Current and Upcoming Museum Exhibitions

The Americas

United States

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

Life and Afterlife in Ancient Egypt

Opened 11 February 2022
Art Institute
Chicago, Illinois 

For more information: www.artic.edu/exhibitions/9761/egyptian-art

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

Cy Twombly: Making Past Present

14 January 2023– 7 May 2023
The Museum of Fine Arts
Boston

For more information: https://www.mfa.org/exhibition/cy-twombly-making-past-present

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

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

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

Medieval Treasures from the Glencairn Museum

24 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

For more information: isaw.nyu.edu/exhibitions

The First Kings of Europe

31 March 2023–28 January 2024
Field Museum
Chicago

For more information: www.fieldmuseum.org/exhibitions/first-kings-europe

The First Kings of Europe

April 2024–January 2025
The Canadian Museum of History
Gatineau, Canada

For more information: www.fieldmuseum.org/exhibitions/first-kings-europe

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

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/

Beyond King Tut: The Immersive Experience

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

For more information: www.beyondkingtut.com/

King Tut’s Tomb Discovery Experience

Opens October 28, 2022
Houston Museum of Natural Science
Houston, TX

For more information: https://www.hmns.org/exhibits/special-exhibitions/king-tuts-tomb-discovery-experience/

Being and Believing in the Natural World

22 October 2022–7 May 2023
The RISD Museum
Rhode Island

For more information: risdmuseum.org/exhibitions-events/exhibitions/being-and-believing-natural-world

The Odyssey: A Retelling

23 June 2022– 8 January 2023
The Parthenon
Nashville

For more information: www.nashvilleparthenon.com/events/theodyssey

Making Sense of Marbles

15 September 2022– 12 March 2023
The Oriental Institute
Chicago

For more information: oi.uchicago.edu/marbles

Play and Pastimes in the Middle Ages

16 May 2023– 6 August 2023
The Getty Center
Los Angeles

For more information: https://www.getty.edu/visit/exhibitions/future.html

A Roman Portrait from Germany in Texas

May 04, 2022–May 21, 2023
San Antonio Museum of Art
San Antonio, TX
For more information: https://www.samuseum.org/artwork/exhibition/a-roman-portrait-from-germany-in-texas/

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

February 24, 2023–May 21, 2023
San Antonio Museum of Art
San Antonio, TX
For more information: https://www.samuseum.org/artwork/exhibition/romanlandscapes/

Mount Athos: The Ark of Orthodoxy

Fall 2022
Maliotis Cultural Center
Brookline, MA
For more information: https://www.mountathosfoundation.org/exhibition/

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

Das Geheimnis der Hieroglyphen
(The Secrets of Hieroglyphs)

4 June 2022– 31 October 2022
Museum Gröbming
Gröbming

For more information: www.groebming.at/de/museum/sonderausstellung.php

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)

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

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

L’Égypte dans l’ex-libris
(Egypt in the bookplate)

7 September 2022– 10 December 2022
Maison de l'Imprimerie
Thuin

For more information: www.mehen.nl/events/legypte-dans-lex-libris/

Verhalen uit de ondergrond. Brugge in het jaar 1000
(Tales from the underground – Bruges in the year 1000)

9 December 2021– 3 November 2024
Gruuthusemuseum
Bruges

For more information: www.museabrugge.be/kalender/tentoonstellingen/brugge-in-het-jaar-1000

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

塔拉萨：海洋文明与希腊艺术
(Thalassa: The Sea in Greek Art from Antiquity until Today)

19 July 2022– 9 October 2022
Shanghai Museum
Shanghai
For more information: www.shanghaimuseum.net/mu/frontend/pg/m/article/id/E00004143

意大利之源——古罗马文明展
(Tota Italia)

10 July 2022 – 9 October 2022
National China Museum
Beijing

For more information: www.chnmuseum.cn/zl/

古埃及的黄金木乃伊:永恒的面孔
(The Face of Eternal Life: Egypt and its Golden Mummies)

24 June 2022– 11 November 2022
Nanshan Museum
Shenzhen

For more information: www.szns.gov.cn/english/news/whatson/content/post_9926797.html

Rome : City and Empire

25 September 2021–8 October 2022
Suzhou Museum
China

For more information: www.szmuseum.com/

Czechia

Tutanchamon – jeho hrobka a poklady
(Tutankhamun - his tomb and treasures)

26 April 2022–End of 2022
Brno Exhibition Center
Brno

For more information: www.tut-brno.cz/

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/

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

Lidamast-aadamast. Heaks eluks vajalikud asjad
(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

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
Lyon

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/

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/

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/

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

Dévoiler Nemausus. Jean-Claude Golvin, un architecte et des archéologues
(Unveiling Nemausus. Jean-Claude Golvin, an architect and archaeologists)

8 December 2022–5 March 2023
Museum of Romanite
Nimes

For more information: museedelaromanite.fr/exposition-temporaire/archives/devoiler-nemausus-jean-claude-golvin-un-architecte-et-des-archeologues

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

Mommies. Corps preserves, corps eternels
(Mummies. Preserved bodies, eternal bodies)

22 October 2022–3 July 2023
Museum Toulouse
Toulouse

For more information: www.museum.toulouse.fr/momies

SPECTACULAIRE ! Le divertissement chez les Romains
(SPECTACULAR ! Entertainment among the Romans)

6 October 2022–11 June 2023
Lugdunum Museum
Lyon

For more information: lugdunum.grandlyon.com/fr/agenda/evenements/spectaculaire-!-le-divertissement-chez-les-romains

À la recherche des hiéroglyphes oubliés
(In search of the forgotten hieroglyphs)

1 October 2022–31 December 2022
Museum of Beaux Arts
Lyon

For more information: mba-lyon.fr/fr/fiche-programmation/la-recherche-des-hieroglyphes-oublies

Magique
(Magic)

15 April 2022–5 March 2023
Musée des Confluences
Lyon

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

Toutankhamon – A la decouverte du Pharaon oublie
(Tutankhamun – Discovering the Forgotten Pharaoh)

29 November 2022–24 March 2023
La Sucriere, Tempora
Lyon

For more information: expo-toutankhamon.com/

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/

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

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/

Think Big! Gail Rothschild porträtiert spätantike Textilfunde aus Ägypten
(Think Big! Gail Rothschild portrays textile finds from Egypt in late antiquity)

7 January 2022–31 October 2022
Staatliche Museum
Berlin

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

Beyond Hellas: Santiago Calatrava in the Glyptothek

22 June 2022–23 October 2022
Glyptothek Museum
Munich

For more information: www.antike-am-koenigsplatz.mwn.de/index.php/en/jevents-all-categories/eventdetail/189/-/after-hellas-santiago-calatrava-in-the-glyptothek/en/

100 Jahre Tutanchamun
(100 Years of Tutankhamun)

24 September 2022–5 November 2022
Haus der Naturkultur
Bramsche

For more information: stiftung-thomas.jimdofree.com/haus-der-naturkultur/ausstellungen/

High Tech Römer – Das Phänomen römischer Erfindungen
(High Tech Romans – The phenomenon of Roman inventions)

4 April 2022 –15 January 2023
Landesmuseum Mainz
Große Bleiche 49-51
55116
Mainz

For more information: https://landesmuseum-mainz.de/de/ausstellungen/high-tech-roemer/

Greece

Archaeological Museum of Chania

Opened October 2021
Chania

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

Jeff Koons: Apollo

21 June 2022– 31 October 2022
ESTE’s Project Space at the old Slaughterhouse
Hydra

For more information: deste.gr/hydra/jeff-koons/

Italy

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

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

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/

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

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

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

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 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/

Domiziano Imperatore. Odio e amore
(Emperor Domitian. Hate and Love)

13 July 2022–29 January 2023
Musei Capitolini - Villa Caffarelli
Rome

For more information: museicapitolini.org/en/node/1011288

Netherlands

KEMET
(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: rmo.nl/en/exhibitions/temporary-exhibitions/expected-we-were-kings/

5000 jaar kralen
(5,000 years of beads)

Until 7 May 2023

Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Leiden

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

Sterven In Schoonheid
(Dying in beauty)

20 November 2022–26 March 2023
Drents Museum
Assen

For more information: drentsmuseum.nl/nl/tentoonstellingen/sterven-schoonheid

Byblos

14 October 2022–12 March 2023
Rijksmuseum
Leiden

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

Poland

Tell el-Farcha. 20 lat polskich wykopalisk.
(Tell el-Farcha. 20 years of Polish excavations.)

9 September 2022–January 2023
Archaeological Museum of Krakow
Krakow

For more information: ma.krakow.pl/tour/tell-el-farcha-20-lat-polskich-wykopalisk/

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: hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/what-s-on/temp_exh/...

Spain

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

Hijas del Nilo. Mujer y sociedad en el antiguo Egipto
(Daughters of the Nile. Women and Society in Ancient Egypt)

10 June 2022– 31 December 2022
Palacio de las Alhajas
Madrid

For more information: tickets.hijasdelnilo.com/es/859-entradas/5002-hijas-del-nilo/info

Faraón. Rey de egipto
(Pharaoh, King of Egypt)

22 June 2022–26 February 2023
Caixa Forum
Valencia

For more information: caixaforum.org/es/valencia/p/faraon-rey-de-egipto_a65129625

Switzerland

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

The Galloway Hoard: Viking-Age Treasure

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/

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

Militaria Exhibition

12 February 2022–31 October 2022
Roman Army Museum
Greenhead

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

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

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

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

Roman Busts

16 July 2022–29 October 2022
Discovery Bucks Museum
Aylesbury

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

Hieroglyphs: unlocking ancient Egypt

17 March 2023–18 June 2023
Ferens Art Gallery, Hull

For more information: www.hcandl.co.uk/museums-and-galleries/ferens

24 June–15 October 2023
Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum, Northern Ireland

For more information: www.lisburnmuseum.com/

21 October 2023–18 February 2024
Torquay Museum, Devon

For more information: www.torquaymuseum.org/

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

Being an Islander: Art and Identity of the Large Mediterranean Islands

21 February 2023–4 June 2023
Fitzwilliam Museum
Cambridge

For more information: fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/research/projects/being-an-islander-art-and-identity-of-the-large-mediterranean-islands

Roman Rubbish

4 August 2022–14 January 2023
Bloomberg Space
London

Curator: Mariana Castillo Deball

For more information: www.londonmithraeum.com/bloomberg-space/

Tut ’22: The Life of Tutankhamun

22 October 2022–18 March 2023
Barnsley Museums
South Yorkshire

For more information: https://www.experience-barnsley.com/whats-on/tut-22-the-life-of-tutankhamun

Gathering light: a Bronze Age golden sun

6 August 2022–5 November 2022
Royal Cornwall Museum
Cornwall

For more information: www.royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk/

11 November 2022–20 February 2023
The Collection
Lincoln

For more information: www.thecollectionmuseum.com/

25 February 2023–3 June 2023
Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens
Sunderland

For more information: sunderlandculture.org.uk/our-venues/sunderland-museum-winter-gardens/

13 June 2023–16 September 2023
Museum nan Eilean
Stornoway
Northern Ireland

For more information: www.cne-siar.gov.uk/leisure-sport-and-culture/museum-nan-eilean/museum-nan-eilean-stornoway/

Return of the Gods

10 February 2023–16 July 2023
World Museum
Liverpool

For more information: www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ReturnoftheGods

Visions of Ancient Egypt

3 September 2022–1 January 2023
The Sainsbury Centre
Norwich

For more information: www.sainsburycentre.ac.uk/whats-on/visions-of-ancient-egypt/

Golden Mummies of Egypt

Opens February 2023
Manchester Museum at the University of Manchester
Manchester, UK

For more information: www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/golden-mummies-of-egypt/

 

The Middle East

Iraq

National Museum

Reopened, 7 March 2022

For more information: www.theiraqmuseum.com/

Israel

תצוגה מיוחדת: אדון המדבר
(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

Arteology: The Power of the Ancients in Contemporary Forms

12 October 2022–14 October 2022
The Jerusalem Archaeological Park.
Jerusalem

For more information: /www.gov.il/en/departments/news/arteology

Turkey

Ölümsüz Yüzler
(Immortal Faces)

16 May 2022–27 October 2022
Yapi Credi Museum
Istanbul

For more information: art.ykykultur.com.tr/exhibitions/immortal-faces

Zeytin ve üzümün tarihe kazinmiş izleri gün yüzüne çikiyor!
(The Historical Traces Of Olives And Grapes Come To Light!)

19 November 2021–31 December 2022
Hatay Archaeological Museum
Antakya

For more information: www.kulturportali.gov.tr/turkiye/hatay/etkinlik/zeytin-ve-uzumun-tarihe-kazinmis-izleri-gun-yuzune-cikiyor--temali-sergi

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

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

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

China

Ancient Chinese Food Culture
New permanent display
National Museum of China, Mei Lanfang Memorial Museum, Taizhou
For more information: en.chnmuseum.cn/exhibition/exhibition_series/temporary_exhibitions/historical_and_cultural_exhibition/202112/t20211227_253330.html

塔拉萨：海洋文明与希腊艺术
(Thalassa: The Sea in Greek Art from Antiquity until Today)

19 July 2022– 9 October 2022
Shanghai Museum
Shanghai
For more information: https://www.shanghaimuseum.net/mu/frontend/pg/m/article/id/E00004143

意大利之源——古罗马文明展
(Tota Italia)

10 July 2022 –9 October 2022
National China Museum
Beijing

For more information: http://www.chnmuseum.cn/zl/

古埃及的黄金木乃伊:永恒的面孔
(The Face of Eternal Life: Egypt and its Golden Mummies)

24 June 2022–11 November 2022
Nanshan Museum
Shenzhen

For more information: szns.gov.cn/english/news/whatson/content/post_9926797.html

Rome: City and Empire

25 September 2021–8 October 2022
Suzhou Museum
China

For more information: www.szmuseum.com/

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

Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors and Heroes

10 June 2022–6 November 2022
Auckland Museum
Parnell

For more information: www.aucklandmuseum.com/visit/exhibitions/ancient-greeks 6 November 2022
Auckland Museum

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/

Digital / Online Exhibitions

This section includes born-digital exhibitions.

Graffiti as Devotion along the Nile

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

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

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

15 April 2022–15 April 2023
Columbia University
New York

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

Unsilencing the Archives: Laborers at Tell en–Nasbeh (1926–1935)

Bade Museum of Biblical Archaeology
Pacific School of Religion
1798 Scenic Ave
Berkeley, CA 94709
510–849–8200

For more information: storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/dc601d4d131145f88f828196860b8a44

Return to Palmyra

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

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

Persepolis Reimagined

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

For more information: persepolis.getty.edu/

Uruk 5,000 Jahre Megacity
(Uruk – 5,000 years of megacity) 

Staatliche Museum
Berlin

Virtual Tour of the 2013 Special Exhibition, Uruk – 5,000 Years of the Megacity, that was held in Berlin

For more information: storage.smb.museum/Virtueller_Rundgang/Uruk_5000/

Complete Museum Tour 360

Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum
San Jose, CA
For more information: egyptianmuseum.org/360-museum-tour

Aura: Art and Authenticity

Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA

For more information: museum.stanford.edu/exhibitions/aura-art-and-authenticity

Fly Over Zone: Virtual Museum

Opened 21 June 2022

This website includes virtual tours of ancient sites and a virtual museum of Greek and Roman sculpture.

For more information: www.flyoverzone.com/