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Special Exhibits
Current Show
- The Life of Meresamun: A Temple Singer In Ancient Egypt
February 10–December 6, 2009
Members’ Preview February 9, 2009
Upcoming Shows
Past Shows
- Catastrophe! The Looting of Iraq’s Past
April 10–December 31, 2008 - European Cartographers and The Ottoman World 1500–1750: Maps from The Collection of O.J. Sopranos
November 2, 2007–March 16, 2008 - Daily Life Ornamented: The Medieval Persian City of Rayy
- Through Young Eyes: Ancient Nubian Art Recreated, funded by the Joyce Foundation.
April 11–May 6, 2007 - Embroidering Identities: A Century of Palestinian Clothing
- Wonderful Things! The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamun
- Lost Nubia: A Centennial Exhibit of Photographs from the 1905–1907 Egyptian Expedition of the University of Chicago
February 2, 2006–May 15, 2006 - Lost Egypt: Images of a Vanished Past
July 11, 2003–September 2005 - Angle of Repose: Four American Photographers in Egypt
October 23, 2001–January 27, 2002 - Treasures of the Royal Tombs of UR
October 21, 2000–January 21, 2001 - Faces of Ancient Egypt
10 September, 1996–9 March, 1997 at the Smart Museum - Sports and Games in the Ancient Near East
May 31, 1994–September 18, 1994 - Vanished Kingdoms of the Nile
February 4–December 31, 1992 - Sifting the Sands of Time: The Oriental Institute and the Ancient Near East
October 6, 1991–December 31, 1999 - Nubia—Its Glory and its People
February 1–28, 1987; Tower of Memories, Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago
Revised: September 11, 2009