Egyptian Gallery

Florida’s only Egyptian gallery is now open. The gallery offers a unique opportunity to learn about one of the world’s oldest and most mysterious civilizations from its surviving objects, including an Egyptian sarcophagus and mummy. The gallery showcases sixteen objects of Egyptian antiquity including gifts to the museum collection and long-term loans from the Brooklyn Museum, Lowe Art Museum and private collections.

This exhibition was sponsored by the City of Miami Beach, Cultural Affairs Program, Cultural Arts Council; Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners; John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; and sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture and the Friends of the Bass Museum. Additional support was provided by the Miami Beach Visitor and Convention Authority; the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of State, Division of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts; IKEPOD; Duane Morris; Austin Powder; CBIZ MHM, LLP and Citizens Interested in Arts, Inc.