibitions, Arts and Exhibitions International, The Franklin Institute in Philadelphia and National Geographic, with cooperation from the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities, to become the Philadelphia sponsor for Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, the first U.S. tour of the treasures of Tutankhamun (King Tut) in 26 years. Arriving in Philadelphia after drawing millions of museum goers to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Museum of Art / Fort Lauderdale and The Field Museum in Chicago, the exhibition will open at The Franklin Institute, its fourth and final U.S. destination, on February 3, 2007 and run through September 30, 2007."
See full details in the above press release.
- Exhibition: Cleopatra At The Franklin Institute
Art Daily With a lovely photo of a diver and a sphinx face to face. The world of Cleopatra, which has been lost to the sea and sand for nearly 2,000 years, will surface in a new exhibition, “Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt,” making...
- Exhibition: Tutankhamun In Indianapolis
Huliq Another story about the build-up to the move of the Golden Pharaohs to Indianapolis. Don't forget that if you are in London in August you have just one month to see the exhibition at the O2 in Greenwich. I shall be going along for one last visit...
- Exhibition: Opening Hours For Final Weekend Of Tutankhamun
Courier Post Online For anyone in a position to make a last mad dash to the exhibition in Philadelphia, the Franklin Institute has changed its opening hours for the final weekend, to meet an anticipated last-minute influx. The new opening hours will be...
- Franklin Museum Welcomes Millionth Ticket Holder To Tutankhamun
Huliq.com Just weeks after celebrating its one millionth visitor of 2007, The Franklin Institute sold the one millionth ticket for “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs," putting the museum on track to become the most successful venue on the...
- Latest Figures For Tutankhamun In Philadelphia
http://tinyurl.com/yqlpk5 (philly.com) "Franklin Institute officials are boosting their attendance forecast for the King Tut show halfway through its run at the science museum. The number of visitors now expected to see Tut before it packs up Sept. 30...