Current and Upcoming Museum Exhibitions

The Americas

Canada

Mon sosie a 2000 ans
(My 2,000-Year-Old Double)

24 October 2018–12 May 2019
Musée de la Civilisation
Quebec City, Quebec

Curator: Sylvie Toupin

For more information: www.mcq.org/en/exposition?id=481105

Fayum Mummy Portraits

Opens 18 May 2019
Royal Ontario Museum
Toronto, Ontario

Curator: Paul Denis

For more information: www.rom.on.ca/en/exhibitions-galleries/exhibitions/fayum-mummy-portraits

Momies Égyptiennes, passé retrouvé, mystères dévoilés
(Egyptian Mummies. Exploring Ancient Lives)

7 September 2019–2 February 2020
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Montreal, Quebec

For more information: www.mbam.qc.ca/en/exhibitions/upcoming/egyptian-mummies/

Mexico

Belleza y virtud. Coleccionismo inglés de arte clásico. Siglo xviii
(Beauty and virtue. English collecting of classic art. The 18th century)

21 December 2018–28 April 2019
Museo Nacional de Antropología
Mexico City

Curator: Karina Romero

For more information: mna.inah.gob.mx/exposiciones_temporales_detalle.php?pl=Belleza_y_virtud_Coleccionismo_ingles_de_arte_clasico

United States

Black Classicists | Fifteen Portraits

1 March 2018–Spring 2019
Center for Hellenic Studies
Washington, D.C.

Curator: Michele Valerie Ronnick

For more information: chs.harvard.edu/CHS/article/display/6786?menuId=242

The Future of the Past: Mummies and Medicine

14 May 2016–14 April 2019
Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Curator: Renee Dreyfus

For more information: legionofhonor.famsf.org/future-past-mummies-and-medicine

Egypt’s Sunken Cities

4 November 2018–14 April 2019
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Curator: Jan-Lodewijk Grootaers

For more information: new.artsmia.org/egypts-sunken-cities

Pompeii

6 October 2018–21 April 2019
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum
Sima Valley, California

For more information: www.reaganfoundation.org/library-museum/special-exhibits/pompeii/

MONUMENTality

4 December 2018–21 April 2019
J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center
Los Angeles, California

Curators: Frances Terpak, Maristella Casciato, and Katherine Rochester

For more information: www.getty.edu/research/exhibitions_events/exhibitions/monumentality/

Mummies

16 March 2018–28 April 2019
The Field Museum
Chicago, Illinois

For more information: www.fieldmuseum.org/at-the-field/exhibitions/mummies

Monumental Journey: Daguerreotypes of Girault de Prangey

30 January 2019–12 May 2019
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, New York

Curator: Stephen Pinson

Catalogue: Pinson, Stephen, ed. Monumental Journey: Daguerreotypes of Girault de Prangey. Pp. 252. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 2019. $37.79 ISBN 978-1588396631 (cloth).

For more information: www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2019/monumental-journey-girault-de-prangey-daguerreotypes

Our Dark Material: Rediscovering an Egyptian Collection

4 June 2018–16 May 2019
Stanford Archaeology Center
Stanford, California

For more information: events.stanford.edu/events/785/78589/

Ancient Color

8 February 2019–26 May 2019
Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Curators: Catherine Person and Caroline Roberts

For more information: lsa.umich.edu/kelsey/exhibitions/special-exhibitions.html

Palmyra: Loss and Remembrance

18 April 2018–27 May 2019
J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa
Pacific Palisades, California

Curators: Kenneth Lapatin, Rubina Raja, and Anne Marie Neilsen

For more information: www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/palmyra_sculpture/

Jerusalem and Rome: Cultures in Context in the First Century CE

24 June 2018–2 June 2019
Museum of the Bible
Washington, D.C.

For more information: www.museumofthebible.org/exhibits/jerusalem-and-rome

Material Resources: Intersections of Art and the Environment

6 December 2018–2 June 2019
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Brunswick, Maine

Curator: Honor Wilkinson

For more information: www.bowdoin.edu/art-museum/exhibitions/2018/art-environment.html#0

Hymn to Apollo: The Ancient World and the Ballets Russes

6 March 2019–2 June 2019
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
New York, New York

Curator: Clare Fitzgerald

Catalogue: Fitzgerald, Clare, ed. Hymn to Apollo: The Ancient World and the Ballets Russes. Pp. 144. Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2019. $35. ISBN 978-0691193281 (cloth).

For more information: isaw.nyu.edu/exhibitions/ballets-russes

The World between Empires: Art and Identity in the Ancient Middle East

18 March 2019–23 June 2019
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, New York

Curators: Blair Fowlkes-Childs and Michael Seymour

Catalogue: Fowlkes-Childs, Blair, and Michael Seymour. The World between Empires: Art and Identity in the Ancient Middle East. Pp. 368. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 2019. $65. ISBN 978-1588396839 (cloth).

For more information: www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2019/world-between-empires-art-and-identity-ancient-middle-east

A View from the Jeweler’s Bench: Ancient Treasures, Contemporary Statements

14 February 2019–7 July 2019
Bard Graduate Gallery
New York, New York

Curator: Sasha Nixon

For more information: www.bgc.bard.edu/gallery/exhibitions/91/a-view-from-the-jewelers

Striking Power: Iconoclasm in Ancient Egypt

22 March 2019–11 August 2019
Pulitzer Arts Foundation
Saint Louis, Missouri

Curators: Edward Bleiberg and Stephanie Weissberg

For more information: pulitzerarts.org/exhibition/striking-power/

Egypt. The Time of Pharaohs

15 February 2019–18 August 2019
Cincinnati Museum Center
Cincinnati, Ohio

For more information: www.cincymuseum.org/egypt/

A Glimpse of Ancient Yemen

18 August 2018–18 August 2019
Freer|Sackler Gallery
Washington, D.C.

For more information: www.freersackler.si.edu/exhibition/a-glimpse-of-ancient-yemen/

Ancient and Modern Glass from the Permanent Collection

23 March 2019–18 August 2019
Tampa Museum of Art
Tampa, Florida

For more information: tampamuseum.org/current-exhibitions/

Ancient Egypt: From Discovery to Display

Opened 23 February 2018
Penn Museum
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

For more information: www.penn.museum/exhibitions/galleries-and-exhibitions/ancient-egypt

Queens of Egypt

1 March 2019–2 September 2019
National Geographic Museum
Washington, D.C.

Curator: Fred Hiebert

For more information: www.nationalgeographic.org/events/exhibition/queens-egypt/

Shaping Clay in Ancient Iran

8 September 2018–September 2019
Freer|Sackler Gallery
Washington, D.C.

For more information: www.freersackler.si.edu/exhibition/shaping-clay-in-ancient-iran/

Legacy: Selections from the Gillett G. Griffin Collection

20 July 2019–6 October 2019
Princeton University Art Museum
Princeton, New Jersey

For more information: artmuseum.princeton.edu/art/exhibitions/3584

In the Round: Ancient Art from All Sides

23 August 2018–13 October 2019
Bowdoin Art Museum
Brunswick, Maine

Curator: James Higginbotham

For more information: www.bowdoin.edu/art-museum/exhibitions/2018/in-the-round-ancient.shtml

Buried by Vesuvius: Treasures from the Villa dei Papiri

26 June 2019–28 October 2019
J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa
Pacific Palisades, California

Curator: Kenneth Lapatin

Catalogue: Lapatin, Kenneth, ed. Vesuvius: Treasures from the Villa dei Papiri. Pp. 296. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles 2019. $65. ISBN 978-1606065921 (cloth).

For more information: news.getty.edu/exhibition-calendar/

Who Am I? Remembering the Dead through Facial Reconstruction

26 April 2018–31 December 2019
John Hopkins Archaeological Museum
Baltimore, Maryland

Curators: Margaret Swaney and Sanchita Balachandran

For more information: archaeologicalmuseum.jhu.edu/the-collection/object-stories/who-am-i-remembering-the-dead-through-facial-reconstruction/

Graffiti as Devotion along the Nile

23 August 2019–5 January 2020
Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Curators: Geoff Emberling and Suzanne Davis

For more information: sa.umich.edu/kelsey/exhibitions/special-exhibitions/upcoming.html

What in the World Is a Grain Mummy?

20 July 2019–8 January 2020
North Carolina Museum of Art
Raleigh, North Carolina

Curator: Caroline Rocheleau

For more information: ncartmuseum.org/exhibitions/view/39557

Ancient Nubia

13 October 2019–20 January 2020
Museum of Fine Arts
Boston, Massachusetts

For more information: www.mfa.org/news/advance-exhibition-schedule#Nubia

Kelsey Contemporaries: Randal Stegmeyer

7 February 2020–26 July 2020
Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Curators: Terry Wilfong and Randal Stegmeyer

For more information: lsa.umich.edu/kelsey/exhibitions/special-exhibitions/upcoming.html

Mesopotamia

18 March 2020–27 July 2022
J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa
Pacific Palisades, California

For more information: news.getty.edu/exhibition-calendar/

Assyria: Palace Art of Ancient Iraq

2 October 2019–6 September 2022
J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa
Pacific Palisades, California

For more information: news.getty.edu/exhibition-calendar/

Europe, The United Kingdom, and Russia

Austria

Spitzmaus Mummy in a Coffin and Other Treasures 

6 November 2018–28 April 2019
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Vienna

Curators: Wes Anderson and Juman Malouf

Catalogue: Anderson, Wes, and Juman Malouf. Spitzmaus Mummy in a Coffin and Other Treasures. Pp. 176. Walther König, Cologne 2018. $52.75. ISBN 978-2757214800 (cloth).

For more information: www.khm.at/en/visit/exhibitions/wesandersonandjumanmalouf2018/

Denmark

Vejen til Palmyra
(The Road to Palmyra)

20 September 2019–1 March 2020
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Copenhagen

For more information: www.glyptoteket.com/exhibition/the-road-to-palmyra/

France

L'armée de Rome: la puissance et la gloire
(Rome’s Army, Power and Glory)

15 December 2018–22 April 2019
Musée départemental Arles antique
Arles

Curator: Katia Schörle

Catalogue: Schörle, Katia, ed. L'armée de Rome: la puissance et la gloire. Pp. 300. Silvana Editoriale, Milan 2019. €30. ISBN 978-8836637478 (paper).

For more information: www.arles-antique.cg13.fr/mdaa_cg13/root/armeerome_engl.html

Le Temps des Collections VII: Belles d’Égypte
(Collections’ Time, 7th Edition: Beauties from Egypt)

7 December 2018–19 May 2019
Musée des Antiquités
Rouen

Catalogue: Amic, Sylvain, ed. Le temps des collections VII - Fashion! Mode et textiles dans les musées métropolitains. Pp. 192. Silvana, Paris 2019. €19,50. ISBN 978-8836640164 (paper).

For more information: museedesantiquites.fr/en/expositions/collections-time-7th-edition-beauties-from-egypt

L’Archéologie en bulles
(Archaeology Goes Graphic)

26 September 2018–1 July 2019
Musée du Louvre
Paris

Curators: Jean-Luc Martinez and Fabrice Douar

Catalogue: Martinex, Jean-Luc. L'Archéologie en bulles - Petite Galerie - Musee du Louvre. Pp. 192. Le Seuil, Paris 2018. €29. ISBN 978-2021395662 (cloth).

For more information: www.louvre.fr/en/expositions/archaeology-goes-graphic

Homère
(Homer)

27 March 2019–22 July 2019
Le Louvre-Lens
Lens

Curators: Alexandre Farnoux, Alain Jaubert, Luc Piralla, and Vincent Pomarède

For more information:  www.louvre.fr/expositions/homere

Royaumes oubliés. De l’empire hittite aux Araméens
(Forgotten Kingdoms. From the Hittite Empire to the Arameans)

2 May 2019–12 August 2019
Musée du Louvre
Paris

Curator: Vincent Blanchard

For more information: www.louvre.fr/expositions/royaumes-oubliesde-l-empire-hittite-aux-arameens

Toutânkhamon. Le Trésor du Pharaon
(Tutankhamun. The Pharaoh's Treasure)

23 March 2019–15 September 2019
Grande Halle de La Villette
Paris

For more information: lavillette.com/programmation/toutankhamon_e185

Bling-Bling! Le verre gaulois s’affiche!
(Bling-Bling! Gaulish glass on display!)

6 April 2019–22 September 2019
MuséoParc Alésia
Alise-Sainte-Reine

For more information: www.alesia.com/exposition

L'art et la matière. Prière de toucher
(Art and Matter. Prayer through touch)

13 April 2019–22 September 2019
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon
Lyon

For more information: www.mba-lyon.fr/mba/sections/fr/expositions-musee/prochaines-expos/priere-de-toucher

Germany

Welcome to Jerusalem

11 December 2017–30 April 2019
Jüdisches Museum Berlin
Berlin

Curators: Margret Kampmeyer and Cilly Kugelmann

For more information: www.museumsportal-berlin.de/en/exhibitions/welcome-to-jerusalem/

Europa in Bewegung. Lebenswelten im frühen Mittelalter
(Europe on the Move. A Journey through the Early Middle Ages)

15 November 2018–12 May 2019
LVR–LandesMuseum
Bonn

Catalogue: LVR-Landesmuseum. Europa in Bewegung: Lebenswelten im frühen Mittelalter. Pp. 208. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 2018. €29.95. ISBN 978-3806238280 (cloth).

For more information: landesmuseum-bonn.lvr.de//en/ausstellungen/europa_in_bewegung/standardseite_11.html#trigger

Pergamon. Meisterwerke der antiken Metropole und 360°-Panorama von Yadegar Asisi
(Pergamon. Masterpieces from the Ancient Metropolis with a 360° Panorama by Yadegar Asisi)

Opened 17 November 2018
Pergamonmuseum
Berlin

Catalogue: Scholl, Andreas, and Agnes Schwarzmaier, eds. Pergamon - Meisterwerke der antiken Metropole und 360°-Panorama von Yadegar Asisi. Pp. 320. Imhof Verlag, Petersberg. €39,95. ISBN 978-3-7319-0793-0 (cloth).

For more information: www.museumsportal-berlin.de/de/ausstellungen/pergamon-meisterwerke-der-antiken-metropole-und-360-panorama-von-yadegar-asisi/

Kulturlandschaft Syrien. Bewahren und Archivieren in Zeiten des Krieges
(The Cultural Landscape of Syria. Preservation and Archiving in Times of War)

28 February 2019–26 May 2019
Pergamonmuseum
Berlin

For more information: www.smb.museum/en/exhibitions/detail/cultural-landscape-syria.html

Mykene. Die sagenhafte Welt des Agamemnon
(Mycenae. The Legendary World of Agamemnon)

1 December 2018–2 June 2019
Badisches Landesmuseum
Karlsruhe

Curators: Katarina Horst and Bernhard Steinmann

Catalogue: Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe. Mykene. Die sagenhafte Welt des Agamemnon. Pp. 400. Philipp von Zabern, Munich 2018. €39.95. ISBN 978-3805351799 (cloth).

For more information: www.landesmuseum.de/website/English/Temporary_exhibitions_in_Karlsruhe/Current/Mycenae_-_The_Legendary_World_of_Agamemnon.htm

Glanzlichter – Wolfgang Skoluda im Dialog mit der Antike
(Wolfgang Skoluda in Dialogue with Antiquity)

13 March 2019–10 June 2019
Staatlichen Antikensammlungen
Munich

For more information: www.antike-am-koenigsplatz.mwn.de/en/ancient-masterpieces/sonderausstellungen/glanzlichter.html

Spuren der NS-Verfolgung. Provenienzforschung in den kulturhistorischen Sammlungen der Landeshauptstadt Hannover 
(Traces of Nazi Persecution. Provenance research in the cultural and historical collections of the state capital Hannover)

6 December 2018–29 September 2019
Museum August Kestner
Hannover

For more information: www.hannover.de/Museum-August-Kestner/Sonderausstellungen/Spuren-der-NS-Verfolgung

Valentinian I. und die Pfalz in der Spätantike
(Valentinian I and the Palatinate in Late Antiquity)

16 September 2019–11 August 2019
Historisches Museum der Pfalz Speyer
Speyer

Catalogue: Schubert, Alexander, Axel von Berg, and Ulrich Himmelmann, eds. Valentinian I. und die Pfalz in der Spätantike. Pp. 136. Verlag Regionalkultur, Ubstadt Weiher 2018. €19,95. ISBN 978-3955051167 (cloth).

For more information: museum.speyer.de/en/preview/valentinian/

Saxones: eine neue geschichte der alten Sachsen
(Saxones: a new story of the old saxony) 

5 April 2019–18 August 2019
Landesmuseum Hannover - Das WeltenMuseum
Hannover

For more information: www.landesmuseum-hannover.de/en/ausstellungen/saxones/

Cinderella, Sindbad & Sinuhe: Arabisch-deutsche Erzähltraditionen
(Cinderella, Sindbad & Sinuhe: Arabic-German storytelling traditions)

18 April 2019–18 August 2019
Neues Museum
Berlin

For more information: www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/neues-museum/exhibitions/detail/cinderella-sindbad-sinuhe.html

Patara. Lykiens Tor zur römischen Welt
(Patara. Lycia’s gate to the Roman world)

14 April 2019–1 September 2019
Winckelmann-Museum
Stendal

For more information: www.winckelmann-gesellschaft.com/news/2019/03/8/patara_lykiens_tor_zur_roemischen_welt/

Die Krone von Kertsch: Schätze aus Europas Frühzeit
(The Crown of Kerch: Treasures from the Dawn of European History) 

19 October 2017–29 September 2019
Neues Museum
Berlin

For more information: www.smb.museum/en/exhibitions/detail/the-crown-of-kerch.html

150 Jahre Münzkabinett. Münzen, Medaillen, Menschen
(The Münzkabinett Turns 150. Coins, Medals and People)

23 November 2018–27 October 2019
Bode-Museum
Berlin

For more information: www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/bode-museum/exhibitions/detail/150-jahre-muenzkabinett.html

Spot an! Szenen einer römischen Stadt
(Spot on! Spotlight on a Roman City)

31 August 2019–26 January 2020
Rheinisches Landesmuseum
Trier

For more information: www.landesmuseum-trier.de/en/home/sonderausstellung/spot-an.html

Starke Typen. Griechische Porträts der Antike
(Strong Figures. Greek Portraits from Antiquity)

19 June 2019–2 February 2020
Altes Museum
Berlin

For more information: www.smb.museum/en/exhibitions/detail/strong-figures-greek-portraits-from-antiquity.html

Der Babel-Bibel-Streit
(The Babel Bible Dispute)

5 November 2019–28 March 2020
Pergamonmuseum
Berlin

For more information: www.smb.museum/ausstellungen/detail/der-babel-bibel-streit.html

Der Untergang des römischen Reiches
(The Fall of the Roman Empire)

25 June 2019–27 November 2022
Rheinisches Landesmuseum
Trier

For more information: www.landesmuseum-trier.de/en/home/sonderausstellung/untergang.html

Greece

Κρήτη. Τρεις αρχαίες πόλεις ζωντανεύουν: Απτέρα • Ελεύθερνα • Κνωσός
(Crete. Emerging cities: Aptera • Eleftherna • Knossos)

12 December 2018–30 April 2019
Museum of Cycladic Art
Athens

For more information: cycladic.gr/en/page/kriti-anadiomenes-polis-aptera-eleutherna-knosos

Οι Δρόμοι της Αραβίας. Αρχαιολογικοί Θησαυροί από την Σαουδική Αραβία
(Roads of Arabia: Archaeological Treasures from Saudi Arabia)

21 March 2019–26 May 2019
Benaki Museum
Athens

For more information: www.benaki.gr/index.php?option=com_events&view=event&type=&id=5906&Itemid=559&lang=en

Από τα Μακεδονικά στα Θεσσαλικά Τέμπη: από τη Ρεντίνα στη Βελίκα
(From Macedonian to Thessalian Tempi: from Rentina to Velika)

21 December 2018–31 May 2019
Museum of Byzantine Culture
Thessaloniki

For more information: www.mbp.gr/en/exhibitions/“-macedonian-thessalian-tempi-rentina-velika"

SIGHT | ANTONY GORMLEY ΣΤΗ ΔΗΛΟ
(Sight | Antony Gormley on the Island of Delos)

2 May 2019–31 October 2019
Archaeological site & museum of Delos island
Delos

Curators: Iwona Blazwick and Elina Kountouri

For more information: neon.org.gr/en/exhibition/sight-antony-gormley-delos-island/

Αντιγράφοντας (σ)το παρελθόν: Ιστορίες Αντιγραφής και Έμπνευσης
(Copying (in) the Past: Imitation & Inspiration Stories)

25 November 2018–24 November 2019
Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki

For more information: www.amth.gr/en/exhibitions/temporary/copying-past-imitation-inspiration-stories

Οι αμέτρητες όψεις του Ωραίου
(The Countless Aspects of Beauty)

26 May 2018–31 December 2019
National Archaeological Museum
Athens

For more information: www.namuseum.gr/en/periodic_exhibition/oi-ametrites-opseis-toy-oraioy-2/

Italy

Il classico si fa pop. Di scavi, copie e altri pasticci
(The Classic Becomes Pop. Excavations, copies, and other messes)

14 December 2018–7 April 2019
Museo Nazionale Romano, Palazzo Massimo, and Crypta Balbi 
Rome

Curators: Mirella Serlorenzi, Marcello Barbanera, and Antonio Pinelli

Catalogue: Serlorenzi, Mirella, Marcello Barbanera, and Antonio Pinelli. Il classico si fa pop. Di scavi, copie e altri pasticci. Pp. 288. Mondadori Electa, Milan 2019. €29,75. ISBN 9788891820730 (paper).

For more information: www.coopculture.it/en/events.cfm?id=1009

Pompei e gli Etruschi
(Pompeii and the Etruscans)

12 December 2018–2 May 2019
Parco Archeologico di Pompei
Pompeii

Curators: Massimo Osanna and Stéphan Verger

Catalogue: Osanna, Massimo, Paolo Giulierini, and Stéphan Verger. Pompei e gli Etruschi. Pp. 280. Mondadori Electa, Milan 2018. €38,25. ISBN 9788891819956 (paper).

For more information: pompeiisites.org/en/comunicati/pompeii-and-the-etruscans/

La Roma dei Re. Il racconto dell’Archeologia
(The Rome of Kings. The story of Archaeology)

27 July 2018–5 May 2019
Musei Capitolini
Rome

Curators:  Isabella Damiani and Claudio Parisi Presicce

For more information: www.museicapitolini.org/en/node/1002117

Ludwig Pollak. Archeologo e mercante d’arte (Praga 1868 – Auschwitz 1943)
(Ludwig Pollak. Archaeologist and art dealer (Prague 1868 – Auschwitz 1943))

5 December 2018–5 May 2019
Museo di Scultura Antica Giovanni Barracco e Museo Ebraico di Roma
Rome

Curators: Orietta Rossini and Olga Melasecchi

Catalogue: Rossini, Orietta, ed. Ludwig Pollak. Archeologo e mercante d'arte (Praga 1868-Auschwitz 1943). Gli anni d'oro del collezionismo internazionale da Giovanni Barracco a Sigmund Freud). Pp. 272. Gangemi, Rome 2018. €31,71. ISBN 978-8849236880 (paper).

For more information: www.museobarracco.it/en/node/1003050 and www.museoebraico.roma.it/mostre/ludwig-pollak-archeologo-mercante-darte/

Avventure in Egitto
(Adventure in Egypt)

18 January 2019–5 May 2019
Museo di Archeologia Ligure
Genova

For more information: www.visitgenoa.it/evento/avventure-egitto-0

Donna o dea. Le rappresentazioni femminili nella preistoria e protostoria sarda
(Woman or Goddess. Female representations in Sardinian prehistory and protohistory)

8 December 2018–12 May 2019
Museo Archeologico Nazionale Cagliari
Cagliari

Curators: Silvia Fanni, Marcella Sirigu, and Laura Soro

For more information: museoarcheocagliari.beniculturali.it/attivita/il-museo-archeologico-nazionale-presenta-donna-o-dea-le-rappresentazioni-femminili-nella-preistoria-e-protostoria-sarda

Il viaggio della Chimera. Gli Etruschi a Milano tra archeologia e collezionismo
(The Journey of the Chimera. The Etruscans in Milan between archaeology and collecting) 

12 December 2018–12 May 2019
Civico Museo Archeologico
Milan

Curators: Giulio Paolucci and Anna Provenzali

Catalogue: Paolucci, Giulio, and Anna Provenzali, eds. Il viaggio della chimera. Gli Etruschi a Milano tra archeologia e collezionismo. Catalogo della mostra (Milano, 12 dicembre 2018-12 maggio 2019). Pp. 358. Johan & Levi, Milan 2019. €35. ISBN 978-8860102171 (paper).

For more information: www.museoarcheologicomilano.it/wps/portal/poc?urile=wcm%3Apath%3ATUR_IT_ContentLibrary/sitecontent/eventiamilano/mostre/altro/Il_viaggio_della_chimera

Nel Vulcano. Cai Guo-Qiang e Pompei
(In the Volcano. Cai Guo-Qian in Pompeii)

23 February 2019–20 May 2019
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli
Naples

For more information: www.museoarcheologiconapoli.it/it/2019/02/22-febbraio-2019-inaugurazione-mostra-nel-vulcano-cai-guo-qiang-e-pompei/

Le civiltà e il Mediterraneo
(Civilizations and the Mediterranean)

31 January 2019–31 May 2019
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Cagliari e Palazzo di Città
Cagliari

Curators: Yuri Piotrovsky and Manfred Nawroth in collaboration with Carlo Lugliè

For more information: museoarcheocagliari.beniculturali.it/__boxhp_evidenza/le-civilta-e-il-mediterraneo/

100mila anni in Liguria. Evoluzioni e cambiamenti
(100 thousand years in Liguria. Evolution and Change)

26 October 2018–9 June 2019
Museo di Archeologica Ligure
Genova

For more information: www.visitgenoa.it/evento/100mila-anni-liguria-evoluzioni-e-cambiamenti

Una sosta lungo la via Emilia, tra selve e paludi. La mansio di Forum Gallorum a Castelfranco Emilia
(A stop along the Via Emilia, between forests and marshes. The mansio of Forum Gallorum in Castelfranco Emilia)

13 April 2019–10 June 2019
Castelfranco Emilia, Museo Civico Archeologico
Corso Martiri

Curators: Sara Campagnari, Francesca Foroni, and Diana Neri

For more information: archeobologna.beniculturali.it/comunicati_stampa/castelfranco_2019_mansio.htm

Gemme Antiche dei Medici e dei Lorena
(Ancient Gems of the Medici and the Lorena) 

Reopened 14 December 2018
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Firenze 
Florence

For more information: www.beniculturali.it/mibac/export/MiBAC/sito-MiBAC/Contenuti/MibacUnif/Eventi/visualizza_asset.html_1827472245.html

Antiquarium del Parco Archeologico di Ercolano

Opened 20 December 2018
Herculaneum

For more information: ercolano.beniculturali.it/eventi-e-news/

Collezioni in dialogo: Un capolavoro del Museo Egizio di Torino raccontato dai Musei Vaticani
(Collections in dialogue: A masterpiece from the Museo Egizio in Turin recounted by the Vatican Museums)

4 December 2018–30 June 2019
Musei Vaticani
Vatican City

For more information: www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/eventi-e-novita/iniziative/Eventi/2018/collezioni-in-dialogo-amenhotepII.html

Storie di vita, gli antichi romani raccontati dalla scienza
(Stories of life, the ancient Romans as told by science) 

31 January 2019–30 June 2019
Museo delle Civiltà – Museo preistorico etnografico “Luigi Pigorini”
Rome

Curators: Paola Catalano, Valentina Gazzaniga, and Giorgio Manzi

For more information: www.soprintendenzaspecialeroma.it/eventi/storie-di-vita-gli-antichi-romani-raccontati-dalla-scienza_34/

Capolavori da scoprire. Il rilievo funerario di Marco Virgilio Eurisace
(Masterpieces to discover. The funerary relief of Marcus Virgilius Eurysaces)

1 March 2019–30 June 2019
Centrale Montemartini
Rome

For more information: www.centralemontemartini.org/en/node/1004091

Canova e l’antico
(Canova and Antiquity)

28 March 2019–30 June 2019
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli
Naples

For more information: www.museoarcheologiconapoli.it/it/2019/02/8-febbraio-2019-conferenza-stampa-della-mostra-canova-e-lantico/

Roma Universalis. L'impero e la dinastia venuta dall'Africa
(Roma Universalis. The empire and the dynasty from Africa)

15 November 2018–25 August 2019
Parco archeologico del Colosseo
Rome

Curators: Alessandro d’Alessio, Clementina Panella, and Rossella Rea

Catalogue: D’Alessio, Alessandro, Clementina Panella, and Rossella Rea. Roma Universalis. L'impero e la dinastia venuta dall'Africa. Catalogo della mostra (Roma, 15 novembre 2018-25 agosto 2019). Pp. 327. Mondadori Electa, Rome 2018. €37,50. ISBN 978-8891820723 (paper).

For more information: www.beniculturali.it/mibac/export/MiBAC/sito-MiBAC/Contenuti/MibacUnif/Eventi/visualizza_asset.html_1152070151.html

SplendOri. Il lusso negli ornamenti ad Ercolano
(SplendOri: Luxury in the ornaments of Herculaneum)

20 December 2018–30 September 2019
Antiquarium del Parco Archeologico di Ercolano
Herculaneum

Catalogue: Sirarno, F. ed. Splendori. Il lusso negli ornamenti a Ercolano. Pp. 32. Arte'm, Naples 2019. €4,25. ISBN 978-8856906684 (paper).

For more information: ercolano.beniculturali.it/17-dicembre-2018-splendori-il-lusso-negli-ornamenti-ad-ercolano-anteprima-stampa-ore-1130/

Claudio Imperatore. Messalina, Agrippina e le ombre di una dinastia
(Emperor Claudius.  Messalina, Agrippina and the shadows of a dynasty)

6 April 2019–27 October 2019
Museo dell'Ara Pacis
Rome

Curators: Claudio Parisi Presicce, Orietta Rossini, and Lucia Spagnuolo

For more information: www.arapacis.it/en/node/1004216

DOMUS GRIMANI 1594 – 2019: la collezione di Sculture classiche a Palazzo dopo quattro secoli
(DOMUS GRIMANI 1594 – 2019: The collection of classical sculptures reassembled in its original setting after four centuries)

Opens May 2019
Museo di Palazzo Grimani
Venice

Curators: Toto Bergamo Rossi and Daniele Ferrara

Catalogue: Bergamo Rossi, Toto and Daniele Ferrara. Domus Grimani 1593-2019. La collezione di sculture classiche a palazzo dopo 400 anni. (Venezia, 7 maggio 2019-2 maggio 2021). Pp. 180. Marsilio, Venice 2019. €30. ISBN 978-8829701247 (paper).

For more information: www.venetianheritage.eu/portfolio-items/progetto-espositivo-la-collezione-del-cardinale-grimani-dalla-biblioteca-marciana-al-museo-di-palazzo-grimani-dopo-430-anni/?lang=en

Il Colosseo si racconta: la storia infinita di una icona tra archeologia, filmati e lingue orientali
(The Colosseum tells its story: the never-ending story of an icon between archeology, videos, and Oriental languages) 

21 December 2018–21 December 2019
Parco archeologico del Colosseo
Rome

Curator: Rossella Rea

For more information: parcocolosseo.it/en/event/the-colosseum-tells-its-story-the-never-ending-story-of-an-icon-between-archaeology-videos-and-oriental-languages/

Archimede a Siracusa
(Archimedes in Syracuse)

26 May 2018–31 December 2019
Galleria Civica Montevergini
Syracuse

Curator: Giovanni Di Pasquale

Catalogue: Di Pasquale, Giovanni. Archimede a Siracusa. Catalogo della mostra (Siracusa, 26 maggio 2018-31 dicembre 2019). Pp. 64. Giunti Editore, Florence 2018. €8,50. ISBN 978-8809871762 (paper).

For more information: www.mostraarchimede.it

Archeologia Invisible
(Invisible Archaeology)

13 March 2019–6 January 2020
Museo Egizio
Torino

Catalogue: Museo Egizio. Archeologia invisibile. Catalogo della mostra (Torino, 13 marzo 2019-6 gennaio 2020). Pp. 88. Franco Cosimo Panini, Modena 2019. €16,72. ISBN 978-8857015118 (paper).

For more information: museoegizio.it/en/explore/exhibitions/archeologia-invisibile/

Netherlands

NUBIË — Land van de Zwarte Farao’s
(Nubia — Land of the Black Pharaohs)

16 December 2018–5 May 2019
Drents Museum
Assen

Catalogue: Steffens, Bastiaan. Nubië. Land van de zwarte farao’s. Pp. 176. Uitgeverij WBOOKS, Zwolle 2018. €24,95. ISBN 9789462583061 (cloth).

For more information: drentsmuseum.nl/en/exhibitions/nubia

Oog voor het verfijnde: aanwinsten collectie Klassieke wereld
(An Eye for Elegance: acquisitions for the Classical World collection)

8 February 2019–9 June 2019
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Leiden

For more information: www.rmo.nl/en/exhibitions/temporary-exhibitions/an-eye-for-elegance/

Treasury! Masterpieces from the Hermitage

2 February 2019–25 August 2019
Hermitage Amsterdam
Amsterdam

Catalogue: Hermitage Amsterdam. Treasury! Masterpieces from the Hermitage. Pp. 224. Nieuwe Kerk/Hermitage Amsterdam, Amsterdam 2019. €29.95. ISBN 978-9078653783 (paper).

For more information: hermitage.nl/en/press/press-releases/background-story-treasury/

Glas
(Glass)

2 May 2019–1 September 2019
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Leiden

For more information: www.rmo.nl/en/exhibitions/temporary-exhibitions/glass/

Oud-Europa - nieuw onderzoek naar een belangrijke collectie
(Ancient Europe: New research into an important [archaeological] collection)

15 June 2018–Spring 2020
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Leiden

Curator: Luc Amkreutz

For more information: www.rmo.nl/en/exhibitions/temporary-exhibitions/ancient-europe/

Russia

Боги, люди, герои. Из собрания Национального археологического музея Неаполя и Археологического парка Помпеи
(‘Gods, Men, Heroes’. From the Museo Nazionale Archeologico, Naples and the Parco Archeologico di Pompei)

6 April 2019–23 June 2019
The State Hermitage Museum
St. Petersburg

For more information: www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/what-s-on/temp_exh/2019/neapolpompeii/?lng=en

Мечты об Италии. Коллекция маркиза Кампаны
(A Dream of Italy. The Marquis Campana Collection)

20 July 2019–20 October 2019
The State Hermitage Museum
St. Petersburg

Curators: Françoise Gaultier, Laurent Haumesser, and Anna Trofimova

Catalogue: Haumesser, Laurent, and Anna Trofimova. Un rêve d’Italie: la collection du marquis Campana. Pp. 76. Coédition musée du Louvre éditions / Liénart, Paris 2018. €49. ISBN 978-2359062502 (cloth).

For more information: www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/what-s-on/temp_exh/2019/kampana/?lng=en

Глиптика: прошлое и настоящее
(Glyptics: Past and Present)

18 May 2019–27 November 2019
The State Hermitage Museum
St. Petersburg

For more information: www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/what-s-on/temp_exh/2019/glyptics/?lng=en

«Я воздвиг там мой царский дворец…». Памятники ассирийского искусства из коллекции Британского музея
(‘I founded therein my royal palace’. Assyrian Art from the British Museum)

10 December 2019–31 March 2020
The State Hermitage Museum
St. Petersburg

For more information: www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/what-s-on/temp_exh/2019/assiriabrit/?lng=en

Spain

Animalia inter emeritenses
(Animals among the Emeritenses)

18 May 2018–18 May 2019
Museo Nacional de Arte Romano
Mérida

For more information: www.mecd.gob.es/mnromano/actividades/exposiciones-temporales.html

Lujo. De los asirios a Alejandro Magno
(Luxury. From the Assyrians to Alexander the Great)

5 April 2019–11 August 2019
CaixaForum
Barcelona

Catalogue: Fletcher, Alexandra and Thomas Kiely. Lujo: De los asirios a Alejandro Magno. Pp. 208. Ediciones Invisibles, Barcelona 2019. €25,65. ISBN 978-8494898716 (paper).

For more information: caixaforum.es/barcelona/fichaexposicion?entryId=888327

Irán. Cuna de civilizaciones
(Iran. Cradle of Civilizations)

14 March 2019–1 September 2019
Museo Arqueológico de Alicante
Alicante

For more information: www.marqalicante.com/iran

Cabezas cortadas. Símbolos de poder
(Cut Heads. Symbols of Power)

2 April 2019–1 September 2019
Museo Arqueológico Nacional
Madrid

For more information: www.man.es/man/exposicion/exposiciones-temporales/cabezas-cortadas.html

"De villa perfecta". Viure i treballar al Pla de l'Horta en època romana.
("Perfect villa". Living and working in the Pla de l'Horta in Roman times.)

31 May 2019–15 September 2019
Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya-Girona
Girona

For more information: www.macgirona.cat/ca/Exposicions/Exposicions-temporals-actuals

Arqueología en el exilio: El museo de Arqueología de Cataluña y la guerra civil española (1936-1939)
(Archeology in Exile: The Archeology Museum of Catalonia and the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939))

Opens April 2019
Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya-Barcelona
Barcelona

For more information: www.macbarcelona.cat/Exposicions/Exposicions-temporals-actuals/Arqueologia-a-l-exili-El-museu-d-Arqueologia-de-Catalunya-i-la-guerra-civil-espanyola-1936-1939

Switzerland

Nackt! Die Kunst der Blösse
(Naked! The Art of Nudity)

26 October 2018–28 April 2019
Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig
Basel

For more information: www.antikenmuseumbasel.ch/en/ausstellungen.html

Irrtümer und Fälschungen der Archäologie
(Errors and Forgeries of Archeology) 

24 November 2018–26 May 2019
Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum 
Hildesheim

Curator: Josef Mühlenbrock

Catalogue: Mühlenbrock, Josef, and Tobias Esch. Irrtümer & Fälschungen der Archäologie. Pp. 352. Nünnerich-Asmus, Mainz 2018. €29,90. ISBN 978-3961760305 (paper).

For more information: www.rpmuseum.de/ausstellungen/irrtuemer-und-faelschungen.html

César et le Rhône. Chefs-d’œuvre antiques d'Arles
(Caesar and the Rhone. Ancient masterpieces from Arles) 

8 February 2019–26 May 2019
Musée d’art et d’histoire
Geneva

Curator: Béatrice Blandin

Catalogue: Musée d’art et d’histoire. César et le Rhône-les Chefs-d'Oeuvre Antiques d'Arles. Snoeck, Gent 2019. €35. ISBN 978-9461615114 (paper).

For more information: institutions.ville-geneve.ch/fr/mah/expositions-evenements/expositions/cesar-et-le-rhone/

Die Frage der Provenienz — Einblicke in die Sammlungsgeschichte
(The Question of Provenance — Unwrapping Collection History) 

1 December 2018–30 June 2019
Museum Rietberg
Zürich

Curator: Esther Tisa

For more information: www.rietberg.ch/en-gb/exhibitions/frage-der-provenienz.aspx

Métamorphoses
(Ovid’s Metamorphoses: From Ancient to Contemporary Art)

10 May 2019–16 February 2020
Musée d’art et d’histoire
Geneva

For more information: institutions.ville-geneve.ch/fr/mah/expositions-evenements/expositions/metamorphoses/

L'antiquité couchée sur le papier et gravée dans les livres
(Antiquity Recumbent on Paper and Engraved in Books)

4 November 2019–23 May 2020
Musée d’art et d’histoire
Geneva

For more information: institutions.ville-geneve.ch/fr/mah/expositions-evenements/expositions/lantiquite-couchee-sur-le-papier-et-gravee-dans-les-livres/

United Kingdom

Making Connections: Stonehenge in its prehistoric world

12 October 2018–21 April 2019
Stonehenge Visitor Center
Wiltshire

For more information: www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stonehenge/things-to-do/making-connections/

Tutankhamun: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh

2 November 2019–3 May 2020
Saatchi Gallery
London

For more information: tutankhamun-london.com

Feeding History: the politics of food

28 February 2019–27 May 2019
The British Museum
London

For more information: www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/exhibitions/feeding_history.aspx

Cast Court Collection

Reopened 1 December 2018
Victoria and Albert Museum
London

For more information: www.vam.ac.uk/collections/cast-collection?utm_source=newsletter_britishmuseum&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cast_courts

Babel: Adventures in Translation

15 February 2019–2 June 2019
Bodleian Libraries, Weston Library
Oxford

Curators: Dennis Duncan, Stephen Harrison, and Matthew Reynolds

For more information: www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/whatson/whats-on/upcoming-events/2019/feb/babel-adventures-in-translation

Sounds of Roman Egypt

22 January 2019–8 June 2019
Petrie Museum
London

For more information: www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/whats-on/sounds-roman-egypt

Hoards: the hidden history of ancient Britain

13 April 2018–16 June 2019
Buxton Museum
Buxton

For more information: buxtonmuseumandartgallery.wordpress.com/tag/hoards/

28 June 2019–28 September 2019
Brading Roman Villa, Isle of Wight
Sandown

October 2019–December 2019
Peterborough Museum
Peterborough

Ancient Egypt Rediscovered

Reopened 8 February 2019
National Museum of Scotland
Edinburgh

For more information: www.nms.ac.uk/national-museum-of-scotland/things-to-see-and-do/new-ancient-egypt-east-asia-and-ceramics-galleries/

Borderline Funny: Hadrian’s Wall imagined in humorous cartoons

25 May 2019–15 September 2019
Segedunum Roman Fort
Wallsend

For more information: segedunumromanfort.org.uk/whats-on/borderline-funny

Lanchester Diploma: Britain’s First Complete Fleet Diploma

16 October 2017–30 September 2019
Museum of Archaeology
Durham

For more information: www.dur.ac.uk/archaeology.museum/whatson/?id=34821

Prehistoric Pioneers: a journey through life in Bronze Age Britain

14 June 2019–24 November 2019
Museum of Archaeology
Durham

For more information: www.dur.ac.uk/archaeology.museum/whatson/

Last Supper in Pompeii

25 July 2019–12 January 2020
Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology
Oxford

Curator: Paul Roberts

Catalogue: Roberts, Paul. Last Supper in Pompeii. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford 2019. £26.64. ISBN 978-1910807309 (paper).

For more information: www.ashmolean.org/pompeii

The Middle East

חידת המלך
(A Royal Enigma: statue head from Tel Abel Beth Maacah, 9th century BCE)

30 May 2018–30 May 2019
The Israel Museum
Jerusalem

Curator: Eran Arie

For more information: www.imj.org.il/en/exhibitions/royal-enigma

ממצאים אבודים
(Finds Gone Astray: Objects confiscated from looters and unauthorized dealers in antiquities)

Opened 31 December 2018
Bible Lands Museum
Jerusalem

For more information: www.blmj.org/en/template/default.aspx?PageId=417

יהודה
(Highway through History: Finds from rescue excavations at Tel Beit Shemesh)

Opened 20 March 2019
Bible Lands Museum
Jerusalem

Curators: Oree Meiri, Yehuda Kaplan, and Yigal Bloch

For more information: www.blmj.org/en/template/default.aspx?PageId=421

פיטר ופאן מיוון הקדומה אל ארץ-לעולם-לא
(Peter and Pan.  From Ancient Greece to Neverland)

11 June 2019–11 December 2019
Israel Museum
Jerusalem

Curators: Rachel Caine Kreinin and David Mevorah

For more information: www.imj.org.il/en/exhibitions/peter-and-pan

אלים, גיבורים ובני תמותה ביוון העתיקה
(Gods, Heroes and Mortals in Ancient Greece)

Until January 2020
Bible Lands Museum
Jerusalem

Curator: Silvia Rozenberg

Catalogue: Rozenberg, Silvia. Gods, Heroes and Mortals in Ancient Greece. Pp. 198. Bible Lands Museum, Jerusalem 2017. $51. ISBN 978-965-7027-31-8 (paper).

For more information: www.blmj.org/en/template/default.aspx?PageId=236

Qatar

 سوريا سلاماً
(Syria Matters) 

23 November 2018–30 April 2019
The Museum of Islamic Art
Doha

Curators: Julia Gonnella and Rania Abdellatif

For more information: www.mia.org.qa/en/syria-matters

Turkey

Troy Museum

Opened 20 October 2018
Tevfikiye

For more information: www.troya2018.com/en

East Asia and Oceania

Australia

Dionysos: Portrait of a God

June 2018–May 2019
RD Milns Antiquities Museum
St. Lucia, Queensland

Curators: James Donaldson, Janette McWilliam, and Rebecca Smith

For more information: antiquities-museum.uq.edu.au/dionysos

Gods, Myths and Mortals: Greek Treasures Across the Millennia

9 October 2014–10 October 2019
Hellenic Museum
Melbourne, Victoria

For more information: www.hellenic.org.au/gods-myths-mortals

Connections

14 November 2018–20 December 2019
The Nicholson Museum, Sydney University Museums
Sydney, New South Wales

Curators: James Fraser, in collaboration with curators from the Macleay Museum

For more information: sydney.edu.au/museums/exhibitions-events/connections