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- Egyptian Galleries At Ashmolean To Close For Refurbishment
This Is Oxfordshire A £5m redevelopment at Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum to showcase the museum’s world famous collections from ancient Egypt has been given planning permission by Oxford City Council. Work will begin immediately to transform the Egyptian...
- Modern Science Reveals Secrets Of 2,500-year-old Mummy
Digital Journal A powerful image of the face of a 2,500-year-old Egyptian mummy at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art has been created by special agents/forensic artists from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), as unveiled...
- 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...
- Ethical Questions Haunt Museums’ Acquisition Of Antiquities
KansasCity.com (Steve Paul) When the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art announced last year that it had acquired a colorful, ancient Egyptian coffin, officials presented a small sheaf of paperwork affirming that all was on the up and up. This was no back-door,...
- Nelson Gallery Acquires Ancient Egyptian Funerary Display
Kansas City Star The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art has announced a prominent new resident. At 8 feet tall she could come to be known as a Wonder Woman, but don’t call her “Mummy Dearest.” The museum’s multimillion-dollar acquisition is a spectacular...
Egypt
Opening of Egyptian Galleries at the Nelson-Atkins
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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 coffin designed for an Egyptian noblewoman, Meretites.
The new galleries give viewers a panoramic look at works created by artists and craftsmen in the ancient civilizations of the Near East, Egypt, Greece and Rome. The Meretites collection, acquired by the Museum in 2007, will be featured at the entrance of the new galleries. Members of the press are invited for an exclusive preview of the new galleries at 10 a.m. Friday, April 30.
- Egyptian Galleries At Ashmolean To Close For Refurbishment
This Is Oxfordshire A £5m redevelopment at Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum to showcase the museum’s world famous collections from ancient Egypt has been given planning permission by Oxford City Council. Work will begin immediately to transform the Egyptian...
- Modern Science Reveals Secrets Of 2,500-year-old Mummy
Digital Journal A powerful image of the face of a 2,500-year-old Egyptian mummy at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art has been created by special agents/forensic artists from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), as unveiled...
- 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...
- Ethical Questions Haunt Museums’ Acquisition Of Antiquities
KansasCity.com (Steve Paul) When the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art announced last year that it had acquired a colorful, ancient Egyptian coffin, officials presented a small sheaf of paperwork affirming that all was on the up and up. This was no back-door,...
- Nelson Gallery Acquires Ancient Egyptian Funerary Display
Kansas City Star The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art has announced a prominent new resident. At 8 feet tall she could come to be known as a Wonder Woman, but don’t call her “Mummy Dearest.” The museum’s multimillion-dollar acquisition is a spectacular...