| Exhibition: | Tutankhamun Treasures 1961-1964 Sources: (1) http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/exhibitions/1961/tutankhamun.html (2) Tutankhamun Treasures: A loan exhibition from the Department of Antiquities of the United Arab Republic – Sponsored by the American Association of Museums. Circulated by the Smithsonian Institution, 1961-1963 by Rudolf Anthes – Washington : Smithsonian Institution, 1961 |
| Location: | West Building Main Floor, Rotunda National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C. Sources: (1) http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/exhibitions/1961/tutankhamun.html (2) Tutankhamun Treasures: A loan exhibition from the Department of Antiquities of the United Arab Republic – Sponsored by the American Association of Museums. Circulated by the Smithsonian Institution, 1961-1963 by Rudolf Anthes – Washington : Smithsonian Institution, 1961 |
| Date: | 3 November 1961 – 3 December 1961 |
| Visitors: | 247.054 |
Events
3 November 1961 – Opening of the Tutankhamun Exhibit
Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy (First Lady of the United States)
Dr. John Walker (Director, National Gallery of Art)
Dr. Leonard Carmichael (Secretary, Smithsonian Institution)
Dr. Mostafa Kamel (Ambassador of the United Arab Republic to the United States)
Dr. Sarwat Okasha (Minister of Culture and National Guidance of the United Arab Republic)
Mrs. Okasha (wife of Dr. Sarwat Okasha)
Mr. Towell (?)
Mrs. Kennedy receives a gift from the Government of Egypt for her her role in helping to save the Abu Simbel temples in the Nile Valley.
Photograph from the National Gallery of Art in the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston
The statue will travel and be exhibited together with all other artifacts.
