Updated 11 September 2023
Each month, the AJA provides information about current and upcoming museum exhibits around the world that are related to topics within the scope of the journal. The list includes exhibition dates, locations, curators, information about catalogues, and links to museum websites with further information. It is organized by geographic location (The Americas, Europe, the United Kingdom and Russia, the Middle East, Africa, East Asia, and Oceania). Within that larger framework, exhibitions are arranged alphabetically by country and then by closing date. If a catalogue is not mentioned, then no catalogue is known to us. New museums and permanent gallery installations are included on the list for six months following their opening. The AJA Museum Review Editor welcomes input from readers for additions to this list.
A new section, Digital/Online Exhibitions, now appears at the end. Born-digital exhibitions will be added here and maintained as long as the exhibitions continue to remain online.
The Americas
United States
The First Kings of Europe
31 March 2023–28 January 2024
Field Museum
Chicago
For more information: www.fieldmuseum.org/exhibitions/first-kings-europe
Beyond King Tut: The Immersive Experience
Various locations in the United States and Canada
For more information: www.beyondkingtut.com/
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
A Collector’s Eye: Freer in Egypt
Opened 28 January 2023
Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art
Washington D.C.
For more information: asia.si.edu/exhibition/a-collectors-eye-freer-in-egypt/
Life & Death in the Ancient World
13 January 2023–2026
Tampa Museum of Art
Tampa
For more information: tampamuseum.org/life-death-in-the-ancient-world/
Egyptomania: Fashion’s Conflicted Obsession
1 April 2023–28 January 2024
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland
For more information: www.clevelandart.org/exhibitions/egyptomania-fashions-conflicted-obsession
The Gold Emperor from Aventicum
31 May 2023–9 January 2024
The Getty Villa
Los Angeles
For more information: www.getty.edu/visit/exhibitions/future.html
The Horse and Rider from Albania
26 July 2023–29 January 2024
The Getty Villa
Los Angeles
For more information: www.getty.edu/visit/exhibitions/future.html
The Egyptian Book of the Dead
1 November 2023–29 January 2024
The Getty Villa
Los Angeles
For more information: www.getty.edu/visit/exhibitions/future.html
Ancient Food & Flavor
Opened 3 June 2023
Penn Museum
Pennsylvania
For more information: www.penn.museum/on-view/galleries-exhibitions/ancient-food-flavor
Mummies of the World: The Exhibition
Opened 27 May 2023
Frost Science Museum
Florida
For more information: www.frostscience.org/exhibition/mummies-of-the-world/
Figures from the Fire: J. Pierpont Morgan’s Ancient Bronzes at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
2 March 2023–7 January 2024
Walker Gallery
Maine
For more information: www.bowdoin.edu/art-museum/exhibitions/2023/figures-fire.html
Classical Washington
6 May 2023–18 November 2023
The George Washington University Museum
Washington, DC
For more information: museum.gwu.edu/classical-washington
Lauren Halsey: Roof Garden Commission
the eastside of south central los angeles hieroglyph prototype architecture (I)
18 April 2023–22 October 2023
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City
For more information: www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/roof-commission-lauren-halsey
Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India, 200 BCE–400 CE
21 July 2023–13 November 2023
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City
For more information: www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/tree-and-serpent
Africa and Byzantium
19 November 2023–3 March 2024
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City
For more information: www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/africa-byzantium
Canada
The First Kings of Europe
April 2024–January 2025
The Canadian Museum of History
Gatineau, Canada
For more information: fieldmuseum.org/exhibitions/first-kings-europe
Egypt: Three Millenia on the Nile
20 April 2023–15 October 2023
Pointe-à-Callière
Montreal
For more information: pacmusee.qc.ca/en/exhibitions/detail/egypt/
Europe, The United Kingdom, and Russia
Austria
Geld Macht Geschichte. Römische Münzen Erzählen
(Money Makes History. Roman Coins Tell)
2 December 2022– 8 October 2023
Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum
Innsbruck
For more information: www.tiroler-landesmuseen.at/ausstellung/geld-macht-geschichte/
Kelten
(Celts)
18 March 2023–26 November 2023
MAMUZ
Mistelbach
For more information: www.mamuz.at/de/ausstellungen/museum-mistelbach/12-kelten
Belgium
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
Expéditions d'Égypte
Expedition Egypt
31 March 2023– 1 October 2023
Art & History Museum
Brussels
For more information: www.artandhistory.museum/en/expedition-egypt
Croatia
Avari i Slaveni južno od Drave
(Avars and Slavs south of the Drava)
25 June 2023–TBD
Archaeological Museum in Split
Split
For more information: www.armus.hr/izlozbe/clanak/artmid/996/articleid/108/sve%c4%8dano-otvaranje-izlo%c5%bebe-avari-i-slaveni-ju%c5%beno-od-drave
Ilirska kaciga iz Zakotorca
(The Illyrian helmet from Zakotorac)
25 June 2023–30 June 2023
Archaeological Museum of Dubrovnik
Revelin
For more information: www.dumus.hr/en/archaeological-museum/exhibition/the-illyrian-helmet-from-zakotorac/
Denmark
Power and gold – Vikings in the east
7 April 2022–23 October 2023
Utzon Hall
Vejle Art Museum, Vejle
For more information: www.vejlemuseerne.dk/udstillinger/magt-og-guld/power-and-gold/
France
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
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/
Égyptomania La Collection Jean-Marcel Humbert
(Egyptomania The Jean-Marcel Humbert Collection)
5 November 2022–27 November 2023
Dauphinois Museum
Grenoble
For more information: musees.isere.fr/expo/musee-dauphinois-egyptomania-la-collection-jean-marcel-humbert?musee=34
Germany
Qui es-tu, Applon?
(Who are you Apollo?)
15 April 2023–30 November 2023
Juliobona Gallo Roman Museum of Lillebonne
Lillebonne
For more information: musee-juliobona.fr/qui-es-tu-apollon-de-juliobona-a-la-culture-pop-du-15-avril-au-30-novembre-2023/
Agatha Christie En Quête D’archéologie
(Agatha Christie in search of archaeology)
8 March 2023–31 December 2023
Ville De Perigueux
Perigueux
For more information: www.perigueux-vesunna.fr/events/event/exposition-temporaire/
Tutankhamun: Discovering the Forgotten Pharaoh
11 October 2023–23 February 2024
Strasbourg Exhibition Centre
Strasbourg
for more information: www.expo-toutankhamon.com
Germany
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/
Liam Gillick: Filtered Time
6 April 2023–15 October 2023
Pergamon Museum
Berlin
For more information: www.smb.museum/museen-einrichtungen/pergamonmuseum/ausstellungen/detail/liam-gillick/
Naga – Die verschüttete Königsstadt
(Naga – The Buried Royal City)
12 May 2023–22 October 2023
Munich Museum of Egyptian Art
Munich
For more information: smaek.de/ausstellungen/naga-die-verschuettete-koenigsstadt/
MASCHINENRAUM DER GÖTTER
(Machine room of the Gods)
8 March 2023–21 January 2024
Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung
Frankfurt
For more information: liebieghaus.de/en/machine-room-of-the-gods
Archäologische Schätze aus Usbekistan Von Alexander dem Großen bis zum Reich der Kuschan
(Archaeological Treasures of Uzbekistan From Alexander the Great to the Kushan Empire)
4 May 2023–14 January 2024
Staatlich Museen zu Berlin
Berlin
For more information: www.smb.museum/ausstellungen/detail/archaeologische-schaetze-aus-usbekistan/
Greece
Γυρισμός. Κυκλαδικοί θησαυροί στο ταξίδι της επιστροφής
(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
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
Nuova Luce da Pompei a Roma
(New Light from Pompeii in Rome)
5 July 2023–8 October 2023
Musei Capitolini
Rome
For more information: www.comune.roma.it/web/it/notizia.page?contentId=NWS1065908
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
"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
Museum Ninfeo – Horti Lamiani
Ongoing
Pizza Vittorio Emanuele II
Rome
La Roma della Repubblica. Il Racconto dell’Archeologia
(Rome of the Republic. The Story of Archaeology)
13 January 2023– 24 September 2023
Capitoline Museum
Rome
For more information: www.museicapitolini.org/it/mostra-evento/la-roma-della-repubblica-il-racconto-dell-archeologia
VRBS ROMA
21 April 2023–1 October 2023
Capitoline Museum
Rome
For more information: www.museicapitolini.org/it/mostra-evento/vrbs-roma
The Beloved of Isis: Nero, the Domus Aurea, and Egypt
22 June 2023–14 January 2023
Domus Aurea
Rome
For more information: colosseo.it/
Netherlands
Finds from Fort Vechten
1 June 2023–31 October 2023
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Leiden
for more information: www.rmo.nl/en/exhibitions/temporary-exhibitions/finds-from-fort-vechten/
The Year 1000: The Netherlands in the middle of the Middle Ages
13 October 2023–17 March 2024
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Leiden
for more information: www.rmo.nl/en/exhibitions/temporary-exhibitions/the-year-1000/
Face to Face: The people behind Mummy Portraits
6 October 2023–25 February 2024
The Allard Pierson Museum
Amsterdam
for more information: www.allardpierson.nl
Spain
Momias del antiguo Egipto: Redescubriendo 6 vidas
(Ancient Egyptian Mummies: Rediscovering 6 Lives)
4 October 2023–28 January 2024
La Caixa Forum
Valencia
For more information: www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/egyptian-mummies-exploring-ancient-lives
Poder femenino: lo divino a lo demoníaco
(Feminine power: the divine to the demonic)
26 September 2023–14 January 2024
La Caixa Forum
Barcelona
15 February 2024–9 June 2024
La Caixa Forum
Madrid
10 July 2023–3 November 2024
La Caixa Forum
Sevilla
27 November 2024–30 March 2025
La Caixa Forum
Zaragoza
30 April 2023–10 August 2025
La Caixa Forum
Valencia
For more information: www.britishmuseum.org/our-work/international/international-touring-exhibitions/feminine-power
Switzerland
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
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
Entre deux eaux. La tène, lieu de mémoire
(Between two waters, La Tène, A Place Of Memory)
15 May 2022–15 October 2023
Laténium
Hauterive
For more information: https://latenium.ch/en/exhibition/exposition-temporaire/
Retour vers le futur antérieur. Trésors archéologiques du 21e siècle.
(Back to the past future. Archaeological treasures of the 21st century)
25 November 2023–24 September 2024
Musée Romain De Lausanne-Vidy
Lausanne
For more information: www.lausanne.ch/vie-pratique/culture/musees/mrv/expositions/expositions-temporaires.html
Voix de Palmyre
(Voices of Palmyra)
10 March 2023–1 October 2023
Roman Museum of Nyon
Nyon
For more information: www.mrn.ch/fr/expositions/temporaires/voices-of-palmyra-0-125828
United Kingdom
Hieroglyphs: unlocking ancient Egypt
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).
24 June–15 October 2023
Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum, Northern Ireland
For more information: www.britishmuseum.org/our-work/national/uk-touring-exhibitions-and-loans/current-tours/egyptian-hieroglyphs-unlock-mystery
21 October 2023–18 February 2024
Torquay Museum, Devon
For more information: www.britishmuseum.org/our-work/national/uk-touring-exhibitions-and-loans/current-tours/egyptian-hieroglyphs-unlock-mystery
Gathering light: a Bronze Age golden sun
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/
Golden Mummies of Egypt
18 February 2023–31 December 2023
Manchester Museum at the University of Manchester
Manchester, UK
For more information: www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/golden-mummies-of-egypt/
Coins at the Crossroads of Asia
Open until 8 October 2023
The Ashmolean
Oxford
For more information: www.ashmolean.org/exhibition/coins-at-the-crossroads-of-asia
To the Roar of the Crowd
8 April 2023– 29 October 2023
Segedunum Roman Fort & Museum
Wallsend
For more information: segedunumromanfort.org.uk/whats-on/roman-games
Rendlesham Revealed: The Heart of an Anglo-Saxon Kingdom AD 400-800
23 March 2023–29 October 2023
National Trust Sutton Hoo
Suffolk
For more information: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/suffolk/sutton-hoo
Gladiators: A Day at the Roman Games
15 July 2023–14 January 2024
Colchester Castle
Colchester
For more information: colchester.cimuseums.org.uk/events/gladiators/
Wroxeter Roman City
Wroxeter
For more information: www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/wroxeter-roman-city
The Middle East
Israel
בחזרה לחלב: ביקור וירטואלי בבית הכנסת העתיק
(Back to Aleppo. A virtual visit to the ancient synagogue)
16 June 2022–31 December 2023
The Israel Museum
Jerusalem
Curator: Revital Hovav
For more information: www.imj.org.il/en/exhibitions/back-aleppo
East Asia and Oceania
Australia
Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs
18 November 2023–19 May 2024
Australian Museum
Sydney, New South Wales
For more information: australian.museum/about/organisation/future-plans/
Ancient Lives: Insights from the Classics and Archaeology Collection
24 July 2023–26 April 2024
Potter Museum of Art
The University of Melbourne
Melbourne
For more information: https://art-museum.unimelb.edu.au/exhibitions/ancient-lives/
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
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/
Egypt: In the Time of the Pharaohs
June 2023–November 2023
Auckland Museum
Auckland
For more information: www.aucklandmuseum.com/visit/exhibitions/egypt-in-the-time-of-pharaohs
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
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