Egypt
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- Oxford's Ashmolean Museum Improving Its Egyptian Galleries
Gadling (Sean McLachlan) The famous Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology in Oxford, England, reopened in 2009 after a £61 million ($101 million) makeover. The redesigned space is more open and airy, with more natural light and windows between exhibitions....
- Islamic Museum Opens
Google / AFP The Egyptian capital's Museum of Islamic Art -- the world's largest -- was officially reopened by President Hosni Mubarak on Saturday after an eight-year restoration project. However the public will still have to wait another two...
- 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...
- New York Museum Opens Greek And Roman Galleries
http://www.showbuzz.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/24/style_living/main2723065.shtmlAs Kat pointed out when she sent me this link, this is only loosely connected to Ancient Egypt, but it is a very quiet day on the news front, and I think that it may be of...
Egypt
Ohio Art Museum expansion
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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 in an eight-year, $350 million expansion and renovation that began in 2005.
The museum's iconic 1916 neoclassical building holds items spanning 5,000 years. The galleries highlighting art from ancient Greece to the Medieval era surround those with Egyptian and African art.
- Oxford's Ashmolean Museum Improving Its Egyptian Galleries
Gadling (Sean McLachlan) The famous Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology in Oxford, England, reopened in 2009 after a £61 million ($101 million) makeover. The redesigned space is more open and airy, with more natural light and windows between exhibitions....
- Islamic Museum Opens
Google / AFP The Egyptian capital's Museum of Islamic Art -- the world's largest -- was officially reopened by President Hosni Mubarak on Saturday after an eight-year restoration project. However the public will still have to wait another two...
- 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...
- New York Museum Opens Greek And Roman Galleries
http://www.showbuzz.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/24/style_living/main2723065.shtmlAs Kat pointed out when she sent me this link, this is only loosely connected to Ancient Egypt, but it is a very quiet day on the news front, and I think that it may be of...