Updated 13 December 2017
Each month, the AJA will provide information about current and upcoming museum exhibits around the world that are related to topics within the scope of the journal. The list includes exhibition dates, locations, curators, information about catalogues, and links to museum websites with further information. It is organized by geographic location (The Americas, Europe, the United Kingdom and Russia, the Middle East, Africa, East Asia, and Oceania). Within that larger framework, exhibitions are arranged alphabetically by country and then by closing date. If a catalogue is not mentioned, then no catalogue is available. The AJA Museum Review Editor welcomes input from readers for additions to this list.
The Americas
United States
Mummies
20 March 2017–7 January 2018
American Museum of Natural History
New York, New York
Curators: David Hurst Thomas and John J. Flynn
For more information: www.amnh.org/exhibitions/mummies/
Restoring the Minoans: Elizabeth Price and Sir Arthur Evans
5 October 2017–7 January 2018
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
New York, New York
Curator: Jennifer Y. Chi
Catalogue: Chi, Jennifer Y., ed. Restoring the Minoans: Elizabeth Price and Sir Arthur Evans. Pp. 132. Princeton University Press, Princeton 2017. $35. ISBN 978-0-691178691 (paper).
For more information: http://isaw.nyu.edu/exhibitions/minoans
Gods in Color: Polychromy in the Ancient World
28 October 2017–7 January 2018
Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
San Francisco, California
Curators: Vinzenz Brinkmann, Renée Dreyfus, and Ulrike Koch-Brinkmann
Catalogue: Brinkmann, Vinzens, Renée Dreyfus, and Ulrike Koch-Brinkmann, eds. Gods in Color: Polychromy in the Ancient World. Pp. 192. DelMonico Books, Prestel, Munich 2017. $25.44. ISBN 9783791357072 (cloth).
For more information: http://legionofhonor.famsf.org/exhibitions/gods-color-polychromy-ancient-world
Roman Mosaics across the Empire
30 March 2016–8 January 2018
Getty Villa
Pacific Palisades, California
Curator: Alexis Belis
Catalogue: Belis, Alexis. Roman Mosaics in the J. Paul Getty Museum. Pp. 72. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles 2016. $20. ISBN 9781606064979 (paper).
For more information: www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/roman_mosaics/
Piranesi: Rome in Ruins
20 May 2017–14 January 2018
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Minneapolis, Minnesota
For more information: https://new.artsmia.org/exhibition/piranesi-rome-in-ruins/
The Horse in Ancient Greek Art
9 September 2017–14 January 2018
National Sporting Library and Museum
Middleburg, Virginia
17 February 2018–8 July 2018
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Richmond, Virginia
Curators: Peter Schertz and Nicole Stribling
Catalogue: Schertz, Peter, Nicole Stribling, and Sean Hemingway, eds. The Horse in Ancient Greek Art. Pp. 160. Yale University Press, New Haven 2017. $45. ISBN: 9780300230574 (cloth).
For more information: www.nationalsporting.org/nslm/exhibition_details/619
The Arch of Titus: From Jerusalem to Rome, and Back
14 September 2017–14 January 2018
Yeshiva University Museum
New York, New York
Curator: Steven Fine
For more information: www.yumuseum.org/exhibitions/view/the-arch-of-titus-from-jerusalem-to-rome-and-back/current
Divine Felines: Cats of Ancient Egypt
14 October 2017–15 January 2018
Freer Sackler
Washington, D.C.
10 February 2018–11 November 2018
Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia
Curator: Yekaterina Barbash
Catalogue: Barbash, Yekaterina. Divine Felines: Cats of Ancient Egypt. Pp. 46. Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York 2016. $9.95. (paper).
For more information: www.freersackler.si.edu/exhibition/divine-felines-cats-of-ancient-egypt/
Soulful Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt
29 September 2017–21 January 2018
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, New York
Curators: Edward Bleiberg and Yekaterina Barbash
Catalogue: Bleiberg, Edward, Yekaterina Barbash, and Lisa Bruno. Soulful Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt. Pp. 152. Brooklyn Museum in association with D Giles Ltd, Brooklyn 2013. $34.95. ISBN 978-1907804274 (cloth).
For more information: www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/soulful_creatures_animal_mummies
The Book of the Dead: Becoming God in Ancient Egypt
3 October 2017–31 March 2018
The Oriental Institute Museum
Chicago, Illinois
Curator: Foy Scalf
Catalogue: Scalf, Foy, ed. Book of the Dead: Becoming God in Ancient Egypt. Pp. 376. Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, Chicago 2017. $34.95. ISBN 9781614910381 (paper).
For more information: https://oi.uchicago.edu/museum-exhibits/special-exhibits/book-dead-becoming-god-ancient-egypt
Excavating Archaeology at the University of Michigan, 1817–2017
18 October 2017–27 May 2018
Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Curators: Terry G. Wilfong and Carla M. Sinopoli
For more information: https://lsa.umich.edu/kelsey/exhibitions/special-exhibitions.html
AEGYPTUS: Egypt in the Greco-Roman World
2 February 2017–15 July 2018
Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Brunswick, Maine
Curator: Jim Higginbotham
For more information: www.bowdoin.edu/art-museum/exhibitions/2017/AEGYPTUS.shtml
The Future of the Past: Mummies and Medicine
14 May 2016–26 August 2018
Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
San Francisco, California
Curator: Renee Dreyfus
For more information: http://legionofhonor.famsf.org/future-past-mummies-and-medicine
Beyond the Nile: Egypt and the Classical World
27 March 2018–9 September 2018
The Getty Center
Los Angeles, California
Curators: Jeffrey Spier and Timothy Potts
Catalogue: Spier, Jeffrey, Timothy Potts, and Sara E. Cole, eds. Beyond the Nile: Egypt and the Classical World. Pp. 360. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles 2018. $65. ISBN 9781606065518 (cloth).
For more information: www.getty.edu/visit/cal/events/ev_1894.html
Cultures in the Crossfire: Stories from Syria and Iraq
8 April 2017–26 November 2018
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Curators: Salam Al Kuntar and Lauren Ristvet
For more information: www.penn.museum/exhibitions/special-exhibitions/cultures-in-the-crossfire
Urban Biographies: Ancient and Modern
24 August 2018–6 January 2019
Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Curator: Christopher Ratté
For more information: https://lsa.umich.edu/kelsey/exhibitions/special-exhibitions/upcoming.html
Color
8 February 2019–24 May 2019
Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Curators: Catherine Person and Caroline Roberts
For more information: https://lsa.umich.edu/kelsey/exhibitions/special-exhibitions/upcoming.html
Graffiti as Devotion along the Nile
23 August 2019–5 January 2020
Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Curators: Geoff Emberling and Suzanne Davis
For more information: https://lsa.umich.edu/kelsey/exhibitions/special-exhibitions/upcoming.html
Europe, the United Kingdom and Russia
Denmark
Farao: Magtens ansigt
(Pharaoh: The Face of Power)
12 October 2017–25 February 2018
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Copenhagen
Curator: Tine Bagh
For more information: www.glyptoteket.com/udstilling/pharaoh-the-face-of-power/
France
Le luxe dans l'antiquité: Trésors de la Bibliothèque nationale de France
(Luxury in Ancient Times: Treasures of the Bibliothèque nationale de France)
1 July 2017–21 January 2018
Musée départemental Arles antique
Arles
Curators: Mathilde Avisseau-Broustet, Cécile Colonna, Fabrice Denise, and Nicolas de Larquier
Catalogue: Avisseau-Broustet, Mathilde, and Cécile Colonna. Le luxe dans l’Antiquité: Trésors de la Bibliothèque nationale de France. Pp. 351. Snoeck Édition; Gent 2017. €30. ISBN 978-94-6161-387-5 (cloth).
For more information: www.arles-antique.cg13.fr/mdaa_cg13/leluxedanslantiquite/index.htm
Germany
Charakterköpfe: Griechen und Römer im Porträt
(Charakterköpfe: Portraits of Greeks and Romans)
12 July 2017–14 January 2018
Staatliche Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek
Munich
Curators: Florian S. Knauß and Christian Gliwitzky
Catalogue: Knauß, Florian S., and Christian Gliwitzky, eds. Charakterköpfe: Griechen und Römer im Porträt. Pp. 424. Hirmer Verlag, Munich 2017. € 39,90. ISBN 978-3-7774-2954-0 (paper).
For more information: www.antike-am-koenigsplatz.mwn.de/en/ancient-masterpieces/sonderausstellungen/charakterkoepfe-portraits-of-greeks-and-romans.html
Gefährliche Perfektion: Antike Grabvasen aus Apulien
(Dangerous Perfection: Ancient Funerary Vases from Apulia)
17 June 2016–21 January 2018
Altes Museum
Berlin
Curators: Ursula Kästner and David Saunders
Catalogue: Kästner, Ursula, and David Saunders, eds. Dangerous Perfection: Ancient Funerary Vases from Southern Italy. Pp. 216. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles 2016. $60. ISBN 978-1606064764 (cloth).
For more information: www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/alte-nationalgalerie/exhibitions/detail/gefaehrliche-perfektion-antike-grabvasen-aus-apulien.html
Götter der Etrusker: Zwischen Himmel und Unterwelt
(The Gods of the Etruscans: Between Heaven and the Underworld)
14 October 2017–4 February 2018
Archaeologisches Museum
Frankfurt
Curator: Natasha Bagherpour Kashani
For more information: www.archaeologisches-museum.frankfurt.de/index.php/en/
Bewegte Zeiten: Archäologie in Deutschland
(Restless Times: Archaeology in Germany)
September 2018–January 2019
Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte and the Verband der Landesarchäologen
Martin-Gropius-Bau
Berlin
For more information: www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/museum-fuer-vor-und-fruehgeschichte/exhibitions/detail/bewegte-zeiten.html
Die Krone von Kertsch: Schätze aus Europas Frühzeit
(The Crown of Kerch: Treasures from the Dawn of European History)
19 October 2017–29 September 2019
Neues Museum
Berlin
For more information: www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/museum-fuer-vor-und-fruehgeschichte/exhibitions/detail/die-krone-von-kertsch.html
Greece
The Sacred Way and Eleusis
15 December 2017–16 May 2018
Acropolis Museum
Athens
Italy
EGITTO: La straordinaria scoperta del Faraone Amenofi II
(Egypt: The Extraordinary Discovery of Pharaoh Amenhotep II)
13 September 2017–7 January 2018
Museo delle Culture di Milano
Milan
Curators: Patrizia Piacentini and Christian Orsenigo
For more information:www.mudec.it/eng/egypt-exhibition-mudec-milan/
Pretiosa vitrea: L’arte vetraria antica nei musei e nelle collezioni private della Toscana
(Prestiosa Vitrea: The Art of Glass Manufacturing in the Museums and Private Collections of Tuscany)
17 October 2017–29 January 2018
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Firenze
Florence
Curators: Fabrizio Paolucci and Giandomenico De Tommaso
Catalogue: Paolucci, Fabrizio, and Giandomenico De Tommaso, eds. Pretiosa Vitrea: The Art of Glass Manufacturing in The Museums and Private Collections of Tuscany. Pp. 176. 5 Continents Editions: Milan 2018. $45. ISBN 978-88-7439-804-1 (paper).
For more information: https://museoarcheologiconazionaledifirenze.wordpress.com/2017/10/16/pretiosa-vitrea-una-nuova-mostra-al-maf/
Pompei @ Madre: Materia archelogica
(Pompeii @ Madre: Archaeological Matter)
19 November 2017–30 April 2018
Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Donnaregina
Naples
Curators: Massimo Osanna and Andrea Viliani
For more information: www.madrenapoli.it/en/senza-categoria-en/pompeimadre-materia-archelogica/
Il tesoro di antichità: Winckelmann e il Museo Capitolino nella Roma del Settecento
(The Treasure of Antiquity: Winckelmann and the Capitoline Museum in Eighteenth Century Rome)
7 December 2017–22 April 2018
Musei Capitolini
Rome
Curators: Eloisa Dodero and Claudio Parisi Presicce
For more information: http://en.museicapitolini.org/mostre_ed_eventi/mostre/il_tesoro_di_antichita_winckelmann_e_il_museo_capitolino_nella_roma_del_settecento
Traiano: Construire l’Impero, creare l’Europa
(Trajan: Building the Empire, Creating Europe)
29 November 2017–16 September 2018
Mercati di Traiano Museo dei Fori Imperiali
Rome
Curators: Claudio Parisi Presicce, Lucrezia Ungaro, and Livio Zerbini
For more information: http://en.mercatiditraiano.it/mostre_ed_eventi/mostre/traiano_costruire_l_impero_creare_l_europa
Netherlands
Fascinatie voor Persepolis
(Fascination with Persepolis)
20 October 2017–25 March 2018
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Leiden
For more information: www.rmo.nl/english/exhibitions/fascination-with-persepolis
Nineveh: Hoofdstad van een wereldrijk
(Nineveh: Heart of an Ancient Empire)
20 October 2017–25 March 2018
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Leiden
Curator: Lucas Petit
Catalogue: Petit, Lucas, and Daniele Morandi Bonacossi, eds. Nineveh: Hoofdstad van een wereldrijk. Pp. 152. Sidestone Press; Leiden 2017. €19,95. ISBN: 978-9088905469 (cloth).
Petit, Lucas, and Daniele Morandi Bonacossi, eds. Nineveh. The Great City. Pp. 356. Sidestone Press; Leiden 2017. €145 ISBN: 978-9088904967 (cloth).
For more information: www.rmo.nl/english/exhibitions/nineveh
Fibulae
28 January 2017–3 June 2018
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Leiden
Curators: Stijn Heeren and Annemarieke Willemsen
Catalogue: Heeren, Stijn, and Annemarieke Willemsen. Fibulae: Vondsten, vormen & mode. Pp. 70. Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden 2017. €12,50. ISBN 978-90-712013-2-5.
For more information: www.rmo.nl/english/exhibitions/fibulae
Portugal
Lusitânia dos Flávios: A propósito de Estácio e das Silvas
(Flavian Lusitania: About Statius and the Silvae)
17 March 2017–31 December 2017
Museu Nacional de Arqueologia
Lisbon
Curators: António Carvalho, Carlos Fabião, Ana Lóio, and Catarina Viegas
For more information: www.lusitaniaromana.com/language/en/
Loulé: Territórios, Memórias, Identidades
(Loulé: Territory, Memory, Identity)
21 June 2017–20 December 2018
Museu Nacional de Arqueologia
Lisbon
Curators: Victor S. Gonçalves, Amílcar Guerra, Catarina Viegas, Helena Catarino, and Luís Oliveira
For more information: www.museuarqueologia.gov.pt/?a=2&x=3
Russia
Нефертари и Долина цариц: Из коллекции Египетского музея в Турине
(Nefertari and the Valley of the Queens: From the Museo Egizio, Turin)
16 June 2017–10 January 2018
The State Hermitage Museum
Saint Petersburg
Curators: Andrei Olegovich Bolshakov and Andrei Nikolayevich Nikolayev
Catalogue: Bolshakov, Andrei Olegovich, and Andrei Nikolayevich Nikolayev. Нефертари и Долина цариц: Из коллекции Египетского музея в Турине. Pp. 376. State Hermitage Publishing House, The Hermitage 2017. ISBN 978-5-93572-728-4.
For more information: www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/what-s-on/temp_exh/2017/nefertari/?lng=en
Spain
Arrecifes del tiempo: Arqueología, fotografía y literatura en Mérida
(Reefs of Time: Archaeology, Photography and Literature in Mérida)
11 April 2017–31 December 2017
Museo Nacional de Arte Romano
Mérida
Curator: D. José Luis de la Barrera
For more information: www.mecd.gob.es/mnromano/actividades/exposiciones-temporales.html
Mulieres: Mujeres en Augusta Emerita
(Mulieres: Women in Augusta Emerita)
1 July 2017–31 December 2017
Museo Nacional de Arte Romano
Mérida
Curator: Trinidad Nogales
For more information: www.mecd.gob.es/mnromano/actividades/exposiciones-temporales.html
El poder del pasado: 150 años de arqueología en España
(The Power of the Past: 150 Years of Archaeology in Spain)
11 October 2017–1 April 2018
Museo Arqueológico Nacional
Madrid
Curator: Gonzalo Ruiz Zapatero
For more information: www.man.es/man/en/exposicion/exposiciones-temporales/poder-del-pasado.html
Switzerland
Scanning Sethos: Die Wiedergeburt eines Pharaonengrabes
(Scanning Seti: The Regeneration of a Pharaonic Tomb)
29 October 2017–6 May 2018
Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig
Basel
For more information: www.antikenmuseumbasel.ch/en/ausstellungen.html
United Kingdom
Scythians: Warriors of Ancient Siberia
14 September 2017–14 January 2018
British Museum
London
Curator: St. John Simpson
Catalogue: Simpson, St. John, and Svetlana Pankova. Scythians: Warriors of Ancient Siberia. Pp. 368. Thames & Hudson, New York 2017. $60. ISBN 978-0500021286 (cloth).
For more information: www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/exhibitions/scythians.aspx
Aksum: A Late Antique Empire of Faith in Africa
26 September 2017–14 January 2018
Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology
Oxford
For more information: www.ashmolean.org/event/aksum-late-antique-empire-faith-africa
Imagining the Divine: Art and the Rise of World Religions
19 October 2017–18 February 2018
Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology
Oxford
Curator: Stefanie Lenk
Catalogue: Elsner, Jas´, Stefanie Lenk and Georgi Parpulov. Imagining the Divine: Art the Rise of World Religions. Pp. 200. Ashmolean Museum Publications, Oxford 2017. $35. ISBN 978-1910807187 (paper).
For more information: www.ashmolean.org/exhibitions/imaginingthedivine/
The Middle East
Iran
Iran & Armenia: Memory of the Land
17 October 2017–17 January 2018
Iran National Museum
Iran
For more information: http://nationalmuseum.ichto.ir
East Asia and Oceania
Australia
Why Citizenship? Stories from Athens and Rome
9 June 2017–May 2018
RD Milns Antiquities Museum
St Lucia, Queensland
Curators: Janette McWilliam and James Donaldson
For more information: www.uq.edu.au/antiquities/citizenship