The Museum is open with updated hours, Wednesday through Sunday, 10 am to 5 pm and required free timed tickets for the Museum collection galleries to encourage social distancing. Learn more about these and other safety updates at ncartmuseum.org/covid19. Entry to special exhibition Golden Mummies of Egypt requires a paid ticket, which also provides access to the free Museum collection galleries. Free timed tickets to the Museum galleries do not provide access to Golden Mummies of Egypt.
Golden Mummies of Egypt
Virtual Afternoon with the Mummies
Tuesday, May 4, 2021 | 4:00 pm
Get an insider’s view of the exhibition Golden Mummies of Egypt from home with this special program just for families! Look closely, ask questions, and learn more during this 30-minute interactive virtual session. Each program focuses on one or two works of art to introduce families to objects from the lives and afterlives of ancient Egyptians. Best for children six and up.
Golden Mummies of Egypt
Ancient lives, eternal gold. This exhibition presents eight extraordinary, gilded mummies and more than 100 related objects, including papyri, jewelry, ceramics, and deity works that connect the daily lives of these Greco-Roman Egyptians to the religious world of the gods.
EVENTS IN THIS SERIES:
- Virtual Lecture with an Egyptologist: “Sex, Art, and Death in Greco-Roman Egypt” - Saturday, February 13 | 12 PM
- Creative Processing for Families; Grief - Sunday, February 21 | 2 PM
- Virtual Studio Workshop: Laura Moriarty: Encaustic Arts Past and Future - Saturday, March 6 | 1:30 PM
- Virtual Weinberg Lecture of Egyptology: Learning from Egyptian Mummies - Sunday, March 7 | 2 PM
- Mindful Museum: Virtual Art and Mortality Workshop - Tuesday, March 9 | 7 PM
- Teacher Tuesdays: Special Exhibition Access for Educators - Tuesday, March 23 | 4 PM
- Virtual Afternoon with the Mummies - Monday, April 12 | 4 PM
- Virtual Lecture with an Egyptologist: Flinders Petrie on Golden Mummies, Race, and Faces - Saturday, April 17 | 12 PM
- An Homage to Ancient Egypt - Sunday, April 25 | 10:45 AM
- Virtual Afternoon with the Mummies - Tuesday, May 4 | 4 PM
- Virtual Lunchtime Lecture: Golden Mummies: Adapting Funerary Beliefs and Traditions - Thursday, May 13 | 12 PM
- NCMA in Dialogue: Art, Death, and Rebirth - Wednesday, May 19 | 7 PM
- Golden Mummies Family Day - Saturday, May 22 | 10 AM
- Virtual Afternoon with the Mummies - Tuesday, June 1 | 4 PM
- Virtual Afternoon with the Mummies - Tuesday, July 6 | 4 PM
