Current and Upcoming Museum Exhibitions

The Americas

United States

Cy Twombly: Making Past Present

14 January 2023–7 May 2023
The Museum of Fine Arts
Boston

For more information: https://www.mfa.org/exhibition/cy-twombly-making-past-present

Jewels of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Treasures from the Collection of the Worcester Art Museum

18 June 2022–29 January 2023
Worcester Art Museum
Worcester, Massachusetts 

Curator: Peter Lacovara

Catalogue: Lacovara, Peter. Jewels of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Treasures from the Collection of the Worcester Art Museum. Pp. 216. Giles, London 2020. $33.99. ISBN 978-1911282792 (cloth).

For more information: www.worcesterart.org/exhibitions/jewels-of-the-nile/

She Who Wrote: Enheduanna and Women of Mesopotamia

15 October 2022–19 February 2023
The Morgan Library and Museum
New York, New York

Curators: Sidney Babcock and Erhan Tamur

For more information: www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/she-who-wrote

The Good Life: Collecting Late Antique Art at the Met 

24 May 2021–7 May 2023
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, New York 

For more information: www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2021/good-life-collecting-late-antique-art

Nubia: Jewels of Ancient Sudan from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

12 October 2022–3 April 2023
J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa
Pacific Palisades, California

More information: www.getty.edu/visit/exhibitions/future.html

Medieval Treasures from the Glencairn Museum

24 June 2022–Fall 2023
The Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia

Curators: Jack Hinton, Henry P. McIlhenny Curator of European Decorative Arts & Sculpture

For more information: press.philamuseum.org/upcoming-exhibitions-through-spring-2023/

Ritual and Memory: The Ancient Balkans and Beyond

21 September 2022–19 February 2023
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
New York

Curator: Clare Fitzgerald

For more information: isaw.nyu.edu/exhibitions

The First Kings of Europe

31 March 2023–28 January 2024
Field Museum
Chicago

For more information: www.fieldmuseum.org/exhibitions/first-kings-europe

The First Kings of Europe

April 2024–January 2025
The Canadian Museum of History
Gatineau, Canada

For more information: www.fieldmuseum.org/exhibitions/first-kings-europe

Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs

20 August 2022–12 February 2023
De Young Museum of Fine Arts
San Francisco

For more information: deyoung.famsf.org/exhibitions/ramses-great-and-gold-pharaohs

Antiquity & America: The Ancient Mediterranean in the United States

31 March 2022–5 February 2023
Bowdoin College Art Museum
Maine

Curator: Sean P. Burrus

For more information: bowdoin.edu/art-museum/exhibitions/2022/antiquity-and-america.html

Chroma: Ancient Sculpture in Color

5 July 2022–26 March 2023
The Met Fifth Avenue
New York
Curators Seán Hemingway and Sarah Lepinski with Vinzenz Brinkmann

For more information: www.metmuseum.org/press/exhibitions/2022/chroma

Striking Power: Iconoclasm in Ancient Egypt

20 November 2022–5 March 2023
Memorial Arts Gallery
Rochester

For more information: mag.rochester.edu/exhibitions/striking-power/

Beyond King Tut: The Immersive Experience

Various Locations in the United States and Canada
For more information: www.beyondkingtut.com/

Being and Believing in the Natural World

22 October 2022–7 May 2023
The RISD Museum
Rhode Island

For more information: risdmuseum.org/exhibitions-events/exhibitions/being-and-believing-natural-world

The Odyssey: A Retelling

23 June 2022–8 January 2023
The Parthenon
Nashville

For more information: www.nashvilleparthenon.com/events/theodyssey

Making Sense of Marbles

15 September 2022–12 March 2023
The Oriental Institute
Chicago

For more information: oi.uchicago.edu/marbles

Play and Pastimes in the Middle Ages

16 May 2023–6 August 2023
The Getty Center
Los Angeles

For more information: https://www.getty.edu/visit/exhibitions/future.html

A Roman Portrait from Germany in Texas

May 4, 2022–21 May 2023
San Antonio Museum of Art
San Antonio, TX
For more information: https://www.samuseum.org/artwork/exhibition/a-roman-portrait-from-germany-in-texas/

Roman Landscapes: Visions of Nature and Myth from Rome and Pompeii

February 24, 2023–21 May 2023
San Antonio Museum of Art
San Antonio, TX
For more information: https://www.samuseum.org/artwork/exhibition/romanlandscapes/

Mount Athos: The Ark of Orthodoxy

Fall 2022
Maliotis Cultural Center
Brookline, MA
For more information: https://www.mountathosfoundation.org/exhibition/

Dig Deeper: Discovering an Ancient Glass Workshop

May 13, 2023–7 January 2024
Corning Museum
Corning

Curator: Katherine Larson

For more information: whatson.cmog.org/exhibitions-galleries/dig-deeper-discovering-ancient-glass-workshop

Europe, The United Kingdom, and Russia

Austria

In 80 Münzen um die Welt
(Around the World in 80 Coins)

April 26, 2022–23 June 23 2023
Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna
Vienna

For more information: in80muenzen.khm.at/en/

Vitrine EXTRA
September 30, 2022–21 May 21 2023
Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna
Vienna

For more information: www.khm.at/en/visit/exhibitions/vitrine-extra/

Belgium

Alexandria, futurs antéireurs
(Alexandria, Past Futures)

29 September 2022–8 January 2023
Bozar – Centre for Fine Arts Brussels
Brussels

Curators: Arnaud Quertinmont, Nicolas Amoroso, Edwin Nasr, and Sarah Rifky

For more information: www.alexandria-urban-imaginaries.eu/exhibition/

Égypte. Éternelle passion
(Egypt. Eternal Passion)

24 September 2022–26 February 2023
Musée royal de Mariemont
Morlanwelz

For more information: www.musee-mariemont.be/index.php?id=6504%20%3Chttp://www.musee-mariemont.be/index.php?id=6504

Toutankhamon: sa tombe et ses trésors
(Tutankhamun: His tomb and his treasures)

Opened 11 May 2022
Tour & Taxis
Bruxelles

For more information: //tutankhamunexpo.com/

Verhalen uit de ondergrond. Brugge in het jaar 1000
(Tales from the underground – Bruges in the year 1000)

9 December 2021–3 November 2024
Gruuthusemuseum
Bruges

For more information: www.museabrugge.be/kalender/tentoonstellingen/brugge-in-het-jaar-1000

Alexandria; Past Futures

30 September 2022–8 January 2023
Bozar, Centre for Fine Arts
Brussels

For more information: /www.alexandria-urban-imaginaries.eu/ 

Imperium Romanum: The Roman Empire Through the Lens of Alfred Seiland

June 4, 2022–January 15, 2023
The Gallo-Roman Museum
Tongeren

For more information: www.galloromeinsmuseum.be/en/exhibitions/temporary-permanent-exhibition/copy-of-face-to-face-with-the-romans

Denmark

Togtet
(The Raid: Vikings in the 9th Century)

26 June 2021–26 June 2023
Nationalmuseet
Copenhagen

For more information: en.natmus.dk/museums-and-palaces/the-national-museum-of-denmark/exhibitions/join-the-vikings-on-raid/

Amarna

6 October 2022–26 February 2023
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Copenhagen

For more information: www.glyptoteket.com/exhibition/amarna/

Power and gold – Vikings in the east
7 April 2022–23 October 2022
Utzon Hall
Vejle Art Museum, Vejle

For more information: www.vejlemuseerne.dk/udstillinger/magt-og-guld/power-and-gold/

OPLEV UD AF KAOS PÅ MOESGAARD
(Experience of Chaos)

Opened November 12, 2022
Moesgaard Museum
Højbjerg, Denmark

For more information: www.moesgaardmuseum.dk/udstillinger/ud-af-kaos/

Estonia

Lidamast-aadamast. Heaks eluks vajalikud asjad
(From beginning to end. Necessary things for a good life)

23 March 2022– 27 May 2023
Tartu University Museum
Tartu

Curators: Terje Lõbu, Külli Valk

For more information: tartu.ee/et/uudised/tartu-ulikooli-kunstimuuseum-avab-naituse-eestis-asuvatest-iidsete-kultuuride-esemetest

France

Champollion: La Voie des Hiéroglyphes
(Champollion: The way of Hieroglyphics)

September 2022–16 January 2023
Louvre-Lens
Lens

Curators: Vincent Rondot, Didier Devauchelle, Hélène Guichard, Hélène Bouillon, Sylvie Guichard, and Christophe Barbotin

For more information: www.louvrelens.fr/exhibition/hieroglyphes/

The Mystery of Mithras. Exploring the Heart of a Roman Cult

15 May 2022–30 October 2023
Musée Saint-Raymond
Toulouse

For more information: mithra-project.eu/exhibitions/

Alexandria, futurs antéireurs
(Alexandria, Past Futures)

8 February 2023–8 May 2023
Musée des civilisations de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée
Marseille

Curators: Arnaud Quertinmont, Nicolas Amoroso, Edwin Nasr, and Sarah Rifky

For more information: www.alexandria-urban-imaginaries.eu/exhibition/

Le grand mezzé
(The Great Mezzé)

19 May 2021–31 December 2023
Musée des civilisations de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée
Marseille

Curator: Édouard de Laubrie

Catalogue: Musée des civilisations de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée. Le Grand mezzé. Pp. 224. Actes Sud, Arles 2021. €32. ISBN 978-2330145194 (paper).

For more information: www.mucem.org/programme/exposition-et-temps-forts/le-grand-mezze

Dévoiler Nemausus. Jean-Claude Golvin, un architecte et des archéologues
(Unveiling Nemausus. Jean-Claude Golvin, an architect and archaeologists)

8 December 2022–5 March 2023
Museum of Romanite
Nimes

For more information: museedelaromanite.fr/exposition-temporaire/archives/devoiler-nemausus-jean-claude-golvin-un-architecte-et-des-archeologues

Mommies. Corps preserves, corps eternels
(Mummies. Preserved bodies, eternal bodies)

22 October 2022–3 July 2023
Museum Toulouse
Toulouse

For more information: www.museum.toulouse.fr/momies

SPECTACULAIRE ! Le divertissement chez les Romains
(SPECTACULAR ! Entertainment among the Romans)

6 October 2022–11 June 2023
Lugdunum Museum
Lyon

For more information: lugdunum.grandlyon.com/fr/agenda/evenements/spectaculaire-!-le-divertissement-chez-les-romains

Magique
(Magic)

15 April 2022–5 March 2023
Musée des Confluences
Lyon

For more information: museedesconfluences.fr/fr/expositions/expositions-temporaires/magique

Toutankhamon – A la decouverte du Pharaon oublie
(Tutankhamun – Discovering the Forgotten Pharaoh)

29 November 2022–24 March 2023
La Sucriere, Tempora
Lyon

For more information: expo-toutankhamon.com/

Animaux Fantastiques
(Fantastic Animals)

27 September 2023–15 January 2024
Louvre-Lens
Paris

Curators: Hélène Bouillon, Jeanne-Thérèse Bontinck, Caroline Tureck, Yaël Pignol

For more information: www.louvrelens.fr/exhibition/animaux-fantastiques-2/

Splendeurs Des Oasis D’Ouzbékistan
(The Splendours Of Uzbekistan's Oases)

23 November 2022–6 March 2023
Louvre
Paris

Yannick Lintz and Rocco Rante, eds. Splendeurs Des Oasis D’Ouzbékistan. Pp. 320. El Viso / Musée du Louvre Éditions, Paris. €39. ISBN. 8412527852

For more information: www.louvre.fr/en/what-s-on/exhibitions/the-splendours-of-uzbekistan-s-oases

LES CHOSES: Une histoire de la nature morte
(THINGS: A History of Still Life)

12 October 2022–23 January 2023
Louvre
Paris

For more information: www.louvre.fr/en/what-s-on/exhibitions/things

Alexandria; Past Futures

8 February 2023–8 May 2023
Mucem, Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations
Marseille

For more information: www.alexandria-urban-imaginaries.eu/

Rêve d'Égypte
(Dream of Egypt)

18 October 2022–5 March 2023
Musée Rodin
Paris
For more information: www.musee-rodin.fr/musee/expositions/reve-degypte 

Germany

Der zweite Blick: Frauen
(The Second Glance: Women)

Opened 30 October 2021
Bode-Museum
Berlin

Catalogue: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. The Second Glance: Women. Pp. 101. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, Frankfurt 2021. ISBN 978-3-98501-059-2 (cloth). Available for download at: www.smb.museum/fileadmin/website/Museen_und_Sammlungen/Bode_Museum/Ausstellungen/Der_zweite_Blick/Frauen/Bode-Museum-Der-Zweite-Blick-Frauen-Katalog-en-MedRes.pdf

For more information: www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/bode-museum/exhibitions/the-second-glance/women/

Abenteuer am Nil. Preußen und die Ägyptologie 1842-45
(Adventure on the Nile. Prussia and Egyptology 1842-45)

2 September 2022–7 March 2023
Neues Museum
Berlin

For more information: www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/neues-museum/exhibitions/detail/adventures-on-the-nile/

Mysterium Mithras: Annäherungen an einen römischen Kult
(The Mystery of Mithras. Exploring the Heart of a Roman Cult)

19 November 2022–15 April 2023
Archäologische Museum Frankfurt
Frankfurt

For more information: www.archaeologisches-museum-frankfurt.de/de/ausstellungen/mysterium-mithras-annaeherungen-an-einen-roemischen-kult

Klasse und Masse: Die Welt griechischer Tonfiguren
(From Quality to Quantity: The World of Greek Clay Figurines)

10 July 2022–7 February 2023
Altes Museum
Berlin

More information: www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/altes-museum/exhibitions/detail/from-quality-to-quantity/

Abenteuer am Nil: Preußen und die Ägyptologie 1842-45
(Adventures on the Nile: Prussia and Egyptology 1842–45)

15 October 2022–7 March 2023
Neues Museum
Berlin

For more information: www.smb.museum/en/exhibitions/detail/adventures-on-the-nile/

High Tech Römer – Das Phänomen römischer Erfindungen
(High Tech Romans – The phenomenon of Roman inventions)

4 April 2022 –15 January 2023
Landesmuseum Mainz
Große Bleiche 49-51
55116
Mainz

For more information: https://landesmuseum-mainz.de/de/ausstellungen/high-tech-roemer/

Die Neuen Bilder Des Augustus. Macht Und Medien Im Antiken Rom
(The New Pictures Of Augustus. Power And Media In Ancient Rome)

8 October 2022–15 January 2023
Bucerius Kunst forum
Hamburg

For more information: www.buceriuskunstforum.de/ausstellungen/die-neuen-bilder-des-augustus

Neues Licht aus Pompeji
(New Light from Pompeii)

9 November 2022–2 April 2023
Staatliche Antikensammlungen
Munich

For more information: www.antike-am-koenigsplatz.mwn.de/index.php/de/jevents-alle-kategorien/Eventdetail/294/-/neues-licht-aus-pompeji

Im Land der 1000 Städte: Usbekistan von Alexander dem Großen bis zu den Kuscha
(In the Land of 1000 Cities: Uzbekistan from Alexander the Great to the Kushan)

21 April 2023–1 October 2023
James-Simon-Galerie
Staatlich Museen zu Berlin
Berlin

For more information: www.smb.museum/en/exhibitions/detail/in-the-land-of-1000-cities/ 

Greece

Home Coming. Cycladic treasures on their return journey home

3 October 2022–31 October 2023
Museum of Cycladic Art
Neophytou Douka 4, Athens

For more information: cycladic.gr/en/page/girismos-kikladiki-thisauri-sto-taxidi-tis-epistrofis

Italy

Colori dei Romani. I mosaici dalle Collezioni Capitoline
(Colors of the Romans. The Mosaics from the Capitoline Collections)

27 April 2021–1 January 2032
Centrale Montemartini
Rome

Curators: Claudio Parisi Presicce, Nadia Agnoli, and Serena Guglielmi

Catalogue: Presicce, Claudio, Nadia Agnoli, and Serena Guglielmi, eds. Colori dei Romani. I mosaici dalle Collezioni Capitoline. Pp. 60. Campisano, Rome 2021. €15. ISBN 978-8885795631 (paper).

For more information: www.centralemontemartini.org/it/mostra-evento/colori-dei-romani-i-mosaici-dalle-collezioni-capitoline

Sekhmet, la Potente: Una leonessa in città
(Sekhmet, the Mighty One: A Lioness in the City)

7 July 2021–31 December 2023
Museo Civico Archeologico
Bologna

Curator: Daniela Picchi

For more information: www.museibologna.it/archeologico/articoli/50081/offset/0/id/105140

BNL a Palazzo Altemps
(Ancient Sculpture from the BNL Collection at the Palazzo Altemps)

11 July 2019–11 July 2024
Museo Nazionale Romano, Palazzo Altemps
Rome

For more information: www.bnpparibas.it/it/2019/07/09/palazzo-altemps-cinque-sculture-della-collezione-di-bnl-gruppo-bnp-paribas/

Il frammento ritrovato. La mano del colosso di Costantino dei Musei Capitolini e il dito in bronzo del Louvre
(The Rediscovered Fragment. The Hand of the Colossus of Constantine from the Capitoline Museums and the Bronze Finger from the Louvre)

29 April 2021–28 April 2026
Musei Capitolini
Rome

For more information: www.museicapitolini.org/en/node/1008893

Arte E Sensualità Nelle Case Di Pompei
(Art and Sensuality Within the Homes of Pompei)

21 April 2022–15 June 2023
Palestra Grande
Pompeii

For more information: pompeiisites.org/mostre/arte-e-sensualita-nelle-case-di-pompei/

L'eredità di Cesare e la conquista del tempo
(Caesar's heritage and the conquest of time)

8 February 2021–23 April 2023
Palazzo dei Conservatori - Sala della Lupa e dei Fasti antichi
Musei Capitolini

For more information: museicapitolini.org/en/mostra-evento/leredit-di-cesare-e-la-conquista-del-tempo

Museo dell’Arte Salvata
(The Museum of Rescued Art)

A new museum in Rome, housed in the octagonal room in the Baths of Diocletian, showcasing recovered works of art before they are returned to regional museums.

Museo Nazionale Romano
Via Sant'Apollinare, 8 - 00186
Rome

For more information: museonazionaleromano.beniculturali.it/2022/06/nasce-il-museo-dellarte-salvata/

I Pittori di Pompei
(Paintings of Pompeii)

23 September 2022–19 March 2023
Civic Archaeological Museum
Bologna

Curator: Mario Grimaldi

For more information: www.comune.bologna.it/museoarcheologico/

Domiziano Imperatore. Odio e amore
(Emperor Domitian. Hate and Love)

13 July 2022–29 January 2023
Musei Capitolini - Villa Caffarelli
Rome

For more information: museicapitolini.org/en/node/1011288

Roma Medievale. Il volto perduto della città
(Medieval Rome: The lost face of a city)

21 October 2022–5 February 2023
Museo of Rome
Rome

For more information: www.museodiroma.it/it/mostra-evento/roma-medievale-il-volto-perduto-della-citt

I Creatori Dell’egitto Eterno Scribi, Artigiani E Operai Al Servizio Del Faraone
(The Creators of Eternal Egypt Scribes, Artisans, and Laborers in the Service of the Pharaoh)

22 December 2022–7 May 2023
Grande Mostre in Basilica Palladiana
Vicenza

For more information: www.mostreinbasilica.it/en/egitto

Il Suono Oltre L'immagine. La Decifrazione dei Geroglifici
(The Sound Beyond The Image. The Deciphering Of Hieroglyphics)

28 September 2022–8 June 2023
Civic Archaeological Museum
Milan

For more information: www.museoarcheologicomilano.it/-/il-suono-oltre-l-immagine

"Animali nel mondo antico": mostra al Museo Archeologico al Teatro Romano
(Animals of the ancient world: an exhibition at the Archaeological Museum of the Roman Theater)

22 October 2022– 1 October 2023
The Archaeological Museum of the Roman Theater
Verona

For more information: museoarcheologico.comune.verona.it/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=83123

Recycling Beauty

17 November 2022– 27 February 2023
Prada Foundation
Milan

For more information: www.fondazioneprada.org/project/recycling-beauty/?lang=en

Museum Ninfeo – Horti Lamiani

Ongoing
Pizza Vittorio Emanuele II
Rome

Il Dono di Thot: leggere l’antico Egitto
(Thoth’s gift: Reading ancient Egypt)

7 December 2022–7 September 2023
Museo Egizio
Turin

For more information: www.museoegizio.it/en/explore/exhibitions/thoths-gift-reading-ancient-egypt/

Ireland

Made of Earth

6 October 2022–April 6, 2023
The Hunt Museum
Limerick

For more information: www.huntmuseum.com/whats-on/made-of-earth/

First Fragments Biblical Papyrus from Roman Egypt

28 October 2022–3 September 2023
The Chester Beatty
Dublin

For more information: chesterbeatty.ie/exhibitions/first-fragments/

Netherlands

KEMET
(We Were Kings: Ancient Egypt in the Music of the African Diaspora)

7 April 2023–27 August 2023
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Leiden

Curator: Daniel Soliman

For more information: rmo.nl/en/exhibitions/temporary-exhibitions/expected-we-were-kings/

5000 jaar kralen
(5,000 years of beads)

Until 7 May 2023
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Leiden

More information: rmo.nl/tentoonstellingen/tijdelijke-tentoonstellingen/5000-jaar-kralen/

Sterven In Schoonheid
(Dying in beauty)

20 November 2022–26 March 2023
Drents Museum
Assen

For more information: drentsmuseum.nl/nl/tentoonstellingen/sterven-schoonheid

Byblos

14 October 2022–12 March 2023
Rijksmuseum
Leiden

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

Experience 400 years of Roman bathing

10 October 2022–Ongoing
Thermen Museum
Heerlen

For more information: www.thermenmuseum.nl/en/things-to-do-and-see/experience-400-years-of-roman-bathing/

Poland

Tell el-Farcha. 20 lat polskich wykopalisk.
(Tell el-Farcha. 20 years of Polish excavations.)

9 September 2022–January 2023
Archaeological Museum of Krakow
Krakow

For more information: ma.krakow.pl/tour/tell-el-farcha-20-lat-polskich-wykopalisk/

Tuanchamon Grobowiec I Skarby
(Tutanchamon Tomb I Treasures)

26 October 2022–Closing date TBD
Muzeum nowa praga
Warsaw

For more information: www.tut-warszawa.pl/en

Portugal

Faraós Superstars
(Superstar Pharaohs)

24 November 2022–6 March 2023
The Calouste Gulbenkian Museum
Lisbon

For more information: gulbenkian.pt/museu/agenda/faraos-superstars-2/

Alto das Malhadas – Vivências da Idade do Bronze
Alto das Malhadas – Experiences from the Bronze Age

October 28, 2022–8 January 2023
Côa Valley Museum and Archaeological Park at Fundação Côa Parque
Vila Nova Foz Côa

For more information: arte-coa.pt/Agenda/exposicao-alto-das-malhadas-vivencias-da-idade-do-bronze/

Russia

Египтомания
(Egyptomania)

28 October 2022– 9 April 2023
The State Hermitage Museum
Saint Petersburg

For more information: www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/what-s-on/temp_exh/2022/egyptomany/?lng=en

Spain

Momias del antiguo Egipto: Redescubriendo 6 vidas
(Ancient Egyptian Mummies: Rediscovering 6 Lives)

1 December 2022–2 April 2023
La Caixa Forum
Barcelona

For more information: www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/egyptian-mummies-exploring-ancient-lives

30 April 2023–3 September 2023
La Caixa Forum
Seville

For more information: www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/egyptian-mummies-exploring-ancient-lives

4 October 2023–28 January 2024
La Caixa Forum
Valencia

For more information: www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/egyptian-mummies-exploring-ancient-lives

(NAUFRAGIS. Història submergida)
Shipwrecks: Submerged History

28 April 2022–30 July 2023
Archaeological Museum of Catalunya
Barcelona

Curators: Rut Geli, Xavier Nieto,  and Gustau Vivar

For more information: www.macbarcelona.cat/ca/Exposicions/Properes-exposicions/NAUFRAGIS.-Historia-submergida?

Faraón. Rey de egipto
(Pharaoh, King of Egypt)

22 June 2022–26 February 2023
Caixa Forum
Valencia

For more information: caixaforum.org/es/valencia/p/faraon-rey-de-egipto_a65129625

Investigacion Arqueologica Espanola en Egipto
(Spanish Archaeological Research in Egypt)

26 October 2022–11 January 2023
National Museum of Underwater Archaeology
Cartagena

For more information: www.culturaydeporte.gob.es/mnarqua/home.html

SPECTACULA: Diversión y espectáculos en la sociedad romana
(SPECTACULA: Fun and entertainment in Roman society)

June 2022–June 2023
National Museum of Roman Art
Merida

For more information: www.culturaydeporte.gob.es/mnromano/actividades/agenda/2022/expo-spectacula.html

Tempus Roman: Madrid, Enuentro de Caminos
(Tempus Romae: Madrid, Meeting of Paths)

May 3, 2022–8 January 2023
Museo Arqueológico Regional
Madrid, SP
For more information: www.madrid.org/cs/Satellite?c=MUSE_Actividad_FA&cid=1354925831105&language=es&pageid=1161326540454&pagename=Museos%2FMUSE_Actividad_FA%2FMUSE_actividad

Sweden

Underbara Ting! 100 År Sedan Upptäckten Av Tutankhamons Grav
(Wonderful Things! 100 Years Since the Discovery of Tutankhamen’s Tomb)

September 21, 2022–Ongoing temporary

Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities
Stockholm

For more information: www.medelhavsmuseet.se/en/exhibitions/tutankhamon/

Switzerland

Ave Caesar! Von Römern und Barbaren am Rhein
(Ave Caesar! Romans and Barbarians on the Rhine)

22 October 2022–30 April 2023
Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig
Basel

For more information: www.museenbasel.ch/museen/en/agenda/detail/museum-der-kulturen-basel/tierisch-keine-kultur-ohne-tiere.html

Superhelden: damals und heute
(Superheroes: Then and now)

November 2023–June 2024
Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwitg
Basel

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

(IBERER)
Iberians

19 November 2023–26 May 2024
Antikenmuseum Basel
Basel

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

Von Göttern zu Gott
(From Gods to God)
23 September 23 2022–TBC
Bible and Orient Museum
Fribourg

For more information: www.bible-orient-museum.ch/de/ausstellungen/sonderausstellung/von-g%C3%B6ttern-zu-gott.html

Unter der Lupe. Einer römischen Lebensgeschichte auf der Spur
(Under the Magnifying Glass: On the trail of a Roman life story)

Temporary ongoing exhibition

Museum Augusta Raurica
Augst

For more information: www.augustaraurica.ch/besuchen/sonderausstellung

A Desire for All Things Bronze

11 February 2023–1 May 2025
Bernisches Historisches Museum
Einstein Museum
Bern

For more information: www.bhm.ch/en/exhibitions/temporary-exhibitions/preview

SUR LES BORDS DE LA MER NOIRE
(On the Banks of the Black Sea)

11 October 2022–22 January 2023
Cantonal Museum of Archeology and History
Lausanne

For more information: www.mcah.ch/fr/expositions/expositions-temporaires/

Avenches la Gauloise

September 30, 2022–October 1, 2023
Roman Museum in Avenches
Avenches

For more information: www.aventicum.org/fr/musee-romain/exposition-temporaire

Le “invenzioni di tante opere:”Domenico Fontana (1543-1607) e i suoi cantieri
(The "invention of many work": Domenico Fontana (1543-1607) and his building sites)

27 November 2022–9 February 2023

Giovanni Züst Cantonal Art Gallery
Rancate (Mendrisio)

For more information: www4.ti.ch/decs/dcsu/pinacoteca-zuest/home

United Kingdom

Tutankhamun the Boy: Growing Up in Ancient Egypt

September 2022–September 2023
Petrie Museum
London

More information: www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2022/feb/new-exhibition-set-bring-tutankhamuns-childhood-life

Women and hieroglyphs: Teaching ancient languages at UCL

27 September 2022–27 May 2023
Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology
University College London

For more information: www.ucl.ac.uk/culture/whats-on/women-and-hieroglyphs-teaching-ancient-languages-ucl

Seshepenmehyt: Into the Afterlife

Until February 9, 2023

Great North Museum: Hancock
Newcastle upon Tyne

For more information: greatnorthmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/seshepenmehyt

Tutankhamun: Excavating the Archive

13 April 2022–5 February 2023
Bodleian Library
Oxford

For more information: visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/tutankhamun-excavating-the-archive

Hieroglyphs: unlocking ancient Egypt

13 Oct 2022–19 Feb 2023
British Museum

Lead curator: Ilona Regulski

Catalogue: Regulski, Ilona. Hieroglyphs: unlocking ancient Egypt. Pp. 272. London: British Museum. £20.00 ISBN-10: 0714191280; ISBN-13: 978-0714191287 (paper).

For more information: www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/hieroglyphs-unlocking-ancient-egypt

17 March 2023–18 June 2023
Ferens Art Gallery, Hull

For more information: www.hcandl.co.uk/museums-and-galleries/ferens

24 June–15 October 2023
Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum, Northern Ireland

For more information: www.lisburnmuseum.com/

21 October 2023–18 February 2024
Torquay Museum, Devon

For more information: www.torquaymuseum.org/

Luxury and power: Persia to Greece

4 May 2023–13 August 2023
British Museum

For more information: www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/luxury-and-power-persia-greece

Alexander the Great

21 October 2022-19 February 2023
British Library
London

For more information: bl.uk/events/alexander-the-great-the-making-of-a-myth

Being an Islander: Art and Identity of the Large Mediterranean Islands

21 February 2023–4 June 2023
Fitzwilliam Museum
Cambridge

For more information: fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/research/projects/being-an-islander-art-and-identity-of-the-large-mediterranean-islands

Roman Rubbish

4 August 2022–14 January 2023
Bloomberg Space
London

Curator: Mariana Castillo Deball

For more information: www.londonmithraeum.com/bloomberg-space/

Tut ’22: The Life of Tutankhamun

22 October 2022–18 March 2023
Barnsley Museums
South Yorkshire

For more information: https://www.experience-barnsley.com/whats-on/tut-22-the-life-of-tutankhamun

Gathering light: a Bronze Age golden sun

11 November 2022–20 February 2023
The Collection
Lincoln

For more information: www.thecollectionmuseum.com/

25 February 2023–3 June 2023
Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens
Sunderland

For more information: sunderlandculture.org.uk/our-venues/sunderland-museum-winter-gardens/

13 June 2023–16 September 2023
Museum nan Eilean
Stornoway
Northern Ireland

For more information: www.cne-siar.gov.uk/leisure-sport-and-culture/museum-nan-eilean/museum-nan-eilean-stornoway/

Return of the Gods

10 February 2023–16 July 2023
World Museum
Liverpool

For more information: www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ReturnoftheGods

Visions of Ancient Egypt

3 September 2022–1 January 2023
The Sainsbury Centre
Norwich

For more information: www.sainsburycentre.ac.uk/whats-on/visions-of-ancient-egypt/

Golden Mummies of Egypt

Opens February 2023
Manchester Museum at the University of Manchester
Manchester, UK

For more information: www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/golden-mummies-of-egypt/

Alexander the Great: The Making of a Myth

Closes 19 February 2023
British Library
London

For more information: www.bl.uk/events/alexander-the-great-the-making-of-a-myth

Ancient Egyptians: Secrets of the Afterlife

7 October 2022–26 February 2023
Dorman Museum
Middlesbrough

For more information: www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/ancient-egyptians-secrets-afterlife

Labyrinth: Knossos, Myth & Reality

10 February 2023–30 July 2023

Ashmolean Museum
Oxford

For more information: www.ashmolean.org/exhibition/labyrinth-knossos-myth-reality 

Colour: Art, Science, & Power

26 July 2022–23 April 2023

Museum of Art and Archaeology
Cambridge

For more information: maa.cam.ac.uk/

Gladiators: A Cemetery of Secrets

22 October 2022–23 April 2023

Corinium Museum
Circencester

For more information: coriniummuseum.org/discover/gladiators/

The Middle East

Iraq

National Museum

Reopened, 7 March 2022

For more information: www.theiraqmuseum.com/

Israel

תצוגה מיוחדת: אדון המדבר
(Special Display: Lord of the Desert)

Opened 8 March 2022
Exhibition Galleries, Archaeology Wing
Israel Museum

Curator: Laura A. Peri

For more information: www.imj.org.il/en/exhibitions/special-display-lord-desert

תַכשִׁיט
תכשיטים וקישוט גוף בזמנים פרהיסטוריים
(Adornment: Jewelry and Body Decoration in Prehistoric Times)

2 June 2022–15 April 2023
The Israel Museum
Jerusalem

Curator: Ahiad Ovadia; Assistant Curator: Michal Kapuller

For more information: www.imj.org.il/en/exhibitions/adornment

Africa

Egypt

خبايا الذهب
(The Secrets of Gold)

Opened 9 October 2021
Luxor Museum
Luxor

For more information: https://egymonuments.gov.eg/en/news/under-the-title-secrets-of-gold-dr-waziri-secretary-general-of-the-supreme-council-of-antiquities-inaugurated-a-temporary-archaeological-exhibition-at-luxor-museum-1

 

East Asia and Oceania

Australia

Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs

Opens Summer 2023
Australian Museum
Sydney, New South Wales

For more information: australian.museum/about/organisation/future-plans/

Fake!: Faked, Forged and Replica Ancient Coins

Currently open

The University of Queensland
Australia

Curator: Mr. James Donaldson

For more information: antiquities-museum.uq.edu.au/event/599/fake

Beyond Gallipoli: The ancient Greek heritage of Asia Minor

May 2022–Ongoing
The University of Queensland
Queensland

Curator: Dr. Amelia R. Brown

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

Wondrous Machines

October 2022–Ongoing
The University of Queensland
Queensland

Curators: Dr Janette McWilliam, Dr Duncan Keenan-Jones, Associate Professor Pauline Pounds, Mr James Donaldson, Ms Charlotte Mann and Dr Marie Boden

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

Feared and Revered: Feminine Power through the Ages

December 8, 2022–August 27, 2023
National Museum Australia
Canberra

For more information: www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/feared-and-revered

Mysteries Revisited! From ancient code to comic culture

26 September 2022–31 March 2023
Macquire Museum
Sydney

For more information: www.mq.edu.au/faculty-of-arts/departments-and-schools/macquarie-university-history-museum/exhibitions

China

Blown and Tooled: Western Asian Influences in Ancient Glass in China

September 7, 2022–26 February 2023
University Museum and Art Gallery at The University of Hong Kong
Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong

For more information: //www.umag.hku.hk/exhibition/blown-and-tooled/

Korea

메트로폴리탄박물관 소장품전 "메소포타미아, 저 기록의 땅
(Mesopotamia: Great Cultural Innovations, Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

22 July 2022–January 28 2024
National Museum of Korea
Seoul

For more information: www.museum.go.kr/site/eng/exhiSpecialTheme/view/current?exhiSpThemId=778608&listType=gallery

New Zealand

Secrets of Stonehenge

Opens 2022

Auckland Museum
Parnell, Auckland 1010

For more information: www.aucklandmuseum.com/visit/exhibitions/secrets-of-stonehenge

Myths and Mortals: Life in Ancient Times

Ongoing

Teece Museum of Classical Antiquities
UC Arts City Location
3 Hereford Street
Christchurch

For more information: http://teecemuseum.nz/whats-on/current-exhibition-myths-and-mortals/

Digital / Online Exhibitions

This section includes born-digital exhibitions.

Graffiti as Devotion along the Nile

Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Michigan
Catalogue: Emberling, Geoff and Suzanne Davis (eds). Graffiti as Devotion along the Nile and Beyond. Kelsey Museum Publications 16. Pp. xviii + 193. Ann Arbor: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, 2021. $39.00. ISBN: 978–0–9906623–9–6 (paper and freely downloadable).

For more information: exhibitions.kelsey.lsa.umich.edu/graffiti–el–kurru/index.php

The Giant Heroes of Mont’e Prama: Recovering Ancient Sardinian Heritage

15 April 2022–15 April 2023
Columbia University
New York

For more information: montepramaexhibition.italianacademy.columbia.edu/

Unsilencing the Archives: Laborers at Tell en–Nasbeh (1926–1935)

Bade Museum of Biblical Archaeology
Pacific School of Religion
1798 Scenic Ave
Berkeley, CA 94709
510–849–8200

For more information: storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/dc601d4d131145f88f828196860b8a44

Return to Palmyra

Getty Institute
J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa
Pacific Palisades, California

More information here: getty.edu/research/exhibitions_events/exhibitions/palmyra/exhibition.html

Persepolis Reimagined

J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa
Pacific Palisades, California

For more information: persepolis.getty.edu/

Uruk 5,000 Jahre Megacity
(Uruk – 5,000 years of megacity) 

Staatliche Museum
Berlin

Virtual Tour of the 2013 Special Exhibition, Uruk – 5,000 Years of the Megacity, that was held in Berlin

For more information: storage.smb.museum/Virtueller_Rundgang/Uruk_5000/

Complete Museum Tour 360

Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum
San Jose, CA
For more information: egyptianmuseum.org/360-museum-tour

Aura: Art and Authenticity

Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA

For more information: museum.stanford.edu/exhibitions/aura-art-and-authenticity

Fly Over Zone: Virtual Museum

Opened 21 June 2022

This website includes virtual tours of ancient sites and a virtual museum of Greek and Roman sculpture.

For more information: www.flyoverzone.com/

Heroes & Hoplites

The Hellenic Museum
Melbourne

For more information: hellenic.org.au/heroes-and-hoplites