Current and Upcoming Museum Exhibitions

The Americas

Canada

Pompeii. The Immortal City

18 November 2021–11 September 2022
Musée de la civilisation
Quebec City, Quebec

For more information: www.mcq.org/en/exposition?id=859697

United States

Queen Nefertari: Eternal Egypt

16 October 2021–16 January 2022
Portland Art Museum
Portland, Oregon

Curator: Christian Greco

Catalogue: Greco, Christian. Queen Nefertari’s Egypt. Pp. 111. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth 2020. $16.95. ISBN 978-0912804576 (paper).

For more information: portlandartmuseum.org/exhibitions/queen-nefertari-eternal-egypt/

Rubens: Picturing Antiquity

10 November 2021–24 January 2022
J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa
Pacific Palisades, California

Curators: David Gasparotto and Jeffrey Spier

Catalogue: Gasparotto, David, Jeffrey Spier, and Anne T. Woollett, eds. ​Rubens: Picturing Antiquity. ​Pp. 192. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles 2020. $40. ISBN 978-1606066706 (cloth).

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

It’s Egypt!

1 August 2021–1 February 2022
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Richmond, Virginia

For more information: www.vmfa.museum/exhibitions/exhibitions/egypt-interactive-gallery-exhibition/

Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs

20 November 2021–23 May 2022
Houston Museum of Natural Science
Houston, Texas

For more information: www.hmns.org/exhibits/upcoming-exhibitions/ramses-the-great-and-the-gold-of-the-pharaohs/

Assyria to America

24 October 2019–27 February 2022
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Brunswick, Maine

Curators: Sean P. Burrus and James Higginbotham

For more information: www.bowdoin.edu/art-museum/exhibitions/2019/assyria-to-america.html

The Age of Armor: Treasures from the Higgins Armory Collection at the Worcester Art Museum

6 November 2021–27 February 2022
Toledo Museum of Art
Toledo, Ohio

For more information: www.toledomuseum.org/art/exhibitions/age-armor-treasures-higgins-armory-collection-worcester-art-museum

Recent Acquisitions 2021: Collecting for the Museum

14 December 2021–27 February 2022
J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, California

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

Origins: Collecting to Create the Nelson-Atkins

14 August 2021–6 March 2022
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Kansas City, Missouri 

For more information: nelson-atkins.org/exhibitions/origins/

Mummies of the World: The Exhibition

15 November 2021–15 March 2022
Connecticut Science Center
Hartford, Connecticut

For more information: ctsciencecenter.org/mummies/

Ramses and the Pharaoh’s Gold

20 November 2021-28 March 2022
Houston Museum of Natural Science
Houston, Texas

For further information: hmns.org/exhibits/upcoming-exhibitions/ramses-the-great-and-the-gold-of-the-pharaohs/

Highlights from the Karam Collection

Opens 11 November 2021
Tampa Museum of Art
Tampa, Florida

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

Pompeii in Color: The Life of Roman Wall Painting

26 January 2022–29 May 2022
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
New York, New York

For more information: isaw.nyu.edu/exhibitions/pompeii-in-color

The Stories We Wear

25 September 2021–12 June 2022
The Penn Museum
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  

Curators: Lauren Ristvet, Sarah Linn, and Jane Hickman

For more information: www.penn.museum/on-view/galleries-exhibitions/the-stories-we-wear

The African Origin of Civilization

Opens 14 December 2021
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, New York

Curators: Alisa LaGamma, Ceil Pulitzer, Michael E. Pulitzer, Diana Craig Patch, and Lila Acheson Wallace

For more information: www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2021/african-origin-of-civilization

Art of Ancient Greece, Rome, and the Byzantine Empire

Opens 18 December 2021
Museum of Fine Arts
Boston, Massachusetts 

For more information: www.mfa.org/gallery/art-of-ancient-greece-rome-and-the-byzantine-empire

HerStory: Stories of Ancient Heroines and Everyday Women

9 July 2020–19 June 2022
Tampa Museum of Art
Tampa, Florida

Curators: Brittney Bevel and Kessanda Abel

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

Joseph Lindon Smith: The Persepolis Paintings

Opens January 2022
Oriental Institute
Chicago, Illinois

For more information: oi.uchicago.edu/museum-exhibits/special-exhibits

Falcons: The Art of the Hunt

15 January 2022–17 July 2022
Freer Gallery of Art
Washington, District of Columbia

For more information: asia.si.edu/exhibition/falcons-art-of-the-hunt/

New Light: Encounters and Connections

3 July 2021–24 July 2022
Museum of Fine Arts
Boston, Massachusetts

Curator: Debra Lennard

For more information: www.mfa.org/exhibition/new-light-encounters-and-connections

Persia: Ancient Iran and the Classical World

6 April 2022–8 August 2022
J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa
Pacific Palisades, California

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

Life and Afterlife in Ancient Egypt

Opens 11 February 2022
Art Institute
Chicago, Illinois 

For more information: www.artic.edu/exhibitions/9761/egyptian-art

Assyria: Palace Art of Ancient Iraq

2 October 2019–5 September 2022
J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa
Pacific Palisades, California

Curators: Timothy Potts and Sara Cole

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

Lasting Impressions: People, Power, Piety

23 November 2021–23 November 2022
Dumbarton Oaks
Washington, District of Columbia

Curator: Jonathan Shea

For more information: www.doaks.org/visit/museum/exhibitions/lasting-impressions-people-power-piety

The Antikythera Mechanism

4 June 2021–28 November 2022
Nashville Parthenon
Nashville, Tennessee

Curator: Mark Medley

For more information: www.nashvilleparthenon.com/events/antikythera-mechanism

Fire and Vine: The Story of Glass and Wine

3 July 2021–31 December 2022
Corning Museum of Glass
Corning, New York

Curator: Katherine Larson

For more information: whatson.cmog.org/exhibitions-galleries/fire-and-vine-story-glass-and-wine

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

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

22 September 2021 – Ongoing

Online Exhibition. Events available on youtube.

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

Harvard Museum of the Near East

Ongoing

Several small exhibitions are on display connected to the recent renaming of the museum, including: Mediterranean Marketplaces: Connecting the Ancient World; From the Nile to the Euphrates: Creating the Harvard Semitic Museum; Recreating the Throne of Egyptian Queen Hetepheres; From Stone to Silicone: Recasting Mesopotamian Monuments; and Dream Stela.

Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East
6 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge
Massachusetts 02138

For more information: https://hmane.harvard.edu/exhibitions

Ancient Middle East Gallery

18 December 2021 - Ongoing

Cincinnati Art Museum
953 Eden Park Drive
Cincinnati, OH 45202

For more information: www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org/about/press-room/cincinnati-art-museum-s-reimagined-ancient-middle-east-gallery-to-open-december-18-2021/

Europe, The United Kingdom, and Russia

Austria

Hendrick Goltzius: Die Metamorphosen des Ovid
(Hendrick Goltzius: The Metamorphoses of Ovid)

1 October 2021–23 January 2022
Ferdinandeum
Innsbruck

Curator: Ralf Bormann

For more information: www.tiroler-landesmuseen.at/ausstellung/hendrick-goltzius/

Böse Kaiser: Eine Ausstellung des Münzkabinetts
(Evil Emperors: An Exhibition in the Coin Collection)

12 November 2019–31 March 2022
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Vienna

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

Belgium

Verbeelding van het universum
(Imagining the Universe)

22 October 2021–16 January 2022
Museum Leuven
Leuven

For more information: www.mleuven.be/en/imagining-the-universe#

Le Mystère Mithra. Plongée au cœur d’un culte romain
(The Mithra Mystery. Dive into the Heart of a Roman Cult)

20 November 2021–17 April 2022
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

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

Czech Republic

Muzeum od sklepa po půdu
(Museum from the Cellar to the Attic)

9 June 2020–30 June 2022
Národní Muzeum
Prague

For more information: www.nm.cz/en/program/exhibitions/museum-from-the-cellar-to-the-attic

Poklady numismatických sbírek
(Treasures of the Numismatic Collections)

23 June 2020–30 June 2022
Historická budova Národního Muzeum
Prague

For more information: www.nm.cz/en/program/exhibitions/treasures-of-the-numismatic-collections

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/

Estonia

Koopast kaissu. Inimese ja koera lugu
(From the Cave to the Cat. The Story of Man and Dog)

17 February 2021–30 June 2022
Maarjamäe Castle
Tallinn

Curators: Krista Sarv and Mari-Leen Tammela

For more information: www.ajaloomuuseum.ee/naitused/ekspositsioonid/koeranaitus

France

Redécouvrir l'Égypte. Trois salles du département des Antiquités égyptiennes et le mastaba d’Akhetétep rénovés
(Rediscovering Egypt. Three Galleries of the Department of Egyptian Antiquities and the Mastaba of Akhethetep)

Opened 24 June 2021
Musée du Louvre
Paris

For more information: presse.louvre.fr/redecouvrir-legyptetrois-salles-du-departement-des-antiquites-egyptiennes-et-le-mastaba-dakhetetep-renoves/

Traits d'Égypte: Marcelle Baud (1890-1987)
(Traits of Egypt: Marcelle Baud (1890-1987))

7 July 2021–9 January 2022
Musée Bargoin
Clermont-Ferrand

For more information: www.clermontmetropole.eu/no-cache/actualites-et-agendas/toute-lactualite/detail/actualites/nouvelle-expo-traits-degypte-marcelle-baud-1890-1987-au-musee-bargoin/

La préhistoire en bande dessinée
(Prehistory in Comics)

15 April 2021–10 January 2022
Musée d’Archéologie nationale
Saint-Germain-en-Laye

For more information: musee-archeologienationale.fr/actualite/la-prehistoire-en-bande-dessinee

Le préhistorique – Classer, Dater, Exposer au XIXe siècle
(The Prehistoric – Classifying, Dating, Exhibiting in the 19th century)

18 September 2021–10 January 2022
Musée d’Archéologie nationale
Saint-Germain-en-Laye

For more information: musee-archeologienationale.fr/actualite/le-prehistorique-classer-dater-exposer-au-xixe-siecle

La nuit étoilée
(The Starry Night: The Ancient and Contemporary Sky)

1 October 2021–30 January 2022
Musée départemental Arles antique
Arles

For more information: www.arles-antique.departement13.fr/agenda/la-nuit-etoilee

Paris – Athènes: Naissance de la Grèce moderne 1675 ‐ 1919
(Paris – Athens: The Birth of Modern Greece 1675 ‐ 1919)

30 September 2021–7 February 2022
Musée du Louvre
Paris

Curators : Jean‐Luc Martinez and Marina Lambraki‐Plaka

Catalogue: Martinez, Jean-Luc, Débora Guiollon, and Marina Lambraki-Plaka. Paris-Athènes Naissance de la Grèce moderne 1675-1919. Pp. 490. Hazan, Vanves 2021. €39. ISBN 978-2754112123 (paper).

For more information: www.louvre.fr/en-ce-moment/expositions/paris-athenes

La chambre d’amis: musée archéologique de la Canée
(The Guest’s Room: Archaeological Museum of Chania)

20 October 2021–7 February 2022
Musée des civilisations de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée
Marseille

Curator: Eleni Papadopoulou

For more information: mucem.org/programme/exposition-et-temps-forts/la-chambre-damis-musee-archeologique-de-la-canee-0

Salammbô. Passion! Fureur! Éléphants! — Du roman culte à l’exposition 
(Salammbô. Passion! Fury! Elephants! — From Cult Novel to Exhibition)

20 October 2021–7 February 2022
Musée des civilisations et de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée
Marseille

Curator: Sylvain Amic

For more information: www.mucem.org/programme/exposition-et-temps-forts/salammbo

Une salade, César? La cuisine romaine de la taverne au banquet
(A Salad, Caesar? Roman Cuisine from Tavern to Banquet)

17 January 2022–20 February 2022
Médiathèque de Meyzieu
Meyzieu

1 July 2022–1 October 2022
Maison du livre de l’image et du son
Villeurbanne

For more information: lugdunum.grandlyon.com/fr/agenda/evenements/exposition-itinerante-une-salade-cesar-la-cuisine-romaine-de-la-taverne-au-banquet

Enquête de pouvoir - De Rome à Lugdunum
(In Search of Power - From Rome to Lugdunum)

6 October 2021–27 February 2022
Musée et théâtres romains 
Lugdunum

Catalogue: Lugdunum Musée. Enquête de pouvoir - De Rome à Lugdunum. Snoeck, Gent 2021. €30. ISBN 978-9461616876 (cloth).

For more information: lugdunum.grandlyon.com/fr/agenda/evenements/enquete-de-pouvoir

Portraits et secrets des femmes romaines
(Portraits and Secrets of Roman Women)

11 November 2021–8 March 2022
Musée de la Romanité
Nîmes

For more information: museedelaromanite.fr/exposition-temporaire/archives/imperatrices-matrones-et-affranchies-visages-et-secrets-des-femmes-romaines-du-11-novembre-au-8-mars-2022

Juifs d'Orient. Une histoire plurimillénaire
(Eastern Jews. A Millennial History)

24 November 2021–13 March 2022
Institut du monde arabe
Paris

Catalogue: Stora, Benjamin, Nala Aoudat, Elodie Bouffard, and Hana-Gallimard Boghanim. Juifs d'Orient. Une histoire plurimillénaire. Pp. 224. Gallimard, Paris 2021. €29. ISBN 978-2072953477 (paper)

For more information: www.imarabe.org/fr/expositions/juifs-d-orient

La « Maison de la Harpiste »: un puzzle de 2000 ans en cours de reconstitution au MDAA
(The ‘House of the Harpiste’: A 2000 Year Old Puzzle Being Put Together in MDAA)

Opened September 2021
Château d'Avignon
Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer

For more information: departement13.fr/le-departement/linstitution/retour-sur/detail/article/la-maison-de-la-harpiste-un-puzzle-de-2000-ans-en-cours-de-reconstitution-au-mdaa/

Les écritures de l’Antiquité à nos jours
(Writing from Antiquity to Today)

19 May 2021–8 May 2022
Musée des Beaux-Arts et d’Histoire Naturelle 
Chateaudun

For more information: musee-chateaudun.fr/exhibitions/

Venus d’ailleurs: Matériaux et objets voyageurs
(From Afar: Travelling Materials and Objects)

22 September 2021–4 July 2022
Musée du Louvre
Paris

Curators: Philippe Malgouyres and Jean-Luc Martinez

Catalogue: Malgouyres, Philippe, and Jean-Luc Martinez, eds. Venus d’ailleurs: Matériaux et objets voyageurs. Pp. 192. Musée du Louvre Editions, Paris 2021. €32. ISBN 978-2021456264 (cloth).

For more information: www.louvre.fr/en/what-s-on/exhibitions/from-afar#exhibition-catalogue

Rome: La cité et l’empire
(Rome: The City and the Empire)

6 April 2022–25 July 2022
Louvre-Lens
Lens

Curators: Cécile Giroire and Martin Szewczyk

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

Pharaons des deux terres. L'épopée africaine des rois de Napata
(Pharaohs of the Two Lands. The African Story of the Kings of Napata)

27 April 2022–25 July 2022
Musée du Louvre
Paris

Curator: Vincent Rondot

For more information: www.louvre.fr/en-ce-moment/expositions/pharaon-des-deux-terres

Dualités, les collections beaux-arts revisitées
(Dualities. Fine Art Collections Revisited)

19 September 2020–18 September 2022
Musée d'Art et d'Histoire - Hôtel Beurnier-Rossel
Montbéliard

For more information: www.montbeliard.fr/fr/no/mes-sorties-mes-activites/agenda/exposition-dualites-les-collections-beaux-arts-revisitees.html

Et si l'art m'était conté
(And If Art Was Told to Me: The Human Body from Antiquity to Today)

13 September 2021–22 November 2022
Place Antonin Poncet 
Lyons

For more information: www.mba-lyon.fr/fr/expo_hors-les-murs/si-lart-metait-conte

Pharaons Superstars
(Superstar Pharaohs)

Opens June 2022
Musée des civilisations de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée
Marseille

Curator: Frédéric Mougenot

Catalogue: Musée des civilisations de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée. Pharaons superstars. Pp. 256. Actes Sud, Arles 2020. €35. ISBN 978-2330133306 (cloth).

For more information: www.mucem.org/programme/exposition-et-temps-forts/pharaons-superstars

François Artaud – Jean-François Champollion. Le rôle du directeur du musée de Lyon dans l’aventure du déçhiffrement des hiéroglyphes
(François Artaud - Jean-François Champollion. The Role of the Director of the Musée de Lyon in the Adventure of Deciphering Hieroglyphs)

October 2022–December 2022
Le musée des Beaux-Arts
Lyons

For more information: www.mba-lyon.fr/fr/article/expositions-venir

Hiéroglyphes
(Hieroglyphs)

28 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/

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/

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/

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

Germany

Von Eva bis Greta. Frauen auf Münzen und Medaillen
(From Eve to Greta. Women on Coins and Medallions)

27 November 2020–6 January 2022
Bode-Museum
Berlin

For more information: www.smb.museum/en/exhibitions/detail/from-eve-to-greta/

freiburg.archäologie – Life before the Founding of the City

13 September 2020–9 January 2022
Archäologisches Museum Colombischlössle
Freiburg im Breisgau

For more information: www.freiburg.de/pb/,Len/1469763.html

Die Welt der Himmelsscheibe von Nebra – Neue Horizonte
(The World of the Nebra Sky Disc – New Horizons)

4 June 2021–9 January 2022
Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte
Halle

Catalogue: Meller, Harald, and Michael Schefzik, eds. Die Welt der Himmelsscheibe von Nebra - Neue Horizonte. Pp. 208. wbg Theiss in Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 2020. €28. ISBN 978-3806242232 (cloth).

For more information: landesmuseum-vorgeschichte.de/fileadmin/landesmuseum/alle/pdf/pdf_sonderausstellung_neue_horizonte/nebra_sky_disc_new_horizons.pdf

Iran – Kunst und Kultur aus Fünf Jahrtausenden
(Iran – Five Millennia of Art and Culture)

30 October 2021–20 February 2022
Museum für Islamische Kunst
Berlin

For more information: www.smb.museum/en/exhibitions/detail/iran-five-millennia-of-art-and-culture/

Tutanchamun - Sein Grab und die Schätze
(Tutankhamun - His Grave and the Treasures)

10 September 2021–27 February 2022
Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen
Mannheim

For more information: www.tut-ausstellung.com/

Grenzüberschreitung am Limes 
(Border Crossing at the Limes)

24 September 2021–27 February 2022
Lippisches Landesmuseum Detmold  
Detmold

For more information: lippisches-landesmuseum.de/sonderausstellungen/roms-fliessende-grenzen-archaeologische-landesausstellung-nrw/

Masterpiece oder „Religion für Arme“?
(Masterpiece or "Religion for the Poor"?)

10 November 2021–13 March 2022
Ägyptisches Museum der Universität Bonn
Bonn

For more information: www.aegyptisches-museum.uni-bonn.de/ueber-das-museum/sonderausstellung

Salamis 480

16 November 2021–13 March 2022
Staatliche Antikensammlungen
Munich

For more information: www.antike-am-koenigsplatz.mwn.de/index.php/en/jevents-all-categories/eventdetail/150/-/salamis-480

Iran. Kunst und Kultur aus fünf Jahrtausenden
(Iran. Five Millennia of Art and Culture)

4 December 2021–20 March 2022
James-Simon-Galerie  
Berlin

Catalogue: Franke, Ute, Ina Sarikhani, and Stefan Weber. Iran. Kunst und Kultur aus fünf Jahrtausenden. Pp. 396. Hirmer Verlag, Munich 2021. €49.90. ISBN 978-3777438061 (cloth).

For more information: www.smb.museum/en/exhibitions/detail/iran-five-millennia-of-art-and-culture/

Löwen, Sphingen, Silberhände. Der unsterbliche Glanz etruskischer Familien aus Vulci
(Lions, Sphinxes, Silver Hands. The Immortal Splendor of Etruscan Families from Vulci)

3 November 2021–10 April 2022
Archäologische Museum Frankfurt
Frankfurt

For more information: www.archaeologisches-museum-frankfurt.de/de/ausstellungen/loewen-sphingen-silberhaende

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/

Seuchen: Fluch der Vergangenheit – Bedrohung der Zukunft
(Epidemics: Curse of the Past – Threat of the Future)

28 October 2021–1 May 2022
Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum
Hildesheim

Curator: Oliver Gauert

Catalogue: Gauert, Oliver, Regine Schulz, and Tobias Welte. Seuchen Fluch der Vergangenheit, Bedrohung der Zukunft. Pp. 300. Wbg Theiss, Darmstadt 2021. €40. ISBN 978-3806244038 (cloth).

For more information: www.rpmuseum.de/ausstellungen/vorschau/seuchen.html

Mumien. Geheimnisse des Lebens
(Mummies. Secrets of Life)

20 November 2021–1 May 2022
Neanderthal Museum
Mettmann

For more information: www.neanderthal.de/de/kommende-sonderausstellung.html

Leben am Limes
(Life on the Limes)

25 November 2021–29 May 2022
LVR- LandesMuseum Bonn
Bonn

For more information: www.roemer.nrw/sites/default/files/2021-02/RfG_Standortplakat_Bonn.pdf

Roms fließende Grenzen: Archäologische Landesausstellung NRW
(Rome's Fluid Borders: Archaeological State Exhibition NRW)

25 November 2021–29 May 2022
LVR- LandesMuseum Bonn
Bonn

For more information: museen.de/roms-fliessende-grenzen-bonn.html

Nebukadnezar im Sozialismus. Das Vorderasiatische Museum in der DDR
(Nebuchadnezzar Under Socialism. The Vorderasiatisches Museum in the GDR)

9 November 2021–26 June 2022
Pergamonmuseum
Berlin

For more information: www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/pergamonmuseum/exhibitions/detail/nebuchadnezzar-under-socialism/

Klangbilder – Musik im Alten Ägypten
(Sound Images – Music in Ancient Egypt)

26 August 2021–3 July 2022
Neues Museum
Berlin

Catalogue: Gerhardt, Marius. Klangbilder - Musik im Alten Ägypten. Pp. 75. Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Berlin 2021. €28. ISBN 978-3886098552 (paper).

For more information: www.smb.museum/en/exhibitions/detail/klangbilder-musik-im-antiken-griechenland/

Klangbilder – Musik im Alten Griechenland
(Sound Images – Music in Ancient Greece)

26 August 2021–3 July 2022
Altes Museum
Berlin

Catalogue: Schwarzmaier, Agnes, and Nina Zimmermann-Elseify. Klangbilder - Musik im Alten Griechenland. Pp. 100. Altes Museum, Berlin 2021. €9.90. ISBN 978-3886098545 (paper).

For more information: www.smb.museum/en/exhibitions/detail/klangbilder-musik-im-antiken-griechenland/

Habalukke – Treasures of a Forgotten Civilization

7 April 2022–31 July 2022
Archäologisches Museum Colombischlössle
Freiburg

For more information: www.freiburg.de/pb/,Len/1798437.html

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

19 October 2017–25 September 2022
Neues Museum
Berlin

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

Stonehenge - von Menschen und Landschaften
(Stonehenge - Of People and Landscapes)

23 September 2021–25 September 2022
LWL-Museum für Archäologie
Herne

For more information: www.lwl-landesmuseum-herne.de/de/unsere-ausstellungen/sonderausstellungen/

Sternensucher – Von der Himmelsscheibe bis zur Rosetta-Mission
(Star Seekers – From the Sky Disc to the Rosetta Mission)

3 October 2020–30 September 2022
Arche Nebra
Nebra

For more information: www.himmelsscheibe-erleben.de/sonderschau/aktuelles/

Rom am Rhein
(Rome on the Rhine)

29 April 2021–9 October 2022
Kulturzentrum am Neumarkt 
Cologne

For more information: www.roemer.nrw/sites/default/files/2021-02/RfG_Standortplakat_Koeln.pdf

Kult(ur)wald. Die Besiedlung des Schwarzwalds
(Cult(ur)eforest. The Population of the Black Forest)

14 May 2021–16 October 2022
Franziskanermuseum  
Villingen-Schwenningen

For more information: www.franziskanermuseum.de/aktuelles/ausstellungen/kulturwald-die-besiedlung-des-schwarzwalds.html

Der Limes am Niederrhein
(The Limes on the Lower Rhine)

30 September 2021–16 October 2022
LVR Archaeological Park Xanten / LVR RömerMuseum  
Xanten

For more information: www.roemer.nrw/sites/default/files/2021-02/RfG_Standortplakat_Xanten.pdf

Rom in Westfalen 2.0
(Rome in Westphalia 2.0)

25 March 2022–30 October 2022
LWL-Römermuseum  
Haltern am See  

For more information: www.roemer.nrw/sites/default/files/2021-02/RfG_Standortplakat_Haltern.pdf

Gail Rothschild. Porträts antiker Wirkereien aus Ägypten
(Gail Rothschild. Portraits of Antique Knitwear from Egypt)

1 July 2022–31 October 2022
Bode Museum  
Berlin  

For more information: www.smb.museum/en/exhibitions/detail/think-big/

Schliemanns Welten
(Schliemann’s Worlds)

13 May 2022–6 November 2022
James-Simon-Galerie
Berlin

For more information: www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/neues-museum/exhibitions/detail/schliemanns-worlds/

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

25 June 2022–27 November 2022
Rheinisches Landesmuseum
Trier

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

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

Greece

Κάλλος. Η Υπέρτατη Ομορφιά
(Kallos. The Ultimate Beauty)

28 September 2021–16 January 2022
Museum of Cycladic Art
Athens

Curators: Nikolaos Chr. Stampolidis and Ioannis D. Fappas

For more information: cycladic.gr/en/page/kallos-i-ipertati-omorfia?slide=1

Η κατάχωση και προστασία των αρχαίων του Εθνικού Αρχαιολογικού Μουσείου κατά τον Β' Παγκόσμιο Πόλεμο
(The Documentation and Protection of Antiquities in the National Archaeological Museum during World War II)

5 October 2021–19 January 2022
Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki

Curators: Maria Lagogianni-Georgarakou and Maria Hidiroglou

For more information: www.amth.gr/en/exhibitions/temporary/i-katahosi-kai-prostasia-ton-arhaion-toy-ethnikoy-arhaiologikoy-moyseioy-kata

Νέα αποκτήματα / νέες προσεγγίσεις
(New Acquistions/New Approaches)

1 October 2021–31 January 2022
Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki

For more information: www.amth.gr/en/exhibitions/temporary/nea-apoktimata-nees-proseggiseis

Archaeological Museum of Chania

Opened October 2021
Chania

For more information: www.allinchania.gr/en/city-info/museums/new-archaeological-museum-of-chania/

Για μια φλόγα που καίει. Αρχαιότητες και Μνήμη, Θεσσαλονίκη – Μακεδονία [1821-2021]
(For a Flame that Burns On. Antiquities and Memory, Thessaloniki - Macedonia [1821-2021])

15 July 2021–17 July 2022
Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki

For more information: www.amth.gr/en/exhibitions/temporary/flame-burns-antiquities-and-memory-thessaloniki-macedonia-1821-2021

To the Baths!
(Practices and Representations of Bathing in the Mediterranean)

20 May 2022–5 September 2022
Archaeological Museum of Chania
Chania

For more information: www.mucem.org/programme/exposition-et-temps-forts/la-chambre-damis-musee-archeologique-de-la-canee-0

Hungary

II. Amenhotep és kora. A fáraó sírjának felfedezése
(The Discovery of the Pharaoh’s Tomb – Amenhotep II and His Age)

17 September 2021–9 January 2022
Szépmuvészeti Múzeum
Budapest

For more information: www.mfab.hu/exhibitions/the-discovery-of-the-pharaohs-tomb-amenhotep-ii-and-his-age/

Italy

Alla ricerca della vita. Cosa raccontano i resti umani?
(In Search of Life. What Do Human Remains Tell?)

Opened 24 June 2021
Museo Egizio
Turin

For more information: museoegizio.it/en/explore/news/museo-egizio-opens-in-search-of-life-a-new-permanent-exhibition-room-2/

Divina Archeologia: Mitologia e storia della Divina Commedia nelle collezioni del MANN
(Divine Archaeology: Mythology and History of the Divine Comedy in the MANN Collections)

Until December 2021
Museo Archeologico Nazionale de Napoli
Naples

For more information: mannapoli.it/divina-archeologia-mitologia-e-storia-della-commedia-di-dante-nelle-collezioni-del-mann/

L’uomo quantico, Non c’è futuro senza memoria. Opere di Gianfranco Meggiato
(The Quantic Man. There Is No Future without Memory. Artworks by Gianfranco Meggiato)

28 June 2021–4 January 2022
Via Panoramica dei Templi
Agrigento

Curator: Daniela Brignone

For more information: www.parcovalledeitempli.it/en/events/the-quantic-man-there-is-no-future-without-memory-artworks-by-gianfranco-meggiato/

Gladiatori
(Gladiators)

31 March 2021–6 January 2022
Museo Archeologico Nazionale de Napoli
Naples

Curator: Valeria Sampaolo

Catalogue: Sampaolo, Valeria. Gladiatori. Pp. 263. Electa, Florence 2021. €32,30. ISBN 978-8892820104 (paper).

For more information: www.museoarcheologiconapoli.it/it/2021/03/presentazione-digitale-mostra-gladiatori/

Una terra di mezzo. I Longobardi e la nascita della Toscana
(A Middle Ground. The Longobards and the Birth of Tuscany)

30 July 2021–6 January 2022
Museo Archeologico e d’Arte della Maremma
Grosseto

Curators: Chiara Valdambrini and Barbara Fiorini

For more information: new.comune.grosseto.it/web/comunicati/la-mostra-una-terra-di-mezzo-i-longobardi-e-la-nascita-della-toscana-e-pronta-ad-accogliere-il-pubblico/

Raffaello e la Domus Aurea. L’invenzione delle grottesche
(Raphael and the Domus Aurea. The Invention of the Grotesques)

23 June 2021–7 January 2021
Domus Aurea
Rome

Curator: Vicenzo Farinella

Catalogue: Farinella, Vicenzo. Raffaello e la Domus Aurea. L'invenzione delle grottesche. Pp. 272. Electa, Florence 2020. €37,05. ISBN 978-8891890061 (paper).

For more information: parcocolosseo.it/evento/raffaello-e-la-domus-aurea-linvenzione-delle-grottesche-in-arrivo-la-grande-mostra-evento-in-domus-aurea/

I marmi Torlonia. Collezionare capolavori
(The Torlonia Marbles. Collecting Masterpieces)

14 October 2020–9 January 2022
Musei Capitolini a Palazzo Caffarelli
Rome

Curators: Salvatore Settis and Carlo Gasparri

Catalogue: Settis, Salvatore, and Carlo Gasparri, eds. The Torlonia Marbles. Pp. 320. Electa, Milan 2020. €37,05. ISBN 978-8891890122 (cloth).

For more information: torloniamarbles.it/presentazione-mostra-torlonia-marbles-roma.html

Taras e Vatl. Dei del mare, fondatori di città. Archeologia di Taranto a Vetulonia
(Taras and Vatl. Gods of the Sea, Founders of Cities. Archaeology of Taranto in Vetulonia)

22 June 2021–9 January 2022
Museo Civico Archeologico Isidoro Falchi di Vetulonia
Vetulonia

Curators: Eva Degl'Innocenti and Simona Rafanelli

For more information: www.museidimaremma.it/it/eventi.asp?keyevento=980

Cipro. Crocevia delle civiltà
(Cyprus. Crossroads of Civilizations)

29 June 2021–9 January 2022
Musei Reali di Torino
Torino

Curators: Luca Bombardieri and Elisa Panero

Catalogue: Bombardieri, Luca, and Elisa Panero. Cipro. Crocevia delle civiltà. Pp. 120. De Angelis, Avellino 2021. €20. ISBN 978-8895742724 (paper).

For more information: www.museireali.beniculturali.it/events/cipro-crocevia-delle-civilta-2/

Taras e Vatl. Protagonisti del Mediterraneo a confronto. Archeologia di Vetulonia a Taranto
(Taras and Vatl. Protagonists of the Mediterranean in Comparison. Archaeology of Vetulonia in Taranto)

23 July 2021–9 January 2022
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Taranto
Taranto

Curators: Eva Degl'Innocenti and Simona Rafanelli

For more information: museotaranto.beniculturali.it/it/news/taras-e-vatl-in-mostra-a-taranto/

Omero, Iliade. Le opere del MANN tra le pagine di Alessandro Baricco
(Homer, Iliad. The Works of MANN among the Pages of Alessandro Baricco)

9 September 2021–10 January 2022
Museo Archeologico Nazionale
Naples

For more information: mannapoli.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Omero-unito.pdf

Il tesoro ritrovato. La tomba del Principe di Corinaldo
(The Rediscovered Treasure. The Tomb of the Prince of Corinaldo)

25 July 2021–30 January 2022
Pinacoteca Comunale C. Ridolfi
Corinaldo

Curators: Federica Boschi and Ilaria Venanzoni

Catalogue: Boschi, Federica, and Ilaria Venanzoni, eds. La tomba del Principe di Corinaldo.
Il tesoro ritrovato. Pp. 104. Silvana Editoriale, Milan 2021. €28. ISBN 978-8836649518 (paper).

For more information: www.corinaldoturismo.it/mostra-archeologica-tesoro-ritrovato-la-tomba-del-principe-corinaldo/

Faïence - Faenza. Dall’antico Egitto al contemporaneo
(Faïence - Faenza. From Ancient Egypt to the Contemporary)

19 November 2021–30 January 2022
Agorà Archeologia
Bologna

Curators: Daniela Picchi and Valentina Mazzotti

For more information: www.comune.bologna.it/archeologico/rassegne/47909/id/104969

La città nascosta. Archeologia urbana a Mantova
(The Hidden City. Urban Archaeology in Mantova)

8 May 2021–31 January 2022
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Mantova
Mantova

Curators: Mari Hirose and Leonardo Lamanna

Catalogue: Hirose, Mari, and Leonardo Lamanna. La città nascosta: archeologia urbana a Mantova: Palazzo Ducale di Mantova, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, maggio 2021 - gennaio 2022. Pp. 63. Editoriale Sometti, Mantova 2021. ISBN 978-8874958214.

For more information: mantovaducale.beniculturali.it/it/eventi-palazzo-ducale/6764-la-citta-nascosta-archeologia-urbana-a-mantova-20-06-2021

Nel laboratorio dello studioso: Gatti, falchi e anguille. I bronzi votivi per mummie animali
(In the Scholar’s Laboratory: Cats, Hawks, and Eels. Votive Bronzes for Animal Mummies)

November 2021–January 2022
Museo Egizio
Turin

Curator: Johannes Auenmueller

For more information: museoegizio.it/esplora/mostre/nel-laboratorio-dello-studioso/

Antichi abitatori delle grotte in Friuli
(Ancient Inhabitants of the Caves in Friuli)

3 March 2021–27 February 2022
Castello di Udine
Udine

For more information: www.civicimuseiudine.it/it/mostre-eventi/40-il-castello/997-antichi-abitatori-delle-grotte-in-friuli

Nel laboratorio dello studioso: Un santuario portatile per la dea Anuket
(In the Scholar’s Laboratory: A Portable Shrine for the Goddess Anuket)

January 2022–March 2022
Museo Egizio
Turin

Curator: Paolo Del Vesco

For more information: museoegizio.it/esplora/mostre/nel-laboratorio-dello-studioso/

Tebe nel Nuovo Regno
(Thebes in the New Kingdom)

11 December 2021–18 April 2022
Basilica Palladiana
Vicenza

Curator: Christian Greco

For more information: www.comune.vicenza.it/fotonot/220971-mostra_tebe_nel_nuovo_regno.pdf

Sotto il cielo di Nut. Egitto divino
(Under Nut's Sky. Divine Egypt)

11 March 2020–8 May 2022
Museo Archeologico
Milan

Curators: Sabrina Ceruti and Anna Provenzali

Catalogue: Ceruti, Sabrina, and Anna Provenzali, eds. Sotto il cielo di Nut. Forme del divino nell'Antico Egitto. Pp. 226. Officina Libraria, Rome 2019. €27,55. ISBN 978-8833670881 (paper).

For more information: www.museoarcheologicomilano.it/web/museo-archeologico-milano/-/mostra-sotto-il-cielo-di-nut

Tesori dalle terre d’Etruria. La collezione dei conti Passerini, Patrizi di Firenze e Cortona
(Treasures from the Land of Etruria. The Collection of the Passerini Counts, Nobility of Florence and Cortona)

29 October 2020–30 May 2022
Museo Archeologico Nazionale
Florence

Curators: Mario Iozzo and Maria Rosaria Lubero

Catalogue: Iozzo, Mario, and Maria Rosaria Lubero, eds. Tesori dalle terre d'Etruria. La collezione dei conti Passerini, Patrizi di Firenze e Cortona. Pp. 312. Sillabe, Livorno 2020. €33. ISBN 978-8833402222 (paper).

For more information: www.beniculturali.it/evento/due-inediti-graffioni-etruschi-un-nuovo-video-sui-capolavori-della-mostra-al-maf-tesori-dalle-terre-detruria-la-collezione-dei-conti-passerini-patrizi-di-firenze-e-cortona

Nel laboratorio dello studioso: Il Libro dei Morti di Baki, Scriba del Signore delle Due Terre
(In the Scholar’s Laboratory: The Book of the Dead of Baki, Scribe of the Lord of the Two Lands)

March 2022–May 2022
Museo Egizio
Turin

Curators: Susanne Töpfer and Sara Demichelis

For more information: museoegizio.it/esplora/mostre/nel-laboratorio-dello-studioso/

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

27 April 2021–15 June 2022
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

Viaggio nella bellezza
(Journey into Beauty. From Matera to Pompeii)

15 November 2021–30 June 2022
Museo Nazionale di Matera
Matera

Curators: Annamaria Mauro, Massimo Osanna, and Gabriel Zuchtriegel

For more information: www.museonazionaledimatera.it/da-matera-a-pompei-viaggio-nella-bellezza/mostre/

La civiltà delle palafitte. L’Isolino Virginia e i laghi varesini tra 5.600 e 900 a.C.
(The Pile-Dwelling Civilization. Isolino Virginia and the Varese Lakes between 5600 and 900 BCE)

29 July 2021–4 September 2022
Museo Archeologico di Villa Mirabello
Varese

Curators: Barbara Cermesoni and Daniela Locatelli

For more information: lombardia.abbonamentomusei.it/Mostre-e-Attivita/La-civilta-delle-palafitte-L-Isolino-Virginia-e-i-laghi-varesini-tra-5600-e-900-a.C

Vasi antichi
(Ancient Vases)

7 November 2021–2 October 2022
Museo Archeologico al Teatro romano
Verona

Curator: Margherita Bolla

For more information: museoarcheologico.comune.verona.it/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=77039

Ecce Homo: l’incontro fra il divino e l’umano per una diversa antropologia 
(Ecce Homo: The Encounter between the Divine and the Human for a Different Anthropology)

25 June 2021–17 October 2022
Villa d’Este / Santuario di Ercole Vincitore
Tivoli

Curator: Andrea Bruciati 

Catalogue: Bruciati, Andrea. Ecce homo. L'incontro fra il divino e l'umano per una diversa antropologia-Ecce homo. The encounter between the divine and man for a different anthropology. Pp. 52. Gangemi, Rome 2021. €12. ISBN 978-8849240368 (paper).

For more information: www.beniculturali.it/comunicato/ecce-homo-lincontro-fra-il-divino-e-lumano-per-una-diversa-antropologia

DOMUS GRIMANI. La Sala del Doge
(DOMUS GRIMANI. The Doge's Room)

19 May 2021–27 November 2022
Museo di Palazzo Grimani
Venice

Curators: Daniele Ferrara and Toto Bergamo Rossi

Catalogue: Ferrara, Daniele, and Toto Bergamo Rossi. Domus Grimani 1594-2019: The Collection of Classical Sculptures Reassembled in Its Original Setting After Four Centuries. Pp. 160. Marsilio, Venice 2019. €76,99. ISBN 978-8829701254 (paper).

For more information: polomusealeveneto.beniculturali.it/eventi-e-mostre/domus-grimani-la-sala-del-doge-georg-baselitz-archinto-museo-di-palazzo-grimani-19

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

Netherlands

Oudegyptische Dierenmummies
(Ancient Egyptian Animal Mummies)

10 December 2021–9 January 2022
Allard Pierson
Amsterdam

For more information: allardpierson.nl/nieuws/oudegyptische-dierenmummies-in-ct-scanner/

Retourtje verleden: Archeologie en ProRail
(Return Trip to the Past: Archaeology and ProRail)

Until 9 January 2022
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Leiden

For more information: www.rmo.nl/en/exhibitions/temporary-exhibitions/return-trip-to-the-past/

Keizer Domitianus
(Emperor Domitian)

17 December 2021–22 May 2022
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Leiden

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

Pracht en precisie: Topstukken uit de Collectie Gesneden Stenen
(Magnificent and Meticulous: Highlights from the Collection of Cut Stones)

18 December 2020–4 September 2022
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Leiden

For more information: www.rmo.nl/en/exhibitions/temporary-exhibitions/expected-magnificent-and-meticulous/

In de ban van de Ararat: Schatten uit het oude Armenië
(Under the Spell of Mount Ararat: Treasures from Ancient Armenia)

24 April 2022–18 September 2022
Drents Museum
Assen

Catalogue: van der Sanden, Wijnand. In de ban van de Ararat – Schatten uit het oude Armenië. Pp. 168. Wbooks, Zwolle 2021. €24,95. ISBN 978-9462583733 (cloth).

For more information: drentsmuseum.nl/en/exhibitions/under-spell-mount-ararat

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: www.rmo.nl/en/exhibitions/temporary-exhibitions/expected-we-were-kings/

Russia

Из глубин Аравии. Южноаравийская стела из коллекции Аль Тани
(From the Depths of Arabia. South Arabian Stele from the Al Thani Collection)

6 October 2021–15 January 2022
The State Hermitage Museum
Saint Petersburg

For more information: www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/what-s-on/temp_exh/...

Мастер Эннион. Древнее стекло Восточного Средиземноморья, с первого по четвертый века
(Master Ennion. Ancient Glass of the Eastern Mediterranean, First to Fourth Centuries)

4 December 2021–13 March 2022
The State Hermitage Museum
Saint Petersburg

For more information: www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/what-s-on/temp_exh/...

Оман – страна ладана 
(Oman – The Land of Frankincense)

2 December 2020–12 December 2022
The State Hermitage Museum
Saint Petersburg

Curator: Maria Sologubova

For more information: www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/what-s-on/temp_exh/...

Spain

Blick-Mira! El archivo fotográfico del Instituto Arqueológico Alemán de Madrid
(Blick-Mira! The Photographic Archive of the German Archaeological Institute of Madrid)

20 April 2021–9 January 2022
Museo Arqueológico Regional
Madrid

Curators: Dirce Marzoli and Pilar Sada

Catalogue: Museo Arqueológico Regional. Blick-Mira!, las fotografías del Instituto Arqueológico Alemán. Pp 197. M.A.R/Comunidad de Madrid, 2021. €15. ISBN 978-8445139073, (cloth).

For more information: www.museoarqueologicoregional.org/cs/Satellite...

La imagen humana: Arte, identidades y simbolismo
(The Human Image: Art, Identities, and Symbolism)

28 April 2021–9 January 2022
La Caixa Forum
Madrid

Catalogue: Fundació "la Caixa". La imagen humana: arte, identidades y simbolismo. Pp. 240. Machado, Madrid 2021. €30. ISBN 978-8499002941 (paper).

For more information: caixaforum.org/es/madrid/p/la-imagen-humana-arte-identidades-y-simbolismo_a12680642

17 February 2022–29 May 2022
La Caixa Forum
Seville

For more information: caixaforum.org/es/sevilla/p/la-imagen-humana_a29677802

Arte prehistórico. De la roca al Museo
(Prehistoric Art. From the Rock to the Museum)

14 August 2021–9 January 2022
Museo Nacional y Centro de Investigación de Altamira 
Santillana del Mar 

For more information: www.culturaydeporte.gob.es/mnaltamira/que-hacer/exposicion-temporales/de-la-roca-al-museo.html

Faraón. Rey de Egipto
(Pharaoh. King of Egypt)

15 September 2021–9 January 2022
La Caixa Forum
Zaragoza

For more information: caixaforum.org/es/zaragoza/p/faraon-rey-de-egipto_a29669925

11 February 2022–12 June 2022
La Caixa Forum
Palma

For more information: caixaforum.org/es/palma/p/faraon-rey-de-egipto_a29690360

L’Enigma Iber. Arqueologia d'una civilització
(The Iberian Enigma. Archaeology of a Civilization)

30 April 2021–16 January 2022
Museu d’Arqueologia de Catalunya
Barcelona

Curators: David Asensio, Núria Molist, Gabriel de Prado, and M. Carmen Rovira

Catalogue: Asensio, David, Nuria Molist, Gabriel de Prado, and M. Carmen Rovira, eds. L’Enigma Iber. Arqueologia d'una civilització. Pp. 353. Museu d'Arqueologia de Catalunya, Barcelona 2021. €20. ISBN 978-8418601378.

For more information: www.macbarcelona.cat/ca/Exposicions/Exposicions-actuals/L-Enigma-Iber.-Arqueologia-d-una-civilitzacio

Amuletos funerarios egipcios. Protección y magia en el Más Allá
(Egyptian Funerary Amulets. Protection and Magic in the Hereafter)

19 October 2021–16 January 2022
Museo Arqueológico Nacional
Madrid

For more information: www.man.es/man/exposicion/vitrina0/20211019-amuletos-egipcios.html

Baelo Claudia: Los Secretos del Garumun
(Baelo Claudia: The Secrets of Garum)

20 January 2021–January 2022
Museo del Conjunto Arqueológico de Baelo Claudia
Tarifa

Curators: Darío Bernal, José Juan Díaz, José Ángel Expósito, and Víctor Palacios

Catalogue: Bernal, Darío, ed. Baelo Claudia: Los Secretos del Garum. Pp. 256. Universidad de Cádiz, Cádiz 2020. €25. ISBN 978-8498288162.

For more information: labap.uca.es/exposicion-de-baelo-claudia-los-secretos-del-garum/

Mulieres. Vida de las mujeres en Augusta Emerita
(Mulieres. Women's Life in Augusta Emerita)

September 2021–January 2022
Fundación CajaCanarias
Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Catalogue: Mulieres. Vida de las mujeres en Augusta Emerita. Pp. 231. Fundacion CajaCanarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife 2021. €30. ISBN 978-8479854355 (paper).

For more information: cajacanarias.com/agenda/mulieres-vida-de-las-mujeres-en-augusta-emerita/

Tesoros arqueológicos de Rumanía. Las raíces dacias y romanas
(Archaeological Treasures of Romania. Dacian and Roman Roots)

1 September 2021–27 February 2022
Museo Arqueológico Nacional 
Madrid

Curator: Ernest Oberlander-Tarnoveanu

For more information: www.man.es/man/exposicion/exposiciones-temporales/exposiciones-temporales-presentacion-2021.html

"Basati / Salvaje / Wild" by the Artist Gentz ​​del Valle

13 May 2021–13 March 2022
Museo de Navarra
Navarra

Catalogue: Museo de Navarra. Gentz ​​del Valle : Basati / Salvaje / Wild. Pp. 20. Navarra 2021. Published online: www.navarra.es/NR/rdonlyres/7B6C6DBA-FB2D-4B12-A527-28CDF270C72D/473194/GentzdelValleBasati.pdf

For more information: www.navarra.es/home_es/Temas/Turismo+ocio+y+cultura/Museos/...

Imperium. Imágenes del poder en Roma
(Imperium. Images of Power in Rome) 

25 June 2021–5 May 2022
Museo Nacional de Arte Romano
Mérida

For more information: www.culturaydeporte.gob.es/mnromano/actividades/agenda/2021/exposicion-imperium.html

Tempus fugit. La concepción del tiempo en la antigua Mérida
(Tempus Fugit. The Conception of Time in Ancient Mérida) 

18 May 2021–May 2022
Museo Nacional de Arte Romano
Mérida

Curators: Rafael Sabio González, Emilio Gamo Pazos, and Ana Gracia Rivas

For more information: www.culturaydeporte.gob.es/mnromano/actividades/agenda/2021/expo-tempus-fugit.html

Arte y mito. Los dioses del Prado
(Art and Myth. The Gods of the Prado)

2 March 2022–28 August 2022
La Caixa Forum
Girona

Catalogue: Suescun, Fernando Pérez. Arte y mito. Los dioses del Prado. Pp. 141. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid 2020. €17,10. ISBN 978-8499002842 (paper).

For more information: caixaforum.org/es/girona/p/arte-y-mito-los-dioses-del-prado_a29696329

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

12 July 2021–30 October 2022
La Caixa Forum
Madrid

For more information: caixaforum.org/es/madrid/p/momias-del-antiguo-egipto_a29681594

1 December 2022–2 April 2022
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

Switzerland

Skulpturengarten. Die Erweiterung unserer Sammlung in den Außenbereich
(Sculpture Garden. Extending Our Collection into the Outdoors)

Opened June 2021
Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig
Basel

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

Le goût de l’antique. Anna et Jean-Gabriel Eynard
(The Taste for the Antique. Anna et Jean-Gabriel Eynard)

15 October 2021–2 January 2022
Musée d’art et d'histoire
Geneva

For more information: institutions.ville-geneve.ch/fr/mah/expositions-evenements/expositions/le-gout-de-lantique/

Menschen. In Stein gemeisselt
(Humans. Carved in Stone)

17 September 2021–16 January 2022
Landesmuseum Zürich
Zurich

Curators: Jacqueline Perifanakis and Luca Tori

For more information: www.landesmuseum.ch/en/exhibitions/temporary/2021/humans.-carved-in-stone/humans.-carved-in-stone

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

tierisch! Keine Kultur ohne Tiere
(Animalistic! No Cultures with Animals)

27 August 2021–17 October 2022
Museum der Kulturen Basel
Basel

For more information: www.mkb.ch/de/ausstellungen/2021/tierisch.html

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.antikenmuseumbasel.ch/en/ausstellungen.html

United Kingdom

Ancient Middle East Gallery

Opened 26 June 2021
Ashmolean Museum
Oxford

For more information: www.ashmolean.org/ancient-middle-east-gallery

Poussin and the Dance

Until 2 January 2022
The National Gallery
London

Catalogue: Beeny, Emily, and Francesca Whitlum-Cooper. Poussin and the Dance. Pp. 144. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles 2021. €28.37. ISBN 978-1606066836 (paper).

For more information: www.nationalgallery.org.uk/exhibitions/poussin-and-the-dance

Obscurum - Lux: See Segedunum in a Different Light
(A Modern Interpretation of the Importance of Light and Colour in the Roman World)

22 January 2022–29 January 2022
Segedunum Roman Fort
Wallsend

For more information: segedunumromanfort.org.uk/whats-on/obscurum-lux-see-segedunum-in-a-different-light

Eric Ravilious: Downland Man
(Eric Ravilious and the Chalk Downlands of Wiltshire and Sussex)

25 September 2021–30 January 2022
The Wiltshire Museum
Devizes

Curator: James Russell

Catalogue: Russell, James. Eric Ravilious: Downland Man. Pp. 48.  The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, Devizes 2021. £12.99. ISBN 978-0947723170 (paper).

For more information: www.wiltshiremuseum.org.uk/?exhibition=eric-ravilious-downland-man

Global Gold
(The Use of Gold for Currency and Coins, from the Late 6th Century BCE to the 20th Century)

28 September 2021–30 January 2022
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Cambridge

For more information: www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/visit-us/exhibitions/global-gold

Gold of the Great Steppe

28 September 2021–30 January 2022
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Cambridge

For more information: www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/calendar/whatson/gold-great-steppe

The Antonine Wall: Beyond Boundaries

9 October 2021–6 February 2022
Perth Museum and Art Gallery
Perth

For more information: www.culturepk.org.uk/whats-on/the-antonine-wall-beyond-boundaries/

Romans: Edge of Empire

9 October 2021–6 February 2022
Perth Museum and Art Gallery
Perth

For more information: www.culturepk.org.uk/whats-on/romans-edge-of-empire/

Cultured Canines
(The History and Mythologies of Different Dog Breeds)

Until 6 March 2022
Ashmolean Museum
Oxford

Curator: Marianne Bergeron

For more information: www.ashmolean.org/event/cultured-canines

Roman Britain in Colour

Opened October 2021
Great North Museum: Hancock
Newcastle upon Tyne

For more information: www.twmuseums.org.uk/news/roman-altars-reimagined-in-vivid-colour-at-the-great-north-museum-hancock

Wood of the Well: Imagined Carvings for Coventina
(Woodwork Created by Phililp Luscombe Inspired by Roman Offerings Made to Coventina)

Until April 2022
Chesters Roman Fort and Museum
Chollerford

For more information: www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/chesters-roman-fort-and-museum-hadrians-wall/things-to-do/

Museum of Archaeology Gallery
(Prehistoric and Roman Archaeology of Durham)

27 July 2021–31 May 2022
Museum of Archaeology
Durham

For more information: www.dur.ac.uk/archaeology.museum/whatson/details/?id=22270

Ancient Greeks: Science and Wisdom

17 November 2021–5 June 2022
Science Museum
London

For more information: www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/see-and-do/ancient-greeks-science-and-wisdom

The First Dictators. Politics, Propaganda and the Collapse of the Roman Republic

9 July 2021–26 June 2022
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Birmingham

gFor more information: barber.org.uk/first-dictators/

The Galloway Hoard: Viking-Age Treasure

9 October 2021–10 July 2022
Kirkcudbright Galleries
Kirkcudbright

Catalogue: Goldberg, Martin, and Mary Davis. Galloway Hoard: Viking-age Treasure. Pp. 128. NMSE - Publishing Ltd, Totnes 2021. £16.99. ISBN 978-1910682401 (cloth).

For more information: www.kirkcudbrightgalleries.org.uk/event/the-galloway-hoard-at-kirkcudbright-galleries/

30 July 2022–23 October 2022
Aberdeen Museum and Art Gallery
Aberdeen

For more information: www.nms.ac.uk/exhibitions-events/exhibitions/national-museum-of-scotland/the-galloway-hoard-viking-age-treasure/

The World of Stonehenge

17 February 2022–17 July 2022
The British Museum
London

For more information: www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/world-of-stonehenge

Magdalene Odundo in Cambridge

5 October 2021–24 July 2022
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Cambridge

Curator: Helen Ritchie

For more information: www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/visit-us/exhibitions/magdalene-odundo-in-cambridge

Alternative Narratives of the Greek Bicentenary

9 November 2021–25 October 2022
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Cambridge

Curator: Anastasia Christophilopoulou

For more information: www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/visit-us/exhibitions/alternative-narratives-of-the-greek-bicentenary

The Middle East

Israel

עכשיו
(Digging Down: Art of the Pre-Future)

2 November 2021–3 April 2022
Bible Lands Museum
Jerusalem

Curator: Shira Fridman

For more information: www.blmj.org/en/Exhibition/digging-down-2/

שמע ישראל: על קמעות, סגולות ומאגיה
(Hear, O Israel: The Magic of the Shema)

20 August 2021–23 April 2022
Israel Museum
Jerusalem

Curators: Nancy Benovitz and Dudi Mevorah

For more information: www.imj.org.il/en/exhibitions/hear-o-israel-magic-shema

 חזרה למקור: פגישה עם ציפורים עתיקות
(Early Birds: Soaring with the Ancients)

29 July 2021–30 April 2022
Bible Lands Museum
Jerusalem

Curators: Yigal Bloch and Oree Meiri

For more information: www.blmj.org/en/Exhibition/early-birds/

Turkey

Motif, Sadberk Hanım Müzesi Koleksiyonundan
(Motif, from the Sadberk Hanim Museum Collection)

9 November 2020–29 May 2022
Sadberk Hanım Müzesi
Istanbul

Curators: Turgut Saner, Şebnem Eryavuz, and Hülya Bilgi

Catalogue: Bilgi, Hülya, Turgut Saner, and Şebnem Eryavuz. Motif from the Sadberk Hanim Museum Collection = Sadberk Hanim Müzesi Koleksiyonu'ndan motif. Pp. 474. Sadberk Hanim Museum, Istanbul 2020. $200. ISBN 978-6059606165 (cloth).

For more information: www.sadberkhanimmuzesi.org.tr/en/exhibitions/motif

United Arab Emirates

معرض دير المدينة: قرية فناني الفراعنة
(Deir el-Medina: Village of the Pharaohs’ Artists)

10 November 2021–31 August 2022
Sharjah Archaeology Museum
Sharjah

For more information: www.sharjahmuseums.ae/en-US/WhatsOn/Events/معرض-دير-المدينة-قرية-فناني-الفراعنة-(1)

Africa

Egypt

خبيئات المومياوات
(The Cachettes)

7 March 2021–15 January 2022
Egyptian Museum
Cairo

For more information: egymonuments.gov.eg/en/events/the-117-anniversary-of-the-opening-of-the-egyptian-museum

التعليم في مصر القديمة
(Education in Ancient Egypt)

7 March 2021–15 January 2022
Egyptian Museum
Cairo

For more information: egymonuments.gov.eg/en/events/the-117-anniversary-of-the-opening-of-the-egyptian-museum

تبجيل الموتى في مصر عبر العصور
(Exaulted Spirits: The Veneration of the Dead in Egypt Through the Ages)

9 November 2021–9 February 2022
Egyptian Museum
Cairo

For more information: hwww.egyptianmuseumcairo.com/egyptian-museum-cairo/event/exalted-spirits-the-veneration-of-the-dead-in-egypt-through-the-ages/

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

كانطير- بيراميس
(Qantir-Piramesse)

20 April 2022–20 September 2022
Egyptian Museum
Cairo

For more information: https://www.egyptianmuseumcairo.com/egyptian-museum-cairo/event/qantir-piramesse-temporary-exhibitions/

Tunisia

Salammbô. Passion! Fureur! Éléphants! — Du roman culte à l’exposition 
(Salammbô. Passion! Fury! Elephants! — From Cult Novel to Exhibition)

Spring 2022–Summer 2022
Musée national du Bardo
Tunis

Curator: Sylvain Amic

For more information: www.mucem.org/programme/exposition-et-temps-forts/salammbo

East Asia and Oceania

Australia

Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors, and Heroes

17 December 2021–1 May 2022
National Museum of Australia
Canberra, Australia Capital Territory

For more information: www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/ancient-greeks

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/

Japan

大英博物館ミイラ展　古代エジプト６つの物語
(British Museum Mummy Exhibition: Six Stories of Ancient Egypt)

14 October 2021–12 January 2022
National Museum of Nature and Science
Tokyo

For more information: daiei-miira.exhibit.jp

5 February 2022–8 May 2022
Kobe City Museum
Kobe City

For more information: www.kobecitymuseum.jp/exhibition/upcoming

古代エジプト展　天地創造の神話
(Ancient Egypt: The Creation of the World)

19 September 2021–16 January 2022
Tokyo Fuji Art Museum
Tokyo

For more information: www.fujibi.or.jp/en/exhibitions/profile-of-exhibitions/?exhibit_id=1202109191

ライデン国立古代博物館所蔵 古代エジプト展
(Leiden National Museum of Antiquities Ancient Egypt Exhibition – Egypt Land of Discoveries)

20 November 2021–27 February 2022
Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art
Kobe City

For more information: www.artm.pref.hyogo.jp/eng/exhibition/

ボストン美術館展　芸術×力
(Art & Power: From Pharaohs to Daimyōs. Masterworks from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

23 July 2022–2 October 2022
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum
Tokyo

For more information: www.tobikan.jp/en/exhibition/2022_boston.html

South Korea

투탕카멘, 파라오의 비밀
(Tutankhamun: The Pharaoh’s Secret)

22 June 2021–24 April 2022
War Memorial of Korea
Seoul

For more information: www.tutankhamun.co.kr