Current and Upcoming Museum Exhibitions

The Americas

Brazil

Egito Antigo: do cotidiano à eternidade
(Ancient Egypt: From Everyday Life to Eternity)

3 February 2021–25 April 2021
Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil
Brasília

For more information: www.meionorte.com/entretenimento/exposicao-egito-antigo-e-eleita-a-melhor-de-2020-pela-apca-405386

Canada

Reines d’Égypte
(Queens of Egypt)

19 May 2021–29 August 2021
Musée canadien de l’histoire/Canadian Museum of History
Gatineau, Quebec

For more information: www.historymuseum.ca/queens-of-egypt/

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

Rayyane Tabet Alien Property
(Rayyane Tabet and the Story of the Ninth-Century BCE Stone Reliefs Excavated at Tell Halaf, Syria)

30 October 2019–To be announced
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, New York

Curators: Kim Benzel and Clare Davies

Catalogue: Benzel, Kim, Rayyane Tabet, and Clare Davies. Rayyane Tabet/Alien Property. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 77.2. Pp. 48. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 2019. $14.95. ISBN 978-1588397041 (paper).

For more information: www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2019/rayyane-tabet-alien-property

Community Spotlight
(Bronze Statue of Isis and Horus)

Opened 10 October 2020
The Penn Museum
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Curator: Jennifer Houser Wegner

For more information: www.penn.museum/on-view/galleries-exhibitions/community-spotlight

Art and Peoples of the Kharga Oasis

11 October 2017–11 April 2021
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, New York

Curators: Helen Evans and Andrea Myers Achi

For more information: www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2017/kharga-oasis

From Chaos to Order: Greek Geometric Art from the Sol Rabin Collection

7 November 2020–11 April 2021
Museum of Fine Arts
Saint Petersburg, Florida

Curator: Michael Bennett

For further information: mfastpete.org/exh/from-chaos-to-order/

The Banner Project: Robert Pruitt

26 October 2019–9 May 2021
Museum of Fine Arts
Boston, Massachusetts

For more information: www.mfa.org/exhibition/the-banner-project-robert-pruit

Stories from Storage

7 February 2021–16 May 2021
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, Ohio

Curators: Susan E. Bergh, Heather Lemonedes Brown, Mark Cole, Nadiah Rivera Fellah, Cory Korkow, Emily Liebert, Gerhard Lutz, Sonya Rhie Mace, Sooa Im McCormick, Emily J. Peters, Seth Pevnick, William Robinson, Briany Salsbury, Barbara Tannenbaum, Sinéad Vilbar, Clarissa von Spee, and Kristen Windmuller-Luna

For more information: www.clevelandart.org/exhibitions/stories-storage

Invisible Beauty: The Art of Archaeological Science

16 January 2021–6 June 2021
The Penn Museum
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Curators: Marie-Claude Boileau and Sara Linn

For more information: www.penn.museum/on-view/galleries-exhibitions/invisible-beauty

Egyptian Mummies and Eternal Life

26 February 2020–27 June 2021
History Museum of Mobile
Mobile, Alabama

For more information: www.historymuseumofmobile.com/egyptian-mummies-and-eternal-life

Paul Manship: Ancient Made Modern

11 February 2021–3 July 2021
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Hartford, Connecticut

Curator: Erin Monroe

For more information: www.thewadsworth.org/explore/on-view/paulmanship/

Golden Mummies of Egypt

6 March 2021–11 July 2021
North Carolina Museum of Art
Raleigh, North Carolina

Curator: Campbell Price

For more information: ncartmuseum.org/exhibitions/view/52345

Pompeii: The Exhibition

12 February 2021–17 July 2021
Houston Museum of Natural Science
Houston, Texas

For further information: www.hmns.org/exhibits/special-exhibitions/pompeii-the-exhibition/

The Bacchus Conservation Project: The Story of a Sculpture

7 March 2020–31 July 2021
North Carolina Museum of Art
Raleigh, North Carolina

Curator: Caroline Rocheleau

Catalogue: Rocheleau, Caroline. The Bacchus Conservation Project: The Story of a Sculpture. Pp. 107. The North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh 2020. $35.39. ISBN 978-0882599083 (paper).

For more information: ncartmuseum.org/exhibitions/view/52411

Ancient Art at Dumbarton Oaks

10 February 2020–July 2021
Dumbarton Oaks
Washington, District of Columbia

Curators: Elizabeth Dospel Williams and Kelsey Eldridge

For more information: www.doaks.org/visit/museum/exhibitions/ancient-art-at-dumbarton-oaks

Antioch Reclaimed. Ancient Mosaics at the MFA

10 April 2021–22 August 2021
Museum of Fine Arts
Saint Petersburg, Florida

Curator: Michael Bennett

For further information: mfastpete.org/exh/antioch-reclaimed/

Nubia: Treasures of Ancient Africa

18 April 2021–22 August 2021
Saint Louis Art Museum
Saint Louis, Missouri

Curator: Denise Doxey

For further information: www.slam.org/exhibitions/nubia-treasures-of-ancient-africa/

Art of Ancient Greece, Rome, and the Byzantine Empire

Opens Fall 2021
Museum of Fine Arts
Boston, Massachusetts 

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

Mummies of the World: The Exhibition

6 February 2021–6 September 2021
Saint Louis Science Center
Saint Louis, Missouri

For more information: www.slsc.org/exhibits-attractions/mummies-of-the-world-the-exhibition/

Modernism Foretold: The Nadler Collection of Late Antique Art from Egypt

5 November 2020–26 September 2021
The Georgia Museum of Art
Athens, Georgia

Curator: Asen Kirin

Catalogue: Kirin, Asen. Modernism Foretold. Pp. 208. The Georgia Museum of Art, Athens 2020. $60.00. ISBN 978-0915977437 (cloth).

For more information: georgiamuseum.org/exhibit/modernism-foretold-the-nadler-collection-of-late-antique-art-from-egypt/

A Rose by Any Other Name
(Depictions of Flora Spanning Continents and Historical Periods)

25 May 2021–10 October 2021
Museum of Art and Archaeology
Columbia, Missouri

Curator: Alisa McCusker

For more information: maa.missouri.edu/exhibit/rose-any-other-name

Sacred Adornment: Jewelry as Belief in Ancient Egypt

29 February 2020–31 October 2021
Glencairn Museum
Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania

Curator: Jennifer Houser Wegner

For more information: glencairnmuseum.org/exhibitions-full/2020/2/29/sacred-adornment-jewelry-as-belief-in-ancient-egypt

Assyria to America

24 October 2019–12 December 2021
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 Met 150: Gifts in Celebration of the Museum’s Anniversary

1 January 2020–31 December 2021
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York, New York

For more information: www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2020/gifts-in-celebration-of-the-museums-anniversary

Antoin Sevruguin: Past and Present

1 April 2021–December 2021
Oriental Institute
Chicago, Illinois

Curator: Tasha Vorderstrasse

Catalogue: Vorderstrasse, Tasha, ed. Antoin Sevruguin: Past and Present. Pp. 367. Oriental Institute, Chicago 2020. $130. ISBN 978-1614910541(cloth), also available for download at oi.uchicago.edu/research/publications/oimp/oimp-40-antoin-sevruguin

For more information: oi100.uchicago.edu/sevruguin

Egypt: The Time of Pharaohs

15 May 2021–2 January 2022
Natural History Museum of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah

Curators: Christian Tietze and Christian Bayer

For more information: nhmu.utah.edu/museum/exhibits/egypt-pharaohs

HerStory: Stories of Ancient Heroines and Everyday Women

9 July 2020–9 January 2022
Tampa Museum of Art
Tampa, Florida

Curators: Brittney Bevel and Kessanda Abel

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

She Who Wrote: Enheduanna and Women of Mesopotamia

18 June 2021–9 January 2022
The Morgan Library and Museum
New York, New York

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

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

15 October 2021–9 January 2022
San Antonio Museum of Art
San Antonio, Texas

For further information: www.samuseum.org/artwork/exhibition/romanlandscapes/

Queen Nefertari: Eternal Egypt

9 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/

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/

Europe, The United Kingdom, and Russia

Austria

Höhere Mächte. Von Menschen, Göttern und Naturgewalten 
(Higher Powers. People, Gods, and Elements of Nature)

18 May 2021–15 August 2021
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Vienna

For further information: hoeheremaechte.khm.at/en/

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

1 October 2021–9 January 2022
The Ferdinandeum
Innsbruck

Curator: Ralf Bormann

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

Belgium

Oog in oog met de Romeinen
(Face to Face with the Romans)

6 February 2021–1 August 2021
Gallo-Romeins Museum
Tongeren

Curator: Patrick de Rynck

For more information: www.galloromeinsmuseum.be/nl/te-zien/Oog-in-oog

Czech Republic

Sluneční králové
(Kings of the Sun: Archaeological Discoveries of Czech Egyptologists)

31 August 2020–6 June 2021
Národní Muzeum
Prague

Curator: Pavel Onderka

Catalogue: Národní Muzeum. Sluneční králové/Kings of the Sun. Pp. 144. Národní Muzeum, Prague 2020. Kč190. ISBN 978-8070366356 (paper).

For more information: www.nm.cz/en/program/exhibitions/kings-of-the-sun

Denmark

Auguste Rodin – Forskydninger
(Auguste Rodin – Displacements)

25 March 2021–15 August 2021
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Copenhagen

Curator: Christine Horwitz Tommerup

Catalogue: Tommerup, Christine Horwitz. Auguste Rodin – Forskydninger. Pp. 222. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen 2021. DKK149. ISBN 978-8774523741 (cloth).

For more information: glyptoteket.dk/udstilling/auguste-rodin-forskydninger/

BES. Dæmongud – Ægyptens beskytter
(BES. Demon God – Protector of Egypt)

20 May 2020–31 October 2021
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Copenhagen

For more information: www.glyptoteket.com/exhibition/bes-demon-god-protector-of-egypt/

Estonia

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

17 February 2021–27 February 2022
Maarjamäe Castle
Tallinn

Curators: Krista Sarv and Mari-Leen Tammela

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

France

Musée Archéologique mode d'emploi: la vie mouvementée des collections
(Archaeological Museum, A User’s Guide: The Eventful Life of Collections)

20 May 2019–28 June 2021
Musée Archéologique
Strasbourg

Curators: Bernadette Schnitzler and Sylvie Bucher

For more information: www.musees.strasbourg.eu/musée-archéologique-mode-d-emploi-la-vie-mouvementée-des-collections

Les tables du pouvoir. Une histoire des repas de prestige
(The Tables of Power. A History of Prestigious Meals)

31 March 2021–26 July 2021
Louvre-Lens
Lens

Curator: Zeev Gourarier

For more information: www.louvrelens.fr/exhibition/a-tables/

Boire avec les dieux
(Drinking with the Gods)

9 April 2021–29 August 2021
Cité du Vin
Bordeaux

Curator: Jean-Yves Marin

For more information: www.laciteduvin.com/en/do/temporary-exhibitions/drinking-gods

Chercheurs de peste à Marseille
(Plague Researchers in Marseille: Archaeological and Anthropological Research on Mediterranean Plagues from Antiquity to the Present)

27 October 2020–5 September 2021
Musée d’Histoire de Marseille
Marseille

For more information: www.musee-histoire-marseille-voie-historique.fr/en/expositions

L’empereur romain, un mortel parmi les dieux
(The Roman Emperor, a Mortal among the Gods)

13 May 2021–19 September 2021
Musée de la Romanité
Nîmes

Curator: Dominique Darde

For more information: museedelaromanite.fr/en/temporary-exhibition

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

30 April 2021–20 September 2021
Musée des Beaux-arts
Rouen

For more information: mbarouen.fr/sites/default/files/upload/bdef-rmmflaner_20-21.pdf

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

Pharaon, Osiris et la momie: l’Egypte ancienne à Aix-En-Provence
(Pharaoh, Osiris, and the Mummy: Ancient Egypt in Aix-En-Provence)

19 September 2020–26 September 2021
Musée Granet
Aix-en-Provence

Curators: Christophe Barbotin and Bruno Ely

Catalogue: Barbotin, Christophe. Pharaon, Osiris et la momie: L'Égypte ancienne à Aix-en-Provence. Pp. 48. Khéops, Paris 2020. €9. ISBN 978-2916142197 (paper).

For more information: www.museegranet-aixenprovence.fr/expositions/actuellement/pharaon-osiris-et-la-momie.html

Artémis Amarysia. À la recherche du temple perdu
(Artémis Amarysia. In Search of the Lost Temple)

3 November 2020–26 September 2021
Musée cantonal d'archéologie et d'histoire
Lausanne

Curator: Sabine Utz

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

Rome

6 April 2022–25 July 2022
Louvre-Lens
Lens

Curators: Cécile Giroire and Martin Szewczyk

For more information: www.louvrelens.fr/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Calendrier-2020-2023.pdf

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 (paper).

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

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/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Calendrier-2020-2023.pdf

Les Choses. Une histoire de la nature morte depuis la préhistoire
(Things. A History of the Still Life since Prehistoric Times)

12 October 2022–23 January 2023
Musée du Louvre
Paris

Curators: Laurence Bertrand‐Dorléac and Dimitri Salmon

For more information: www.louvre.fr/expositions/les-chosesune-histoire-de-la-nature-morte-depuis-la-prehistoire

Les mondes souterrains
(Underground Worlds)

March 2022–July 2023
Louvre-Lens
Lens

For more information: www.louvrelens.fr/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Calendrier-2020-2023.pdf

Le grand mezzé
(The Great Mezzé)

9 December 2020- 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

Ausgepackt!
(Unwrapped! 125 Years of History in the Museum Natur und Mensch)

20 June 2020–11 April 2021
Museum Natur und Mensch
Freiburg im Breisgau

For more information: www.freiburg.de/pb/,Len/1535763.html

Guter Dämon Bes: Schutzgott der Ägypter
(Good Demon Bes: God of Protection of the Egyptians)

8 March 2021–11 April 2021
Museum August Kestner
Hannover

For more information: www.hannover.de/Museum-August-Kestner/Ausstellungen/Guter-Dämon-Bes.-Schutzgott-der-Ägypter

Der römische Legionär – Weit mehr als ein Krieger
(The Roman Legionary – Far More Than a Warrior)

24 October 2019–18 April 2021
Archäologisches Museum Colombischlössle
Freiburg im Breisgau

Curator: Tobias Janouschek

For more information: www.freiburg.de/pb/1417947.html

SYRIEN. Fragmente einer Reise, Fragmente einer Zeit
(Syria. Fragments of a Journey, Fragments of a Time. Photographs by Yvonne von Schweinitz (1921 – 2015))

18 December 2020–18 April 2021
Archäologische Museum Frankfurt
Frankfurt

Curators: Clause Friede and Mathias Von Marcard

Catalogue: Friede, Claus. Syrien – Fragmente einer Reise, Fragmente einer Zeit: Fotografien von Yvonne v. Schweinitz aus den Jahren 1953 und 1960. Pp. 96. Lithotec Oltmanns, Hamburg 2018. €15. ISBN 978-3981828252 (paper).

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

Voyage. Mit französischen Zeichnern auf Reisen
(Voyage Traveling with French Illustrators)

13 October 2020–2 May 2021
Gemäldegalerie
Berlin

Curator: Dagmar Korbacher

For more information: www.smb.museum/ausstellungen/detail/voyage/

Klartext: Zur Geschichte des Bode-Museums
(Plain Talk: About the History of the Bode-Museum)

Opened 18 November 2020
Bode-Museum
Berlin

For more information: www.smb.museum/en/exhibitions/detail/plain-talk.html

HumANimal: Das Tier und wir
(HumANimal: Animals and Us. Human Views of Animals from Antiquity to the Present)

21 February 2020–6 June 2021
Badisches Landesmuseum
Karlsruhe

Catalogue: Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe. HumANimal: das Tier und wir. Pp. 162. Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe 2020. €8. ISBN 978-3937345925 (paper).

For more information: www.landesmuseum.de/en/museum/museum-in-the-palace/temporary-exhibitions/humanimal

Medicus: Die Macht des Wissens
(The Physician: The Power of Knowledge. The History of Medicine from Antiquity to the Present)

5 September 2020–13 June 2021
Historisches Museum der Pfalz Speyer
Speyer

Curators: Wolfgang Leitmeyer and Sebastian Zanke

Catalogue: Historisches Museum der Pfalz Speyer. Medicus. Die Macht des Wissens. Zwischen Magie, Religion und Forschung: Ein Streifzug durch die Geschichte der Medizin von Mesopotamien, über die Antike, das Mittelalter bis zur Moderne. Pp. 400. wbg Theiss in Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 2019. €24,30. ISBN 978-3806241037 (paper).

For more information: museum.speyer.de/aktuell/medicus/

Das Piranesi-Prinzip. Zum 300. Geburtstag des großen italienischen Meisters
(The Piranesi Principle. On the 300th Birthday of the Great Italian Master)

1 April 2021–27 June 2021
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kunstbibliothek
Berlin

Curators: Georg Schelbert and Moritz Wullen

Catalogue: Georg Schelbert and Moritz Wullen. Das Piranesi-Prinzip. Pp. 144. E.A. Seemann, Leipzig 2020. €27. ISBN 978-3865024435 (paper).

For more information: www.smb.museum/en/exhibitions/detail/the-piranesi-principle/

“Diese KATZE ist die Sonne selbst” – Am Anfang einer gegenseitigen Begegnung
(“This CAT is the Sun Itself” – At the Beginning of a Mutual Encounter (The Cat Across Time))

24 April 2021–27 June 2021
Winckelmann-Museum
Stendal

For further information: www.winckelmann-gesellschaft.com/veranstaltungen/diese-katze-ist-die-sonne-selbst-am-anfang-einer-gegenseitigen-begegnung/

High Tech Römer
(High Tech Romans)

13 March 2021–18 July 2021
LVR- LandesMuseum Bonn
Bonn

For more information: landesmuseum-bonn.lvr.de/de/ausstellungen/high_tech_roemer/high_tech_roemer_1.html

Aby Warburg: Bilderatlas Mnemosyne – Das Original
(Aby Warburg: Mnemosyne Atlas – The Original)

10 March 2021–25 July 2021
Bundeskunsthalle
Bonn

Curators: Axel Heil and Roberto Ohrt

Catalogue: Warburg, Aby; Alex Heil and Roberto Ohrt, eds. Bilderatlas Mnemosyne – The Original. Pp. 184. Hatje Cantz, Berlin 2020. €200. ISBN 978-3775746939 (cloth).

For more information: www.bundeskunsthalle.de/en/exhibitions/aby-warburg.html

Sprich mit mir! Die Sammlung befragen
(Talk to Me! Consulting the Collections)

15 January 2021–31 July 2021
Kunstgewerbemuseum
Berlin

Curators: Claudia Banz, Angeli Sachs, Yulia Fisch, Christian Imhof, Brooke Jackson, and Hannah Spillmann

Catalogue: Banz, Claudia and Angeli Sachs. Sprich mit mir! die Samlung befragen. Pp. 148. Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin 2020. €10. ISBN 978-3886098507 (paper).

For further information: www.smb.museum/en/exhibitions/detail/?tx_smb_pi1%5BexhibitionSmartId%5D=73405

Faszination Ägypten: Frühe Grafiken & Aquarelle aus dem Land der Pharaonen
(Fascination Egypt: Early Graphics & Watercolors from the Land of the Pharaohs)

26 September 2020–1 August 2021
Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum
Hildesheim

Curator: Dagobert Warnecke

For more information: www.rpmuseum.de/ausstellungen/faszination-aegypten.html

ECHO. Die Aura der Antike: Werner Kroener
(ECHO. The Aura of Antiquity: Werner Kroener)

20 June 2020–12 September 2021
Rheinisches Landesmuseum
Trier

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

Hund, Katze, Maus, Tiere in der Antike
(Dog, Cat, Mouse. Animals in Antiquity)

30 June 2020–12 September 2021
Staatliche Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek
Munich

For more information: www.antike-am-koenigsplatz.mwn.de/index.php/en/jevents-all-categories/eventdetail/52/-/dog-cat-and-mouse

Achmîm. Ägyptens vergessene Stadt
(Akhmim. Egypt's Forgotten City)

21 May 2021–12 September 2021
James-Simon-Galerie 
Berlin

For more information: www.smb.museum/en/exhibitions/detail/akhmim/

Bunte Götter – Golden Edition. Die Farben der Antike
(Gods in Color – Golden Edition. Polychromy in Antiquity)

30 January 2020–26 September 2021
Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung
Frankfurt am Main

Curator: Vinzenz Brinkmann

Catalogue: Brinkmann, Vinzenz, and Ulrike Koch-Brinkmann, eds. Bunte Götter – Golden Edition. Die Farben der Antike. Pp. 280. Prestel, Munich 2020. €49. ISBN 978-3791359366 (cloth).

For more information: www.liebieghaus.de/en/exhibitions/gods-color-golden-edition

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

3 October 2020–30 September 2021
Arche Nebra
Nebra

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

Vom Fragment zum Monument – Das Ischtar-Tor in Berlin
(From Fragment to Monument – The Ishtar Gate in Berlin)

10 November 2020–3 October 2021
Pergamonmuseum
Berlin

Curator: Helen Gries

For more information: www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/pergamonmuseum/exhibitions/detail/from-fragment-to-monument/

Gladiatoren – Helden des Kolosseums
(Gladiators – Heroes of the Colosseum)

16 September 2020–17 October 2021
Archäologisches Museum
Hamburg

For more information: amh.de/en/ausstellungen/gladiatoren-helden-des-kolosseums/

Germanen. Eine archäologische Bestandsaufnahme
(The Germanic Peoples: An Archaeological Inventory / A Critical Look)

6 May 2021–24 October 2021
LVR- LandesMuseum Bonn
Bonn

Catalogue: Wemhoff, Matthias, and Gabriele Uelsberg. Germanen: Eine archäologische Bestandsaufnahme. Pp. 448. wbg Theiss in Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 2020. €40. ISBN 978-3806242614 (cloth).

For more information: landesmuseum-bonn.lvr.de/de/ausstellungen/vorschau_2/vorschau_1.html#

James Simon. Die Kunst des sinnvollen Gebens
(James Simon. The Art of Giving Well)

14 September 2021–28 November 2021
Kulturforum
Berlin

Curators: Olaf Matthes and Felix von Boehm

Catalogue: Matthes, Olaf. James Simon: Die Kunst des sinnvollen Gebens. Pp. 80. Hentrich and Hentrich, Berlin 2011. €8.90. ISBN 978-3942271356 (paper).

For more information: www.smb.museum/en/exhibitions/detail/james-simon-the-art-of-giving-well/

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 Himmelsscheibe von Nebra – Neue Horizonte
(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: www.landesmuseum-vorgeschichte.de/fileadmin/landesmuseum/alle/pdf/pdf_sonderausstellung_neue_horizonte/nebra_sky_disc_new_horizons.pdf

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/

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

28 August 2021–27 March 2022
Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum
Hildesheim

Curator: Oliver Gauert

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

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

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

For more information: www.rem-mannheim.de/ausstellungen/tutanchamun/ausstellung/

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

3 November 2021–11 April 2022
Archäologische Museum Frankfurt
Frankfurt

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

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: landesmuseum-bonn.lvr.de/de/ausstellungen/vorschau_2/vorschau_1.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

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

September 2021–September 2022
LWL-Museum für Archäologie
Herne

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

Rom am Rhein
(Rome on the Rhine)

29 April 2022–9 October 2022
Kulturzentrum am Neumarkt 
Cologne

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

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

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

Greece

Η ποίηση στο σχήμα των πραγμάτων
(Poetry in the Shape of Things: Antiquities Recreated as Poems)

18 May 2020–17 May 2021
Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki

For more information: www.amth.gr/en/exhibitions/temporary/poetry-shape-things

Οι Μεγάλες Νίκες. Στα Όρια του Μύθου και της Ιστορίας
(Glorious Victories: On the Boundaries of Myth and History)

20 October 2020–31 October 2021
National Archaeological Museum
Athens

For more information: www.namuseum.gr/en/temporary_exhibition/glorious-victories-between-myth-and-history/

Αρχαιολατρεία και Φιλελληνισμός. Συλλογή Θανάση και Μαρίνας Μαρτίνου
(Antiquarianism and Philhellenism. The Thanassis and Marina Martinos Collection)

16 December 2020–30 April 2022
Athens International Airport
Athens

Curators: Fani Maria Tsigakou and N. Chr. Stampolidis

For more information: cycladic.gr/en/exhibition/current

Italy

La vita all'origine dell'urbanizzazione. I risultati della missione archeologica di Jebel al - Mutawwaq, Giordania
(Life at the Origin of Urbanization. The Results of the Archaeological Mission of Jebel al - Mutawwaq, Jordan)

9 October 2020–6 April 2021
Museo Archeologico Nazionale dell'Umbria
Perugia

Curators: Andrea Polcaro and Juan Muniz 

For more information: www.bacheca.unipg.it/vita-accademica/3053-la-vita-all-origine-dell-urbanizzazione-i-risultati-della-missione-archeologica-a-jebel-al-mutawwaq-giordania-in-mostra-al-museo-archeologico-nazionale-dell-umbria-di-perugia

Imperatrici, matrone, liberte. Volti e segreti delle donne romane
(Empresses, Matrons, Freedwomen. Faces and Secrets of Roman Women)

3 November 2020–9 May 2021
Gallerie degli Uffizi
Florence

Curator: Novella Lapini

Catalogue: Novella Lapini, ed. Imperatrici, matrone, liberte. Volti e segreti delle donne romane. Electa, Florence 2020. Pp. 144. €20,90. ISBN 978-8833402208 (paper).

For more information: www.uffizi.it/en/events/empresses-matrons-freedwomen

Pompei 79 d.C. Una storia romana
(Pompeii 79 C.E. A Roman Story)

Until 9 May 2021
Parco del Colosseo
Rome

Curator: Mario Torelli

Catalog: Torelli, Mario, ed. Pompei 79 d.C. Una storia romana. Electa, Rome 2020. Pp. 328. €37.05. ISBN 978-8892820111 (paper).

For more information: parcocolosseo.it/en/event/exhibition-pompei-79-d-c-una-storia-romana-at-the-colosseum-until-9-may-2021/

Josef Koudelka. Radici
(Josef Koudelka. Roots)

1 February 2021–16 May 2021
Museo dell'Ara Pacis
Rome

Catalogue: Koudelka, Josef. Radici. Contrasto, Milan 2020. €89. ISBN 978-8869658259 (paper).

For more information: www.arapacis.it/en/node/1006995

Napoleone e il mito di Roma
(Napoleon and the Myth of Rome)

4 February 2021–30 May 2021
Mercati di Traiano Museo dei Fori Imperiali
Rome

Curators: Claudio Parisi Presicce, Massimiliano Munzi, Nicoletta Bernacchio, and Simone Pastor

For more information: www.mercatiditraiano.it/it/mostra-evento/napoleone-e-l-archeologia

Gli Etruschi e il MANN
(Etruscans and MANN)

12 June 2020–31 May 2021
Museo Archeologico Nazionale
Naples

Curators: Paolo Giulierini and Valentino Nizzo

Catalogue: Nizzo, Valentino, ed. Gli etruschi e il Mann. Pp. 336. Electa, Milan 2020. €38. ISBN 978-8891825520 (paper).

For more information: www.museoarcheologiconapoli.it/it/2020/06/gli-etruschi-e-il-mann-la-grande-mostra-in-programma-dal-12-giugno-2020-al-31-maggio-2021/

Savinio. Incanto e mito
(Savinio. Enchantment and Myth)

8 February 2021–13 June 2021
Museo Nazionale Romano, Palazzo Altemps
Rome

Curator: Ester Coen

For more information: museonazionaleromano.beniculturali.it/evento/savinio-incanto-e-mito/

The Torlonia Marbles. Collecting Masterpieces

14 October 2020–29 June 2021
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 (paper).

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

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 June 2021
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: museoarcheologiconazionaledifirenze.wordpress.com/category/mostre/

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

15 March 2021–15 September 2021
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

Damien Hirst

10 May 2021–10 October 2021
Galleria Borghese
Rome

Curators: Anna Coliva and Mario Codognato

For more information: galleriaborghese.beniculturali.it/exhibition/damien-hirst/

Raffaello e la Domus Aurea
(Raphael and the Domus Aurea. The Invention of the Grotesques)

28 March 2021–21 November 2021
Domus Aurea
Rome

Curator: Vicenzo Farinella

Catalogue: Farinella, Vicenzo. Raffaello e la Domus Aurea. L'invenzione delle grottesche. Electa, Florence 2020. Pp. 272. €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/

L'eredità di Cesare e la conquista del tempo
(Caesar’s Heritage and the Conquest of Time)

8 February 2021–31 December 2021
Musei Capitolini, Palazzo dei Conservatori
Rome

Curators: Claudio Parisi Presicce and Laura Petacco

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

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

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

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/

Netherlands

Tussen de ruïnes van Palmyra
(Amongst the Ruins of Palmyra: Paintings, Drawings and Gouaches by Theo de Feyter)

Until 26 June 2021
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Leiden

For more information: www.rmo.nl/tentoonstellingen/tijdelijke-tentoonstellingen/tussen-de-ruines-van-palmyra/

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

Until 22 August 2021
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Leiden

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

Op zoek naar Toetanchamon
(In Search of Tutankhamun)

10 October 2020–5 September 2021
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Leiden

For more information: www.rmo.nl/tentoonstellingen/tijdelijke-tentoonstellingen/op-zoek-naar-toetanchamon/

Megalithische tempels van Malta
(Megalithic Temples of Malta)

8 April 2021–31 October 2021
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Leiden

For more information: www.rmo.nl/en/exhibitions/temporary-exhibitions/temples-of-malta/

Keizer Domitianus
(Emperor Domitian)

Opens 17 December 2021
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Leiden

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

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

Opens spring 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/press/drents-museum-postpones-armenia-and-extends-helmantel

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/

Poland

Galeria Sztuki Starożytnej
(Ancient Art Gallery)

Reopened 2 February 2021
Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie
Warsaw

For more information: www.mnw.art.pl/o-muzeum/galer/galeria-sztuki-starozytnej/

Romania

Fragment. Experiența Restaurării
(Fragment. The Restoration Experience)

23 December 2020–30 May 2021
Muzeul Național de Istorie a României
Bucharest

Curators: Gabriela Dragomir and Cornel-Constantin Ilie

Catalogue: Fragment. Experiența Restaurării. Pp. 420. Muzeul Național de Istorie a României, Bucharest 2020. 75 lei. (cloth).

For more information: www.mnir.ro/index.php/portfolio/deschiderea-expozitiei-fragment-experienta-restaurarii-la-muzeul-national-de-istorie-a-romaniei/

Russia

Хранители. Братство ключа
(Keepers. Brotherhood of the Key: The 75^th Anniversary of the Numismatics Department)

8 December 2020–30 May 2021
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts
Moscow

Curator: S.A. Kovalenko

For more information: pushkinmuseum.art/events/archive/2020/exhibitions/coins/index.php?lang=ru

Мумия меняет имя
(The Mummy Changes Its Name)

2 July 2021–31 August 2021
The State Hermitage Museum
Saint Petersburg

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

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

Udjat. L’exotisme de l’antic Egipte a Barcelona
(Udjat. The Exoticism of Ancient Egypt in Barcelona)

29 January 2021–15 June 2021
Museu Etnològic i de Cultures del Món
Barcelona

For more information: www.barcelona.cat/museu-etnologic-culturesmon/montjuic/ca/udjat-l’exotisme-de-l’antic-egipte-barcelona

Piranesi, diseñador y anticuario
(Piranesi: Designer and Antiques Expert)

22 February 2021–30 June 2021
Biblioteca Histórica UCM Marqués de Valdecilla
Madrid

For more information: www.esmadrid.com/en/whats-on/piranesi-designer-and-antiques-expert-biblioteca-historica-ucm

Artes Romae. Arte y artesanía en Augusta Emerita
(Roman Arts. Arts and Crafts in Augusta Emerita)

July 2020–June 2021
Museo Nacional de Arte Romano
Mérida

For more information: www.culturaydeporte.gob.es/mnromano/actividades/agenda/2020/exposicion-artes-romae.html

Un llegat pel MAC. Josep de C. Serra Ràfols (1900-1971)
(A Legacy for the MAC. Josep de C. Serra Ràfols (1900-1971))

March 2021–June 2021
Museu d’Arqueologia de Catalunya
Barcelona

For more information: www.macbarcelona.cat/ca/Exposicions/Exposicions-actuals/Un-llegat-pel-MAC.-Josep-de-C.-Serra-Rafols-1900-1971

Tresors d'Empúries
(Treasures of Empúries)

Opened 27 January 2021
Museu d’Arqueologia de Catalunya
Empúries

For more information: www.macempuries.cat/ca/Exposicions/Exposicions-temporals-actuals/Tresors-d-Empuries

175 anys del museu de Sant Pere de Galligants
(175 years of the Museum of Sant Pere de Galligants)

30 October 2020–30 October 2021
Museu d’Arqueologia de Catalunya
Girona

For more information: www.macgirona.cat/ca/Exposicions/Exposicions-temporals-actuals/175-anys-del-museu-de-Sant-Pere-de-Galligants

Tutankhamón - La Tumba y sus Tesoros
(Tutankhamun - His Tomb and His Treasures)

23 November 2019–10 November 2021
Espacio 5.1 – IFEMA
Madrid

For more information: tutankhamon.espacio5punto1.es/es

Reciclando Emerita
(Recycling Emerita)

17 May 2019–31 December 2021
Museo Nacional de Arte Romano
Mérida

Curator: Rafael Sabio González

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

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

28 April 2021–16 January 2022
Caixa Forum
Madrid

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

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

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

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

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

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

Opens October 2021
Museo Arqueológico Nacional
Madrid

Curator: Ernest Oberlander-Tarnoveanu

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

Switzerland

Tutanchamun: sein Grab und die Schätze
(Tutankhamun: His Tomb and the Treasures)

10 July 2020–20 April 2021
Halle 622
Zürich

For more information: tut-ausstellung.ch/en/

Zeitsprünge – Basler Geschichte in Kürze
(Leaps in Time – A Brief History of Basel)

22 June 2019–29 August 2021
Historisches Museum Basel - Barfüsserkirche
Basel

Curator: Gudrun Piller

Catalogue: Büttner, Jonathan, Gudrun Piller, and Daniel Suter. Zeitsprünge – Basler Geschichte in Kürze. Pp. 172. Christoph Merian, Basel 2020. €24. ISBN 978-3856169336 (paper).

For more information: www.hmb.ch/en/basel-historical-museum-barfuesserkirche/zeitspruenge-basler-geschichte-in-kuerze.html

Ägypten. 3'000 Jahre Hochkultur am Nil 
(Egypt. 3,000 Years of Culture on the Nile)

Opens 1 March 2021
Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig
Basel

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

Von Harmonie und Ekstase. Musik in den frühen Kulturen
(About Harmony and Ecstasy. Music in Ancient Civilizations)

18 April 2021–19 September 2021
Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig
Basel

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

tierisch! Tiere und Mischwesen in der Antike
(Animalistic! Animals and Hybrid Creatures in Antiquity)

26 September 2021–19 June 2022
Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig
Basel

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

United Kingdom

Don't Wash Your Hands: Neither Light Agrees to Enter the Eyes Nor Air the Lungs
(Eye Idols from the Eye Temple of Tell Brak, Syria, and by the Artist Issam Kourbaj)

2 December 2020–16 April 2021
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Cambridge

For more information: www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/calendar/whatson/dont-wash-your-hands-neither-light-agrees-enter-eyes-nor-air-lungs

Havering Hoard: A Bronze Age Mystery

11 September 2020–18 April 2021
Museum of London Docklands
London

Curator: Kate Sumnall

For more information: www.museumoflondon.org.uk/museum-london-docklands/whats-on/exhibitions/havering-hoard-bronze-age-mystery

Discovering Ancient Egypt

2 December 2020–19 April 2021
John Gray Centre
East Lothian

For more information: www.johngraycentre.org/about/museums-service/exhibitions/

Changing Shapes: Metamorphosis in Art

16 October 2020–3 May 2021
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Birmingham

For more information: barber.org.uk/changing-shapes-metamorphosis-in-art/

New Thinking, New Collecting
(Research and Collecting at National Museums Scotland)

1 August 2020–31 May 2021
National Museums Scotland
Edinburgh

For more information: www.nms.ac.uk/exhibitions-events/exhibitions/national-museum-of-scotland/new-thinking-new-collecting/

Treasures of the British Library

Opened 5 December 2020
The British Library
London

For more information: www.bl.uk/events/treasures-of-the-british-library

A Golden Jubilee: 50 Years of the Barber Coin Collection

23 September 2020–27 June 2021
Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Birmingham

For more information: barber.org.uk/50-years-a-celebration-of-the-coin-collection/

The Human Touch: Making Art, Leaving Traces

18 May 2021–1 August 2021
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Cambridge

Curators: Elenor Ling and Suzanne Reynolds

For more information: www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/calendar/whatson/human-touch-making-art-leaving-traces

Owning the Past: From Mesopotamia to Iraq

12 December 2020–22 August 2021
Ashmolean Museum
Oxford

Curator: Paul Collins

For more information: www.ashmolean.org/event/owning-the-past

Epic Iran

13 February 2021–12 September 2021
Victoria and Albert Museum
London

Curators: John Curtis, Tim Stanley, Ina Sarikhani Sandmann, Sarah Piram, Alexandra Magub, and Astrid Johansen

Catalogue: Curtis, John, Ina Sarikhani Sandmann, and Tim Stanley. Epic Iran. Pp. 336. Victoria and Albert Publishing, London 2021. €40. ISBN 978-1851779291 (cloth).

For more information: www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/epic-iran

Flesh on the Bones
(Animal Bones and Life in the Roman Fort)

1 April 2020–30 September 2021
Arbeia South Shields Roman Fort
South Shields

For more information: arbeiaromanfort.org.uk/whats-on/flesh-on-the-bones

Animal Mummies: What's Inside

14 March 2020–17 October 2021
Natural History Museum at Tring
Tring

For more information: www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/tring/exhibitions-at-tring.html

Nero

27 May 2021–24 October 2021
British Museum
London

Curator: Thorsten Opper

For more information: https://blog.britishmuseum.org/whats-on-at-the-british-museum-in-2021/

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

Until 31 October 2021
Ashmolean Museum
Oxford

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

Museum of Archaeology Gallery

1 January 2021–31 December 2021
Museum of Archaeology
Durham

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

The Middle East

Israel

האימפריה המצרית בכנען
(The Egyptian Empire in Canaan)

6 September 2020–6 September 2021
Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
Jerusalem

Curator: Fawzi Ibrahim

For more information: www.imj.org.il/en/exhibitions/egyptian-empire-canaan

Qatar

عين الصقر في ذكرى الشيخ سعود آل ثاني
(A Falcon’s Eye: Tribute to Sheikh Saoud Al Thani and His Collecting Vision)

2 August 2020–10 April 2021
Museum of Islamic Art
Doha

For more information: mia.org.qa/en/sheikh-saoud

Turkey

Mâziyi Korumak: Sadberk Hanım Müzesi’nden Bir Seçki
(Preserving the Past: A Selection from the Sadberk Hanım Museum)

16 December 2020–1 August 2021
Meşher
Istanbul

Curator: Hülya Bilgi

For more information: www.mesher.org/Exhibition/Detail3English

9 November 2020–31 October 2021
Sadberk Hanım Müzesi
Istanbul

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

Africa

Egypt

الأبد هو الآن
(Forever is Now: Ancient Heritage and Contemporary Art)

23 October 2021–mid November 2021
Giza Plateau
Giza

Curators: Simon Watson and Nadine Abdel Ghaffar

For more information: www.artdegypte.org/copy-of-eternal-light

المتحف المصري الكبير‎ 
(Grand Egyptian Museum)
Opens June 2021
Giza

For more information: www.facebook.com/gemcc/

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

Fake!: Faked, Forged, and Replica Ancient Coins

Opened October 2020
RD Milns Antiquities Museum
Brisbane, Queensland

Curator: James Donaldson

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

The Greatest Games: Stories from the Ancient Olympics

Opens 2021
RD Milns Antiquities Museum
Brisbane, Queensland

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

Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors, and Heroes

16 December 2021–1 May 2022
National Museum Australia
Canberra, New South Wales

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

Japan

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

21 November 2020–4 April 2021
Edo-Tokyo Museum
Tokyo

For more information: www.edo-tokyo-museum.or.jp/en/s-exhibition/special/29474/特別展「国立ベルリン・エジプト博物館所蔵%E3%80%80古/