Tutankhamun Begins U.S. Tour in 2008
October 23, 2007
“Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs,” the exhibition that drew nearly 4 million visitors during its two-year, four-city tour, will return to the United States for a three-city encore tour.
Following the success of the first tour, which broke records at each of the four museums it visited in the United States from June 2005 through September 2007, the exhibition will return from its current London engagement to open at the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) in October 2008, followed by visits to two yet to be named museums.
“Dallas is a perfect place for King Tut,” said Zahi Hawass, secretary general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities. “I want everyone in Texas to know that the boy king is coming to town, and I personally invite everyone to see this great exhibition so that a new generation of people will experience the history and magic of the boy king.”
Proceeds generated from the world tour are being used to help preserve Egypt’s treasures, including the construction of a new museum in Cairo where antiquities will be housed.
Is this TRUE? I went to see the exhibit and enjoyed it very much,I thought it was so interesting and the items made way,wat back were made with care & beauty by so many skilled and blessed Artisis over 3,000 years ago…I think it would be so cool for more children in the U.S. to see these items and enjoy learning about them and history back then,also,supposedly Tutankhamun was a child when he became a King of Egypt.
It would be nice for children to learn more about this period in history.
Follow this link to the museum and you will find confirmation on their front page dallasmuseumofart.org