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Wednesday, January 04, 2006

King Tut Exhibit Review, Part 1

Exhibit Review
Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs
January 3, 2006

Part 1

Today I visited the Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Art to check out the famous King Tut exhibit that runs through April. After battling some rain and traffic along the way we arrived in Ft. Lauderdale to discover a bright, sunny day with temperatures in the mid 70s. This did not detract from our excitement of spending a few hours in darkened, chilly rooms examining objects and artifacts more than 3,000 years old.

The incredible success of the traveling exhibit was immediately obvious upon arriving at the museum in downtown Ft. Lauderdale. Even for a Tuesday, the crowd was thick (probably stragglers from holiday vacations). We had preordered our tickets through Ticketmaster (I'll talk about my "rock star" theory later) so we proceeded to the gate and ascended an outdoor stairway specially constructed for the King Tut exhibit. This led us to the second floor of the museum where the show began. Just as I was about to break a sweat in Lauderdale's wintry weather we were led into a darkened theatre where we watched an introduction video on three beautiful high-definition flat panel screens. After the film, the lights raised and a curtain in front of us dramatically parted like Moses' Red Sea to reveal the first of the exhibition halls. This caught me off guard and let me know that this wasnt going to be an ordinary show.

More to come...

Posted by Will at January 4, 2006 12:17 AM in Anthropology

Comments

When I was youngin' I went to see the Tut exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. At the time I thought it was the most magnificent thing I had ever seen. It was the late 70's and I was, I think, 11 or 12 years old. I bet I would still say the same about it today. I'm sure you enjoyed it.

Posted by: archaeoman [TypeKey Profile Page] at January 4, 2006 07:12 PM