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View of installation, Egypt Reborn,with 12th Dynasty statue of Senwosret III, photo by Adam Husted
View of the installation, Egypt Reborn,with 12th Dynasty
statue of Senwosret III as a centerpiece
Credit: Photo by Adam Husted
The Brooklyn Museum of Art opened a new permanent exhibit, on April 12, 2003
Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity
Completing the final phase of the reinstallation of the Egyptian Galleries, nearly 600 objects, including some of the most important works of ancient Egyptian art in the world, will go on view in four newly designed galleries on the Museum's third floor. These works, some not on view since the early 20th century, date from the Predynastic Period (circa 4400 B.C.) to the 18th-Dynasty reign of Amenhotep III (circa 1353 B.C.). Included are such treasures as an exquisite chlorite-stone head of a Middle Kingdom princess, an early stone deity from 2650 B.C., a relief from the tomb of Akhty-hotep, and a highly abstract female terracotta statuette created over 5,000 years ago. The new galleries will be arranged chronologically, starting with the oldest pieces, and will include thematic displays exploring such topics as the connection between art and writing and the relationship between Egyptians and other ancient peoples. Additionally, computers and video monitors will provide in-depth information about the objects.
This exhibition completes a ten-year project that began in 1993, when nearly 600 objects from the Museum's world-renowned Egyptian holdings were put on permanent view. Now, with over 1150 Egyptian artifacts in place, the completed galleries at last make available masterpieces from every period of ancient Egyptian history from one of the finest collections in the world.
Wilbour Library of Egyptology
Unbeknownst to many New Yorkers, the Brooklyn Museum of Art holds one of the most comprehensive resources for the study of Ancient Egypt in the Western Hemisphere. The research library opened in 1934, the core of which was the personal library of Charles Edwin Wilbour, an American Egyptologist. Today the Library contains over 40,000 volumes of monographs, journals, auction sales catalogs, pamphlets, and rare books. Included are publications in many languages to support research on Egyptology. The information in the library is open to the public by appointment.
Information courtesy of the Brooklyn Museum of Art.
Egyptian-New York Sites of Interest
The Brooklyn Museum of ArtAmerican Egyptian Cooperation Foundation (AECF) 