Tutankhamun final weekend
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Tutankhamun final weekend


http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060419/law074.html?.v=50
Press release announcing extended opening hours for the Tutankhamun exhibition at Fort Lauderdale: "The touring exhibition, Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs will extend its hours of operation at the Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale to be open around-the-clock for the final weekend, beginning Saturday, April 22, at 9 a.m., until the sale of the final ticket on Sunday, April 23, at 10 p.m. Tickets for the extended hours, as well as tickets for normal operating hours, are currently available . . . . With more than 640,000 tickets sold since the exhibition opened on Dec. 15, 2005, Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs has become the most popular exhibition in MoA FL's history."

Also on the subject of the exhibition at the Museum of Art at Fort Lauderdale, an update re the federal lawsuit taken out by a group of blind and disabled individuals who sued the museum:
http://tinyurl.com/hf8qw (Sun Sentinel)
"In response to a federal lawsuit, the Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art has made its popular King Tut exhibit more accessible to blind, deaf and physically disabled visitors."




- 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...

- Tutankhamun - Fort Lauderdale Ticket Sales
http://southflorida.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2006/01/23/daily30.html The Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale has seen its previous ticket sale records broken, with more than one third of visitors coming from out of town. Demand to see the exhibit...

- Hawass In Fort Lauderdale
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/777/he1.htm Zahi Hawass on how much enthusiam has greeted the Tutankhamun exhibition in Fort Lauderdale: "I recently returned from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, after attending the opening of the Pharaoh's golden exhibition...

- Tutankhamun Ticket Sales
http://www2.sbsun.com/living/ci_3128656 This item predicts a surge in ticket sales before the closure of the Tutankhamun exhibit before it moves to Fort Lauderdale. The second item looks at ticket sales for the upcoming Fort Lauderdale visit: http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12934141.htm...

- Tutmania In South Florida
http://tinyurl.com/9h7lwAn entertaining look at the region's response to the upcoming Tutankhamun exhibition in South Florida, for which tickets go on sale in late October: "King Tut fever has struck. And soon it will be hard to avoid. At Trina, the...



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