Current Exhibits: Tutankhamun and Amarna in Philadelphia, PA

betterdaze

At the Franklin Institute:

Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharoahs

http://www.kingtut.org/home

At the University of Pennsylvania (about 2 miles from the Franklin Inst.)

Amarna: Ancient Egypt's Place in the Sun

http://www.museum.upenn.edu/new/exhibits/amarna/index.shtml

The Tutunkhamun exhibit leaves for London soon.

~Sue

Leolaia

How disappointing! I'm in Philadelphia the very next week after the exhibition ends! Gondangit!!

lonelysheep

I would love to go. It's been a while since I've been there. I've always been fascinated with ancient Egypt (as well as Rome & Greece).

FreeFromWTBS

I saw the exhibit. It was extremely well done. The exhibit is set up so well. They manage to get a large number people through it without feeling like you are straining to see or stuck in the crowd. Go for the headphones they are worth the extra money.

DevonMcBride

I saw the King Tut exhibit last March. It was fascinating.

If you come to Philly after the exhibit closes there are two other places I highly recommend visitinng. The Mutter Museum (http://www.collphyphil.org/mutter.asp) and Eastern State Penitentiary (http://www.easternstate.org/) .

betterdaze

Update:

Gifts for the Gods: Images from Egyptian Temples
October 16, 2007–February 18, 2008

At the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC.

http://www.metmuseum.org/special/se_event.asp?OccurrenceId={0485AAC4-D004-447C-834B-54E42638B47D}

lonleysheep and all, back in April the Met reopened their Greek and Roman galleries after a major reconstruction/ reinstallation:

http://www.metmuseum.org/special/se_event.asp?OccurrenceId={7C6FEDBD-B52B-4D98-861D-AC352C5C27FC}&HomePageLink=special_c3b

http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/installation_gr.asp

(Sorry I can't make these links clickable, perhaps one of the mods can step in and help).

Cheers to fellow museum mavens!

~Sue

nvrgnbk

I saw it.

But.

They didn't have the main sarcophogus on display.

The one they use to advertise it.

I felt disappointed about that.

frogit

Been to Cairo twice now and to Luxor five times, great place to visit. Trouble is there is too much to see!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/whosphoto/559539998/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/whosphoto/408897904/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/whosphoto/347651369/

Cairo fantastic place to visit, if you go get a good guide to show you around, as not all the stuff is labelled. Cameras are not allowed nowadays :-(.

frogit

dobbie

I went to Cairo museum once a along time ago, i've been fascinated by all things egypt ever since, on one of the digi channels this week they had a couple of days showing the archaeologists still finding mummies etc out there and how they tested them to find out who they were related to etc, amazing stuff.

I thought Tutankhamun's mask was the most beautiful thing i've ever seen i was only 15 but it made such an impression on me. Hmm think i'll go and drool over Brandon Fraser and watch The Mummy now!

Current Exhibits: Tutankhamun and Amarna in Philadelphia, PA

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