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Economy "curse" hurts King Tut attendance at Dallas museum
When King Tut rolled into town in October, Bonnie Pitman, the new director of the Dallas Museum of Art, predicted that 1 million visitors would see the show, with ticket buyers traveling from hundreds, even thousands of miles away. But neither Ms. Pitman nor the international promoters of “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of... »
The Galleries of Tutankhamen's Exhibit at the Dallas Museum of Art
“Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs” consists of 12 galleries charting the history of Tutankhamen and his forebears. Gallery 1: Introduction Theater with an imposing statue setting the mood for the lavish display ahead, 130 artifacts, 50 of them from the pharaoh’s tomb. Gallery 2: Egypt before Tutankhamen and Daily Life in Ancient Egypt... »
