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Reconstruction and Reinstallation of the Egyptian Art Galleries
Opened January 29, 2004
Lila Acheson Wallace Galleries of Egyptian Art, 1st floor
Upon entering the Lila Acheson Wallace Galleries of Egyptian Art this season, visitors will see several newly installed galleries, which are part of a reconstruction project that began in 2002. The reinstallation covers the Museum’s collections of Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egyptian art (from before the 5th millennium to ca. 2650 B.C.) in a large space along Fifth Avenue, and the art of Roman Egypt (30 B.C. to ca. 400 A.D.) in two galleries on the opposite side of the centrally located Old Kingdom tomb of Perneb (ca. 2350 B.C.). Highlights of the project also include the uncovering of three windows facing Fifth Avenue, the exposure of the original Richard Morris Hunt ceiling beams in the Predynastic/Early Dynastic gallery and in one of the Roman Egypt galleries, and the reconfiguration of the architecture of the Old Kingdom tombs of Perneb and Raemkai (ca. 2350 and 2440 B.C.) to more closely resemble their original settings.
The reinstallation of the galleries has been made possible by Judith and Russell Carson.
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