Museum Exhibitions - December 2017

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