Current and Upcoming Museum Exhibitions

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