WASHINGTON, DC.
The exhibition Cyprus: Crossroads of Civilizations will be on view at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History through May 1, 2011.
The exhibition is presented on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Cyprus.
LONDON, UK.
The British Museum is hosting the exhibition the Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead. through March 6, 2011.
The ‘Book’ was not a single text but a compilation of spells designed to guide the deceased through the dangers of the underworld, ultimately ensuring eternal life.
LOS ANGELES, CA.
The Getty Museum is hosting the exhibition Illuminated Manuscripts from Belgium and the Netherlands through February 6, 2011.
During the Middle Ages, the area occupied today by Belgium and the Netherlands flourished economically and artistically. By the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the towns of Bruges, Ghent, Antwerp, and Utrecht participated in one of the greatest flowerings of book illumination in Europe. This exhibition surveys the Getty Museum's holdings of medieval manuscripts from this region, including masterworks made for such influential patrons as the dukes of Burgundy—Philip the Good and Charles the Bold—and the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II.
