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

Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs

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

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

Mummies of the World: The Exhibition

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

For more information: ctsciencecenter.org/mummies/

Ramses and the Pharaoh’s Gold

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

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

Highlights from the Karam Collection

Opens 11 November 2021
Tampa Museum of Art
Tampa, Florida

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

Pompeii in Color: The Life of Roman Wall Painting

24 February 2022–29 May 2022
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
New York, New York

Curator: Clare Fitzgerald

Digital Complement: www.pompeiiincolor.com/

Catalogue: The Painters of Pompeii: Roman Frescoes from the National Archaeological Museum of Naples. Edited by Mario Grimaldi. 2nd Ed. Institute for the Study of the Ancient World/ MondoMostre, 2022. ISBN: 9788894619737

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

The Stories We Wear

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

Curators: Lauren Ristvet, Sarah Linn, and Jane Hickman

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

The African Origin of Civilization

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

HerStory: Stories of Ancient Heroines and Everyday Women

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

Curators: Brittney Bevel and Kessanda Abel

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

Joseph Lindon Smith: The Persepolis Paintings

Opened January 2022
Oriental Institute
Chicago, Illinois

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

Falcons: The Art of the Hunt

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

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

New Light: Encounters and Connections

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

Curator: Debra Lennard

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

Persia: Ancient Iran and the Classical World

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

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/

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

Social Fabrics: Inscribed Textiles from Medieval Egyptian Tombs

22 January 2022–8 May 2022

University Research Gallery
Harvard Art Museums
Cambridge

Catalogue: McWilliams, Mary and Jochen Sokoly (eds). Social Fabrics: Inscribed Textiles from Medieval Egyptian Tombs. Pp. 176. Harvard Art Museums. $45. ISBN: 9780300260090 (paper).

For more information: harvardartmuseums.org/exhibitions/5836/social-fabrics-inscribed-textiles-from-medieval-egyptian-tombs

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 – Indefinitely

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

Gala Porras-Kim: Precipitation for an Arid Landscape

November 20, 2021–March 17, 2022

Amant Foundation
315 Maujer Street
Brooklyn

More information: www.amant.org/exhibitions/4-gala-porras-kim-precipitation-for-an-arid-landscape

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

Opened 25 February 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

Queen Nefertari’s Egypt

18 March 2022–17 July 2022

New Orleans Museum of Art
Louisiana

More information: noma.org/exhibitions/queen-nefertaris-egypt/

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

Conserving Active Matter

25 March 2022–10 July 2022

Bard Graduate Center Gallery
New York

Catalogue: Miller, Peter N. and Soon Kai Poh (eds). Conserving Active Matter. Bard Graduate Center. Pp. 402. New York: Bard Graduate Center. $65.00. ISBN:9781941792322 (Hardcover)

For more information: www.bgc.bard.edu/exhibitions/exhibitions/115/conserving-active-matter

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

Greek Manuscripts at the University of Michigan Library: A Celebration

26 March 2022-28 June 2022

University of Michigan, Hatcher Library North
Michigan

Catalogue: Kavrus-Hoffmann, Nadezhda. Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Volume 1. Pp. 356.  Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2021. ISBN 978-0-472-12665-1 DOI: 10.3998/mpub.7275146

For more information: https://apps.lib.umich.edu/blogs/beyond-reading-room/new-exhibit-greek-manuscripts-university-michigan-library-celebration

Art of the Islamic World

21 May 2021–31 May 2022

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Ohio

For more information: clevelandart.org/exhibitions/art-islamic-world

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–Currently Open
Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art
Indiana University

For more information: artmuseum.indiana.edu/exhibitions/current/2021-05-06-asure.html

Europe, The United Kingdom, and Russia

Austria

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

12 November 2019–31 March 2022
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Vienna

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

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

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

20 November 2021–17 April 2022
Musée royal de Mariemont
Morlanwelz

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

Alexandria, futurs antéireurs
(Alexandria, Past Futures)

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

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

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

Égypte. Éternelle passion
(Egypt. Eternal Passion)

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

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

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

Les Hieroglyphes avant Champollion: Depuis l'Antiquité classique jusqu'à l'Expédition d'Égypte
(Hieroglyphs before Champollion: From classical antiquity to the Egyptian Expedition)

4 March 2022–22 May 2022
Grand Curtius
Féronstrée, 136, 4000
Liège
Belgium

Scientific Committee: Jean Winand and Gaëlle Chantrain

Catalogue: Winand, Jean and Gaëlle Chantrain. Les hiéroglyphes en Europe avant Champollion. Depuis l’Antiquité classique jusqu’à l’Expédition d’Égypte. Liège, Belgium: Presses universitaires de Liège.

More information: www.grandcurtius.be/fr/actualites/exposition/les-hieroglyphes-avant-champollion

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

Czech Republic

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

9 June 2020–30 June 2022
Národní Muzeum
Prague

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

Poklady numismatických sbírek
(Treasures of the Numismatic Collections)

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

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

Denmark

Togtet
(The Raid: Vikings in the 9th Century)

26 June 2021–26 June 2023
Nationalmuseet
Copenhagen

For more information: en.natmus.dk/museums-and-palaces/the-national-museum-of-denmark/exhibitions/join-the-vikings-on-raid/

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

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

17 February 2021–30 June 2022
Maarjamäe Castle
Tallinn

Curators: Krista Sarv and Mari-Leen Tammela

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

France

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

Opened 24 June 2021
Musée du Louvre
Paris

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

22 September 2021–4 July 2022
Musée du Louvre
Paris

Curators: Philippe Malgouyres and Jean-Luc Martinez

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

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

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

6 April 2022–25 July 2022
Louvre-Lens
Lens

Curators: Cécile Giroire and Martin Szewczyk

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

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

27 April 2022–25 July 2022
Musée du Louvre
Paris

Curator: Vincent Rondot, director of the Department of Egyptian Antiquities at the Musée du Louvre, assisted by Nadia Licitra, Faïza Drici and Hélène Guichard

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

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

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

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

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

13 September 2021–22 November 2022
Place Antonin Poncet 
Lyons

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

Pharaons Superstars
(Superstar Pharaohs)

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

Curator: Frédéric Mougenot

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

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

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

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

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

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

Face À Face
(Face to Face)

29 January 2022–9 May 2022
Musee Archeologie Nationale
Place Château, 78100
Saint-Germain-en-Laye

More info: https://musee-archeologienationale.fr/en/node/2013

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

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

There is exhibition catalogue (Contemporanea Progetti srl; 160 pages – €24.90).

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

Germany

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

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

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

Salamis 480

16 November 2021–13 March 2022
Staatliche Antikensammlungen
Munich

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

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

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

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

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

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

3 November 2021–10 April 2022
Archäologische Museum Frankfurt
Frankfurt

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

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

Opened 30 October 2021
Bode-Museum
Berlin

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

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

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

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

Curator: Oliver Gauert

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

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

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

20 November 2021–1 May 2022
Neanderthal Museum
Mettmann

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

Leben am Limes
(Life on the Limes)

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

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

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

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

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

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

9 November 2021–26 June 2022
Pergamonmuseum
Berlin

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

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

26 August 2021–3 July 2022
Neues Museum
Berlin

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

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

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

26 August 2021–3 July 2022
Altes Museum
Berlin

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

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

Habalukke – Treasures of a Forgotten Civilization

7 April 2022–31 July 2022
Archäologisches Museum Colombischlössle
Freiburg

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

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

19 October 2017–25 September 2022
Neues Museum
Berlin

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

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

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

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

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

3 October 2020–30 September 2022
Arche Nebra
Nebra

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

Rom am Rhein
(Rome on the Rhine)

29 April 2021–9 October 2022
Kulturzentrum am Neumarkt 
Cologne

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

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

14 May 2021–16 October 2022
Franziskanermuseum  
Villingen-Schwenningen

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

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

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

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

Rom in Westfalen 2.0
(Rome in Westphalia 2.0)

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

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

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

1 July 2022–31 October 2022
Bode Museum  
Berlin  

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

Schliemanns Welten
(Schliemann’s Worlds)

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

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

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

25 June 2022–27 November 2022
Rheinisches Landesmuseum
Trier

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

Abenteuer am Nil. Preußen und die Ägyptologie 1842-45
(Adventure on the Nile. Prussia and Egyptology 1842-45)

2 September 2022–7 March 2023
Neues Museum
Berlin

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

Mysterium Mithras: Annäherungen an einen römischen Kult
(The Mystery of Mithras. Exploring the Heart of a Roman Cult)

19 November 2022–15 April 2023
Archäologische Museum Frankfurt
Frankfurt

For more information: www.archaeologisches-museum-frankfurt.de/de/ausstellungen/mysterium-mithras-annaeherungen-an-einen-roemischen-kult

Samarra Revisited: New Perspectives on the Excavation Photographs from the Palaces of the Caliph

4 March 2022–29 May 2022

James-Simon-Galerie, Bodestraße
10178 Berlin

For more information: www.smb.museum/en/exhibitions/detail/samarra-revisited/

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

10 November 2021–13 March 2022

Ägyptisches Museum
Regina-Pacis-Weg 7, 53113 Bonn, Germany

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

Feiern mit den Toten
(Celebrating with the dead)

14 January 2022–14 July 2022

Landesmuseum Hannover
Willy-Brandt-Allee 5
30169
Hannover

More information: www.hannover.de/Veranstaltungskalender/Ausstellungen/Landesmuseum-Hannover/Feiern-mit-den-Toten

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...

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

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

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

Hippos - The Horse in Ancient Athens

20 January 2022–30 April 2022

American School of Classical Studies Athens
Makriyannis Wing of the Gennadius Library
Souidias 61
Athens 106 76

For information: www.ascsa.edu.gr/events/details/hippos-the-horse-in-ancient-athens-en

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/

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

January 2022–March 2022
Museo Egizio
Turin

Curator: Paolo Del Vesco

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

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

8 February 2021–27 March 2022
Musei Capitolini, Palazzo dei Conservatori - Sala della Lupa e dei Fasti antichi
Rome

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

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

January 2022–March 2022
Museo Egizio
Turin

Curator: Paolo Del Vesco

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

Tebe nel Nuovo Regno
(Thebes in the New Kingdom)

11 December 2021–18 April 2022
Basilica Palladiana
Vicenza

Curator: Christian Greco

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

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

11 March 2020–8 May 2022
Museo Archeologico
Milan

Curators: Sabrina Ceruti and Anna Provenzali

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

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

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

29 October 2020–30 May 2022
Museo Archeologico Nazionale
Florence

Curators: Mario Iozzo and Maria Rosaria Lubero

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

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

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

March 2022–May 2022
Museo Egizio
Turin

Curators: Susanne Töpfer and Sara Demichelis

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

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

27 April 2021–15 June 2022
Centrale Montemartini
Rome

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

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

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

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

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

Curators: Annamaria Mauro, Massimo Osanna, and Gabriel Zuchtriegel

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

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

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

Curators: Barbara Cermesoni and Daniela Locatelli

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

Vasi antichi
(Ancient Vases)

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

Curator: Margherita Bolla

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

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

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

Curator: Andrea Bruciati 

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

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

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

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

Curators: Daniele Ferrara and Toto Bergamo Rossi

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

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

Sekhmet, la Potente: Una leonessa in città
(Sekhmet, the Mighty One: A Lioness in the City)

7 July 2021–31 December 2023
Museo Civico Archeologico
Bologna

Curator: Daniela Picchi

For more information: www.museibologna.it/archeologico/articoli/50081/offset/0/id/105140

BNL a Palazzo Altemps
(Ancient Sculpture from the BNL Collection at the Palazzo Altemps)

11 July 2019–11 July 2024
Museo Nazionale Romano, Palazzo Altemps
Rome

For more information: www.bnpparibas.it/it/2019/07/09/palazzo-altemps-cinque-sculture-della-collezione-di-bnl-gruppo-bnp-paribas/

Il frammento ritrovato. La mano del colosso di Costantino dei Musei Capitolini e il dito in bronzo del Louvre
(The Rediscovered Fragment. The Hand of the Colossus of Constantine from the Capitoline Museums and the Bronze Finger from the Louvre)

29 April 2021–28 April 2026
Musei Capitolini
Rome

For more information: www.museicapitolini.org/en/node/1008893

Giacomo Boni. L’alba della modernità
(Giacomo Boni. The dawn of modernity)

15 December  2021–30 April 2022

Complex of Santa Maria Nova, Temple of Romulus, Church of Santa Maria Antiqua and Domitian ramp, Farnese Aviaries
Rome

For information: parcocolosseo.it/en/event/giacomo-boni-the-dawn-of-modernity-the-exhibition-widespread-between-the-palatine-and-the-roman-forum-opens-on-15-december/

Aree archeologiche e accessibilità: da limite a opportunità
(Archaeological areas and accessibility: from limit to opportunity)

21 January 2022–20 April 2022

Gipsoteca di Arte Antica e Antiquarium dell’Università di Pisa
Pisa

For more information: www.gipsoteca.sma.unipi.it/2022/01/aree-archeologiche-e-accessibilita/

Tutankhamon Viaggio verso l’eternità
(Tutankhamun Journey to Eternity)

23 October 2021–8 May 2022

Musei - Castel dell’Ovo
Castel dell’Ovo
Via Eldorado, 3
Napoli

For more information: www.tutankhamonintour.com/index/

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/

Sing Sing. Il Corpo di Pompei
(Sing Sing. the Body of Pompei)

21 June 2022–30 July 2022
National Archaeological Museum of Naples
Naples

For more information: mann-napoli.it/sing-sing-il-corpo-di-pompei/

Netherlands

Keizer Domitianus
(Emperor Domitian)

17 December 2021–22 May 2022
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Leiden

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

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

18 December 2020–4 September 2022
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Leiden

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

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

24 April 2022–18 September 2022
Drents Museum
Assen

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

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

We Were Kings: Ancient Egypt in the Music of the African Diaspora

7 April 2023–27 August 2023
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Leiden

Curator: Daniel Soliman

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

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/

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

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/...

Мумии Древнего Египта. Искусство бессмертия
(Mummies of Ancient Egypt: The Art of Immortality)

1 March 2022–31 May 2022
Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
Moscow

More information: pushkinmuseum.art/events/archive/2022/exhibitions/mummies/index.php

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2 March 2022–28 August 2022
La Caixa Forum
Girona

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

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

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

12 July 2021–30 October 2022
La Caixa Forum
Madrid

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

1 December 2022–2 April 2022
La Caixa Forum
Barcelona

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

30 April 2023–3 September 2023
La Caixa Forum
Seville

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

4 October 2023–28 January 2024
La Caixa Forum
Valencia

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

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

La Moneda En La Región De Murcia
(The Currency in the Region of Murcia)

17 March 2022–30 June 2022
Archaeological Museum of Murcia
Murcia

For more information: www.museosregiondemurcia.es/museo-arqueologico-de-murcia/agenda/exposiciones-temporales/-/asset_publisher/jGTPYReVW4s2/content/la-moneda-en-la-region-de-murc-1?inheritRedirect=false&redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.museosregiondemurcia.es%2Fmuseo-arqueologico-de-murcia%2Fagenda%2Fexposiciones-temporales%3Fp_p_id%3D101_INSTANCE_jGTPYReVW4s2%26p_p_lifecycle%3D0%26p_p_state%3Dnormal%26p_p_mode%3Dview%26p_p_col_id%3Dcolumn-1%26p_p_col_count%3D1

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

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

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

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

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

Ave Caesar! Von Römern und Barbaren am Rhein
(Ave Caesar! Romans and Barbarians on the Rhine)

22 October 2022–30 April 2023
Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig
Basel

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

United Kingdom

Ancient Middle East Gallery

Opened 26 June 2021
Ashmolean Museum
Oxford

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

The Antonine Wall: Beyond Boundaries

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

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

Romans: Edge of Empire

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

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

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

Until 6 March 2022
Ashmolean Museum
Oxford

Curator: Marianne Bergeron

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

Roman Britain in Colour

Opened October 2021
Great North Museum: Hancock
Newcastle upon Tyne

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

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

Until April 2022
Chesters Roman Fort and Museum
Chollerford

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

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

27 July 2021–31 May 2022
Museum of Archaeology
Durham

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

Ancient Greeks: Science and Wisdom

17 November 2021–5 June 2022
Science Museum
London

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

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

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

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

The Galloway Hoard: Viking-Age Treasure

9 October 2021–10 July 2022
Kirkcudbright Galleries
Kirkcudbright

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

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

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

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

The World of Stonehenge

17 February 2022–17 July 2022
The British Museum
London

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

Magdalene Odundo in Cambridge

5 October 2021–24 July 2022
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Cambridge

Curator: Helen Ritchie

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

Alternative Narratives of the Greek Bicentenary

9 November 2021–25 October 2022
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Cambridge

Curator: Anastasia Christophilopoulou

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

Archaeology Through the Lens

23 October 2021–30 April 2022

DIG,
St Saviour Church
St Saviourgate
York

More info: www.jorvikvikingcentre.co.uk/whats-on/photography-exhibition-2/

Kurdistan in the 1940s

19 Nov 2021–30 May 2022

The Courtauld Gallery: The Project Space
Somerset House
London

More information: courtauld.ac.uk/whats-on/kurdistan-in-the-1940s/

David R. Abram: Ancient Sites from the Air

Until 15 May 2022

Salisbury Museum
Salisbury

More information: salisburymuseum.org.uk/

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

The Middle East

Iraq

National Museum

Reopened, 7 March 2022.

For more information: www.theiraqmuseum.com/

Israel

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

2 November 2021–3 April 2022
Bible Lands Museum
Jerusalem

Curator: Shira Fridman

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

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

20 August 2021–23 April 2022
Israel Museum
Jerusalem

Curators: Nancy Benovitz and Dudi Mevorah

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

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

29 July 2021–30 April 2022
Bible Lands Museum
Jerusalem

Curators: Yigal Bloch and Oree Meiri

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

Turkey

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

9 November 2020–29 May 2022
Sadberk Hanım Müzesi
Istanbul

Curators: Turgut Saner, Şebnem Eryavuz, and Hülya Bilgi

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

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

United Arab Emirates

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

10 November 2021–31 August 2022
Sharjah Archaeology Museum
Sharjah

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

Africa

Egypt

خبايا الذهب
(The Secrets of Gold)

Opened 9 October 2021
Luxor Museum
Luxor

For more information: https://egymonuments.gov.eg/en/news/under-the-title-secrets-of-gold-dr-waziri-secretary-general-of-the-supreme-council-of-antiquities-inaugurated-a-temporary-archaeological-exhibition-at-luxor-museum-1

كانطير- بيراميس
(Qantir-Piramesse)

20 April 2022–20 September 2022
Egyptian Museum
Cairo

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

Tunisia

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

Spring 2022–Summer 2022
Musée national du Bardo
Tunis

Curator: Sylvain Amic

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

East Asia and Oceania

Australia

Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors, and Heroes

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

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

Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs

Opens summer 2023
Australian Museum
Sydney, New South Wales

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

 

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

Japan

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

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

For more information: daiei-miira.exhibit.jp

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

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

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

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

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

South Korea

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

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

For more information: www.tutankhamun.co.kr

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/