The first Dutch exhibition about mummy portraits aka Fayum portraits opens at the Allard Pierson in October
Allard Pierson starts international research on twelve mummy portraits, two from its own collection and ten from partner museums in Europe
The Allard Pierson collects, manages, researches and puts on display precious and important cultural heritage from antiquity to today. We make this material available to everybody, in the service of science and society, for the purpose of education and inspiration. We do this as part of the University of Amsterdam, from the heart of the historical city.
Press release from Universiteit van Amsterdam.
The first Dutch exhibition about mummy portraits aka Fayum portraits opens at the Allard Pierson in October
Allard Pierson starts international research on twelve mummy portraits, two from its own collection and ten from partner museums in Europe