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| Last update 21 September 2005 |
| EXHIBITIONS OF ART IN MUSEUMS |
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BOLTON BOLTON MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY (44) 1204 332 211 (www.boltonmuseums.org.uk) CAMBRIDGE THE FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM RE-OPENS. The museum reopened on 1 June 2004, revealing a series of new displays. Activities are planned (44) 1223 332841 (www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk). LONDON BRITISH MUSEUM 7000 YEARS OF CHINESE JADE: FROM THE COLLECTION OF SIR JOSEPH HOTUNG. A new long-term display illustrates the history of jade in ancient China from 5000 BC to the present day. BRITISH MUSEUM (44) 20 7323-8525 (www. british-museum.ac.uk). BRITISH MUSEUM ENLIGHTENMENT: DISCOVERING THE WORLD IN THE 18TH CENTURY. New gallery in the former King's Library featuring discoveries of the Enlightenment, exhibited in 18th century cabinets.. MUSEUM OF LONDON LONDON BEFORE LONDON. The 100,000 year period before the founding of London by the Romans in AD 50 is the subject of a new permanent gallery at the Museum of London. collections of prehistoric material, much of it recovered from the River Thames. (www.museumoflondon.org.uk). UNITED STATESATLANTA MICHAEL C. CARLOS MUSEUM THE ART OF THE ANCIENT AMERICAS. A selection of works from the museums collection of Mesoamerican, Central American, and Andean art. (1) 404 727-4282 (www.carlos.emory.edu). An ongoing exhibition. MICHAEL C. CARLOS MUSEUM THE ARTS OF INDIA AND THE HIMALAYAS: Stone and bronze sculptures from medieval India and its environs. (1) 404 727-4282 (www.carlos.emory.edu). An ongoing exhibition. BALTIMORE, WALTERS ART MUSEUM ART OF THE AMERICAS. An exhibition featuring objects loaned to the museum by the directors of the Austen-Stoker Ancient Americas Foundation. More than 120 objects represent the highlights of the foundations collection. Including Olmec, Maya, and Teotihuacan. (1) 410 5479000 (www.thewalters.org). Until 30 September 2012. WALTERS ART MUSEUM WONDROUS JOURNEYS: EGYPTIAN TOMBS TO MEDIEVAL LASTLES. Objects showing the customs, beliefs, and daily lives of ancient and medieval civilisations. (1) 410 547-9000 (www. thewalters.org). ongoing. BOSTON MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS Sculpture, reliefs, jewellery, and other antiquities (1) 404 733-4444 (www.high.org). MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS (1) 617 2679300 (www.mfa.org). BROOKLYN BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART EGYPT REBORN: ART FOR ETERNITY. The re-installation of one of North America's finest collections of ancient Egyptian works. New galleries show now twice as much objects as before. More than 600 works of Egyptian art dating from the Predynastic period to the reign of Amenhotep III can be seen. (1) 718 638-5000 (www. brooklynart.org). BRUNSWICK BOWDOIN COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART ART AND LIFE IN THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION. A collection of Greek, Roman, Cypriot, Egyptian, and Assyrian antiquities. (1) 207 725-3275 (www.academic.bowdoin.edu/artmus eum). ongoing. CAMBRIDGE ARTHUR M. SACKLER MUSEUM, HARVARD UNIVERSITY THE ART OF ANCIENT ROME. Exhibition of stone sculptures, bronzes, terracottas, and glass from the museums collection. (1) 617 495-9400 (www.artmuseums.harvard.edu). ongoing. MILWAUKEE MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM (1) 414 278-2700 (www. mpm.edu) MICHIGAN MUSEUM OF ART (1) 734 764-0395 (www.umich.edu/~umma) MINNEAPOLIS MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS (1) 612 870-3131. NEW YORK METROPOLITAN MUSEUM EGYPTIAN TOMBS AND GALLERIES REOPENED. The Old Kingdom tombs of Perneb and Raemkai have been architecturally reconfigured in order to closely resemble their original settings and five galleríes have been renovated. (1) 212 879-5500 (www.metmuseum.org) METROPOLITAN MUSEUM GLIMPSES OF THE SILK ROAD: CENTRAL ASLA IN THE FIRST MILLENNIUM AD. A new permanent installation featuring about 40 sculptures, paintings, ivory rhytons, metalwork, textiles, and stucco, primarily from the museums collections, produced by the Persians, Kushans, Sogdians, Chinese, and others, in an amalgam of differing influences. (1) 212 879-5500 (www.met museum.org). AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY (1) 212 769-5100 (www.amnh.org) PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY (1) 215 898-4000 (www.upenn.edu/museum) SAN ANTONIO SAN ANTONIO MUSEUM OF ART (1) 210 978-8100 (www.samuseum.org) SAN FRANCISCO ASIAN ART MUSEUM OF SAN FRANCISCO The museum reopened at the beginning of the year. (1) 415 379-8801 (www.asianart.org). SEATTLE SEATTLE ART MUSEUM Exhibition comparing ancient Egyptian gods to sub-Saharan masqueraders, (1) 206 654-3100 (www.seattleart museum.org). AUSTRIAVIENNA KUNSTHISTORISCHES MUSEUM Reopening of the collection of classical antiquities. (43) 152 5240 (www. khm.at). Reopened 17 December 2003. CANADACALGARY GLENBOW MUSEUM (1) 403 268-4100 (www.glenbow.org) MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS (1) 514 285-1600 (www.mmfa.qc.ca) QUEBEC MUSÉE DE L'AMÉRIQUE FRANAISE THE STEGE OF QUEBEC. THE STORY OF A SUNKEN SHIP. Reveals the history of the British attack on Quebec City in 1690, providïng an insight into the military and maritme life of the day as well as the methods and techniques of marine archaeology. (1) 418 692 2843 (mcq@mcq.org). Permanent. TORONTO ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM ANCIENT CYPRUS: A PREVIEW OF THE A.G. LEVENTIS GALLERY OF CYPRIOT ANTIQUITIES. This exhibition about 60 pieces are to be displayed within the A.G. Leventis Gallery of Cypriot Antiquities, a permanent space due to open in December 2005.(1) 416 586-8000. Ongoing. DENMARKCOPENHAGEN CARLSBERG GLYPTOTEK MUSEUM Very impressive vast collection of Egyptian Antiquities (45) 33 41 81 41 (www. glyptotek.dk) DANISH NATIONAL MUSEUM (45) 331 3 4411 (www.natmus.dk) DANISH NATIONAL MUSEUM ANCIENT CYPRUS AT THE DANISH NATIONAL MUSEUM: THE A. G. LEVENTIS GALLERY. Permanent display of ancient Cypriot art dating from 2500 BC into the Iron Age. (45) 3313 4411 (www.natmus.dk). EGYPTCAIRO THE EGYPTIAN MUSEUM THE ROYAL MUMMIES. Eleven pharaonic mummies, including Ramesses II, are on permanent exhibition. (20) 2 575- 7035. THE EGYPTIAN MUSEUM (20) 2 5757035 FRANCEAMIENS MUSEE DE PICARDIE (33) 332 97 14 00 MONTROZIER MUSEE ARCHEOLOGIQUE DU ROUERGUE (33) 565 70 75 00 PARIS MUSEE DU LOUVRE Vast collection of Ancient Near East, Egypt, Rome, the medieval West and the Islamic world and many other works of art through the ages and cultures. (33) 1 40 20 53 17 (www.louvre.org) QUINSON MUSEE DE PREHISTOIRE DES GORGES DU VERDON (33) 492 74 09 69 GERMANYBERLIN PERGAMONMUSEUM (49) 30 2090 5555 ERBACH DEUTSCHES ELFENBEIN MUSEUM DISCOVERY AND MYTHS: THE TOMB OF TUTANKHAMUN. (49) 6062-6464 (www.hessennet.de/erbach/kuitur). An ongoing exhibition. HILDESHEIM ROEMERUND PELIZAEUS-MUSEUM ANCIENT PERU: CULTURE IN THE KINGDOM OF THE INCAS. (49) 5121 93 690 (www.roemer-pelizaeusmuseum. de). An ongoing exhibition. ROEMER-UNDPELIZAEUS-MUSEUM EGYPT 5OOO YEARS OF HISTORY AND CULTURE OF THE PHARAONIC KINGDOMS. The egyptian collection of the museum reopened. (49) 5121 93 690 (www.roemer-pelizaeus-museum.de). KASSEL ANTIKENSAMMLUNG, STAATLICHE MUSEEN KASSEL REOPENING OF THE ANCIENT ART COLLECTION. The newly renovated rooms include celebrated sculpture, such as the Kassel Apollo. (49) 561 71543 (www,kassel.de/kultur). MAINZ ROEMISCH-GERMANISCHES ZENTRALMUSEUM EARLY MIDDLE AGES. Permanent exhibition with over 2200 objects. (49) 613 1232-231. MUNICH STAATLICHE ANTIKENSAMMLUNG REOPENING OF THE ANTIKENSAMMLUNG. After three years, the galleries of this museum have reopened (49) 89 598 359. IRELANDDUBLIN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND ANCIENT EGYPT. Recently opened permanent display of Egyptian antiquities. (353) 1 677-7444 (www.museum.ie). Ongoing. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND: ARCHAEOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS. The museum's collections are now displayed in individual galleries, including The Treasury, featuring Celtic and medieval art, Ireland's Gold, Prehistoric ireland, and Viking Age beland. (353) 1 677-7444 (www.museum.ie). Ongoing. |
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