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The Smithsonian described the exhibit as one of the initial "blockbuster exhibits" which sparked the museum community's interest in such exhibitions. [15] After the six U.S. tour locations were named, San Francisco citizens bombarded the Mayor's Office with inquiries as to why the tour was not coming there.
Allan Tannenbaum/GettyNov. 4, 2022, marks the 100th anniversary of the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb, and soon the world will be inundated with Tut mania: books, TV programs, museum ...
In 1965, the Tutankhamun exhibit traveled to Tokyo National Museum in Tokyo, Japan (21 August–10 October) [165] where it garnered more visitors than the future New York exhibit in 1979. The exhibit next moved to the Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art in Kyoto (15 October–28 November) [ 165 ] with almost 1.75 million visitors, and then to the ...
Tutankhamun was the 13th pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of the New Kingdom and ruled for about a decade c. 1355–1346 BCE. A majority of his reign was devoted to restoring Egyptian culture, including religious and political policies; his predecessor and father Akhenaten had altered many Egyptian cultural aspects during his reign, and one of Tutankhamun's many restoration policies included ...
The Field Museum was one of six institutions in the United States chosen to host an incredible traveling exhibition in 1977. Its 55 objects once belonged to the young King Tutankhamun whose tomb ...
A new digital art experience by the National Geographic Society brings King Tut's story to life in an accessible, immersive way. 'Beyond King Tut' is the new, immersive art experience bringing the ...
Many exhibitions of replicas have also taken place, beginning with a set made for the British Empire Exhibition in 1924. [130] Beginning in 2011, the objects from the tomb were gradually transferred to the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza. [131] Upon its opening, the museum is planned to display all the tomb's artefacts. [132]
Relieved from its 3,000-year duty of guarding the door, a 6-foot-tall statue of King Tutankhamen, made of wood and covered in gold, also came from the tomb, photos from the museum show.