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

Highlights from the Karam Collection

Opens 11 November 2021
Tampa Museum of Art
Tampa, Florida

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

The African Origin of Civilization

Opened 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

Opened 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

Joseph Lindon Smith: The Persepolis Paintings

Opened January 2022
Oriental Institute
Chicago, Illinois

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

Persia: Ancient Iran and the Classical World

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

Curators: Timothy Potts and Sara Cole

Catalogue: Spier, Jeffrey, Timothy Potts, and Sara E. Cole (eds.) Persia: Ancient Iran and the Classical World. Pp. 432. Los Angeles: J. Getty Museum, 2022. ISBN 978-1-60606-680-5

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/

Cy Twombly: Making Past Present

2 August 2022–October 30, 2022
Getty Center
Los Angeles
For more information: www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/twombly/index.html

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

Mediterranean Marketplaces: Connecting the Ancient World

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

For more information: hmane.harvard.edu/mediterranean-marketplaces

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/

Return to Palmyra (Online Exhibition)

January 1, 2022–Ongoing

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

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

Arts of the Ancient World (New Installation)

The Menil Collection
Houston

More information: www.menil.org/collection/5088-arts-of-the-ancient-world

Egypt: The Time of the Pharaohs

25 February 2022–5 September 2022
Denver Museum of Nature and Science
2001 Colorado Blvd
Denver

For more information: www.dmns.org/visit/exhibitions/egypt-the-time-of-pharaohs/

King Tutankhamun: 'Wonderful Things' from the Pharaoh’s Tomb

17 January 2022–22 August 2022
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
Detroit, Michigan

For more information: www.thewright.org/exhibitions/king-tutankhamun-wonderful-things-pharaohs-tomb

 

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

12 October 2022–3 April 2023

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

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

 

Photographs of Dura-Europos: 1922–2022 and Onward (Online exhibition)

Ongoing

Institute of Sacred Music

Yale University
Connecticut

Curator: Blair Fowlkes Childs

For more information: ism.yale.edu/events/photographs-dura-europos-1922-2022-and-onward

Graffiti as Devotion along the Nile (Online exhibition)

Ongoing
Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Michigan

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

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

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

15 April 2022–15 April 2023
Columbia University
New York

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

Medieval Treasures from the Glencairn Museum

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

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

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

Focus Gallery: Style and Status: The Art of Roman Fashion

6 May 2021–Ongoing
Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art
Indiana University

For more information: artmuseum.indiana.edu/exhibitions/current/index.html

Ritual and Memory: The Ancient Balkans and Beyond

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

Curator: Clare Fitzgerald

Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs
20 August 2022–12 February 2023
De Young Museum of Fine Arts
San Francisco

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

Antiquity & America: The Ancient Mediterranean in the United States

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

Curator: Sean P. Burrus

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

Chroma: Ancient Sculpture in Color

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

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

Ancient Egypt

Ongoing
Albany Institute of History & Art
New York
Curated by Dr. Peter Lacovara

For more information: www.albanyinstitute.org/ancient-egypt.html

The Samaritans: A Biblical People

16 September 2022– 1 January 2023
The Bible Museum
Washington D.C.

For more information: www.museumofthebible.org/exhibits/the-samaritans-a-biblical-people

Striking Power: Iconoclasm in Ancient Egypt

20 November 2022– 5 March 2023
Memorial Arts Gallery
Rochester

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

Ancient Yemen: Incense, Art, and Trade

3 September 2022– Indefinitely
National Museum of Asian Art
Washington D.C.

For more information: asia.si.edu/exhibition/ancient-yemen-incense-art-and-trade/?utm_source=si.edu&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=exhibitions

Beyond King Tut: The Immersive Experience

June 2022–February 2023
National Geographic Museum
Washington D.C.

For more information: www.beyondkingtut.com/

Europe, The United Kingdom, and Russia

Austria

Königreiche der Eisenzeit 
(Kingdoms of the Iron Age)

19 March 2022–27 October 2022
Mamuz Castle Asparn / Zaya
Asparn an der Zaya

For more information: www.mamuz.at/en/exhibitions/museum-mistelbach/11-2022-koenigreiche-der-eisenzeit

Belgium

Alexandria, futurs antéireurs
(Alexandria, Past Futures)

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

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

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

Égypte. Éternelle passion
(Egypt. Eternal Passion)

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

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

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

Opens 11 May 2022
Tour & Taxis
Bruxelles

For more information: //tutankhamunexpo.com/

Sur les berges du Nil. Un voyage en Égypte, il y a 100 ans
(On the banks of the Nile. A voyage to Egypt, 100 years ago)

February 21, 2022–April 3, 2022 at Le Sablon  Morlanwelz  Cultural Center

April 04, 2022–May 16, 2022 at the Bibliothèque des Riches-Claires  Brussels

September 21, 2022– October 17, 2022 at  WW:Hall  Woluwe-Saint-Pierre

More information: www.musee-mariemont.be/index.php?id=18866

China

Ancient Chinese Food Culture

New permanent display
National Museum of China, Mei Lanfang Memorial Museum, Taizhou 

More information: en.chnmuseum.cn/exhibition/exhibition_series/temporary_exhibitions/historical_and_cultural_exhibition/202112/t20211227_253330.html

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/

RUS – Vikings in the East

22 January 2022–11 September 2022
Moesgaard Museum
Højbjerg

For more information: www.moesgaardmuseum.dk/nyheder/moesgaard-aabner-22-januar/

Amarna

6 October 2022 – 26 February 2023
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Copenhagen

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

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

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

Estonia

From beginning to end. Necessary things for a good life

23 March 2022– 27 May 2023
 

Tartu University Museum
Tartu

Curators: Terje Lõbu, Külli Valk

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

 

France

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/

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

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

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/

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)

22 June 2022–17 October 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

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

September 2022–16 January 2023
Louvre-Lens
Lens

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

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

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

Etrusques, une civilisation de la Méditerranée
(The Etruscans, a Mediterranean Civilization)

15 April 2022–23 October 2022
The Museum of Romanite
Nîmes

Catalogue: Cianferoni, Guisepina Carlotta. Etrusques, une civilisation de la Mediterranée. Pp. 148. €24.90, SPL Culture et Patrimoine, Nîmes. ISBN :978-2-9583181-0-9 (paper).

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

Magique
(Magic)

15 April 2022–5 March 2023
Musée des Confluences, Lyon

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

Sacré Mormont ! Enquête archéologique chez les Helvètes
(Holy Mormont! Archaeological survey among the Helvetians)

25 June 2022–13 November 2022
Bibracte Museum
Mont Beuvray

For more information: www.bibracte.fr/activite/exposition-sacre-mormont

Germany

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

Opened 30 October 2021
Bode-Museum
Berlin

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

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

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

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

10 July 2022–7 February 2023
Altes Museum
Berlin

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

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

15 October 2022– 7 March 2023
Neues Museum
Berlin

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

Greece

Archaeological Museum of Chania

Opened October 2021
Chania

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

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...

Brice Marden και Ελληνική Αρχαιότητα
(Brice Marden and Greek Antiquity)

20 May 2022–29 August 2022
Museum of Cycladic Art
Athens

For more information: https://cycladic.gr/en/page/brice-marden-kai-elliniki-archaiotita?slide=1

Το χθες είναι τώρα.Γιώργος Λαζόγκας: Μύθοι και Αρχαιότητα
(The past is now. George Lazongas: Myths and Antiquity)

9 May 2022–20 August 2022
National Archaeological Museum
Athens

For more information: https://www.namuseum.gr/en/temporary_exhibition/the-past-is-now-george-l...

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/

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

27 April 2021–1 January 2032
Centrale Montemartini
Rome

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

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

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

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

Dall’Egitto a Pisa: Gaetano Rosellini e le sue collezioni
(From Egypt to Pisa: Gaetano Rosellini and his collection)

19 February 2022–31 August 2022
Collezioni Egittologiche
University of Pisa
via San Frediano, 12
56126
Pisa

For more information: www.egitto.sma.unipi.it/dall-egitto-a-pisa/

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

21 April 2022–15 June 2023
Palestra Grande
Pompeii

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

Cursus Honorum. Il governo di Roma prima di Cesare
(Cursus Honorum. The government of Rome before Caesar)

24 March 2022–2 October 2022
Palazzo dei Conservatori, Sale al piano terra
Musei Capitolini

For more information: https://museicapitolini.org/en/node/1010481

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

Palazzo dei Conservatori - Sala della Lupa e dei Fasti antichi
Musei Capitolini
08 February 2021–2 October 2022

For more information: https://museicapitolini.org/en/mostra-evento/leredit-di-cesare-e-la-conq...

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

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

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

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

I Marmi Torlonia. Collezionare Capolavori
(The Torlonia Marbles, Collecting Masterpieces)

25 May 2022–18 September 2022
The Gallery of Italy
Milan

For more information: www.gallerieditalia.com/it/homepage/milano/mostre-e-iniziative/mostre/2022/5/i-marmi-di-torlonia/

I Pittori di Pompei
(Paintings of Pompeii)

23 September 2022–19 March 2023
Civic Archaeological Museum
Bologna

Curator: Mario Grimaldi

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

Netherlands

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/

5,000 years of beads

Until 7 May 2023

Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Leiden

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

Splendor and Precision

Until 4 September 2022
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Leiden

More information: https://www.rmo.nl/tentoonstellingen/tijdelijke-tentoonstellingen/pracht-en-precisie/

De papyrus van Qenna
(The papyrus roll of Qenna: magical spells for the afterlife)

22 June 2022–4 September 2022
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Leiden

For more information:  www.rmo.nl/en/exhibitions/temporary-exhibitions/the-papyrus-roll-of-qenna/

Portugal

Faraós Superstars
(Superstar Pharaohs)

24 November 2022–6 March 2023

The Calouste Gulbenkian Museum
Lisbon

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

Russia

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

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 2023
La Caixa Forum
Barcelona

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

30 April 2023–3 September 2023
La Caixa Forum
Seville

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

4 October 2023–28 January 2024
La Caixa Forum
Valencia

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

Tutankhamon: Història d'un descobriment
(Tutankhamon: History of a Discovery)

16 January 2022–31 December 2022
Museu Egipci de Barcelona
Barcelona

More information: www.museuegipci.com/ca/exposicions/actual/tutankhamon-historia-d-un-descobriment/

(NAUFRAGIS. Història submergida)
Shipwrecks: Submerged History

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

Curators: Rut Geli, Xavier Nieto,  and Gustau Vivar

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

En torno a las columnas de Hércules. Las relaciones milenarias entre Marruecos y España
(Around the Pillars of Hercules, The Ancient Relationship Between Morocco and Spain)

25 May 2022–16 October 2022
National Archaeological Museum
Madrid

For more information: www.man.es/man/exposicion/exposiciones-temporales/20220524-en-torno-columnas-hercules.html

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

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.museenbasel.ch/museen/en/agenda/detail/museum-der-kulturen-basel/tierisch-keine-kultur-ohne-tiere.html

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

November 2023 – June 2024
Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwitg
Basel

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

United Kingdom

Ancient Middle East Gallery

Opened 26 June 2021
Ashmolean Museum
Oxford

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

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

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

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

Tutankhamun the Boy: Growing Up in Ancient Egypt

September 2022–September 2023
Petrie Museum
London

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

Feminine power the divine to the demonic

19 May 2022–25 September 2022
The British Museum
London

For more information: www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/feminine-power-divine-demonic

Militaria Exhibition

12 February 2022–31 October 2022
Roman Army Museum
Greenhead

For more information: www.vindolanda.com/Event/militaria-exhibition

From Julius Caesar to Boadicea: A Century of Icenian Coins

Open until 2 October 2022

Ashmolean Museum
Oxford

For more information: www.ashmolean.org/event/from-julius-caesar-to-boadicea

Tutankhamun: Excavating the Archive

13 April 2022–5 February 2023
Bodleian Library
Oxford

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

Ferociously Feminine
19 May 2022–25 September 2022
British Museum
London
For more information: https://www.britishmuseum.org/events/ferociously-feminine

Picturing the Romans: Daily Life through Tableware

9 June 2022–28 October 2022
Museum of Archaeology
Palace Green Library
Durham

For more information: www.dur.ac.uk/archaeology.museum/whatson/details/?id=49939

Troy: Beauty and Heroism

19 May 2022 –14 August 2022
The McManus Dundee’s Art Gallery and Museum
Dundee

For more information: www.mcmanus.co.uk/exhibitions/troy-beauty-and-heroism

The Grand Tour: The Two Horaces and the Court of Florence

27 March 2022–24 July 2022
Strawberry Hill House
Twickenham

For more information: www.strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/the-grand-tour/

Swords of Kingdoms: The Staffordshire Hoard at Sutton Hoo

19 May 2022–30 October 2022
Sutton Hoo
Woodbridge

For more information: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/sutton-hoo/features/swords-of-kingdoms-the-staffordshire-hoard-at-sutton-hoo

Circles of Stone: Stonehenge and Japan Prehistoric Japan

30 September 2022–August 2023
Stonehenge
Wiltshire

For more information: www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stonehenge/things-to-do/exhibitions/circles-of-stone

Hieroglyphs: unlocking ancient Egypt

13 October 2022– 19 February 2023
British Museum
London

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

Roman Busts

16 July–29 October 2022
Discovery Bucks Museum
Aylesbury

For more information: www.discoverbucksmuseum.org/whats-on/first-chance-to-see-incredible-roman-busts/

Heroes of the Viking World

Until 6 November 2022
Banbury Museum & Gallery

For more information: banburymuseum.org/events/heroes-of-the-viking-world

Alexander the Great

21 October 2022-19 February 2023
British Library
London

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

Ancient Iraq: new discoveries

1 September 2020–19 June 2022
The British Museum: a travelling exhibition
London

For more information: www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/ancient-iraq-new-discoveries

The Middle East

Iraq

National Museum

Reopened, 7 March 2022.

For more information: www.theiraqmuseum.com/

Israel

Special Display: Lord of the Desert

Opened 8 March 2022
Exhibition Galleries, Archaeology Wing
Israel Museum

Curator: Laura A. Peri

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

חזרה לחאלב
סיור מציאות מדומה בבית הכנסת הגדול
(Back to Aleppo: A Virtual-Reality Tour of the Great 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

 

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

2 June 2022– 15 April 2023
The Israel Museum
Jerusalem

Curator: Ahiad Ovadia; Assistant Curator: Michal Kapuller

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

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

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

Open Horizons: Ancient Greek Journeys and Connections

23 April 2022–14 August 2022
Melbourne Museum
Melbourne, Australia

For more information: museumsvictoria.com.au/melbournemuseum/whats-on/open-horizons/

Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs

Opens summer 2023
Australian Museum
Sydney, New South Wales

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

Fake!: Faked, Forged and Replica Ancient Coins

Currently open

The University of Queensland
Australia

Curator: Mr. James Donaldson

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

Heroes & Hoplites (Online Exhibition)

Ongoing
The Hellenic Museum
Melbourne

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

Japan

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

 

Korea

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

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

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

New Zealand

Secrets of Stonehenge

Opens 2022

Auckland Museum
Parnell, Auckland 1010

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

Myths and Mortals: Life in Ancient Times

Ongoing

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

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

Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors and Heroes

Now until 6 November 2022
Auckland Museum
Parnell

For more information: www.aucklandmuseum.com/visit/exhibitions/ancient-greeks