Peachy at The Met: Metropolitan Museum Exhibition Celebrates Central Park Obelisk Known as “Cleopatra’s Needle” Exhibition Dates: December 3, 2013–June 8, 2014 Exhibition Location: Egyptian Art Special Exhibitions Gallery Our Coverage Sponsored by Stribling and Associates
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It's high time to walk like an Egyptian to our most favorite museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. If you go straight in, take a right and take another right you'll find yourself at one of the most fascinating exhibits they have right now that's pure ancient history. Be sure to go by June because that's when it closes (if you missed the football exhibit that was a quick one and is over!). Cleopatra's Needle itself is just outside the Met in Central Park, and if you've never seen it, know that it looks just like the Washington Monument (done in 1884 at 550 feet...no wonder why there is an Alexandria right outside Washington DC), and know that that shape-obelisk- is what this exhibit is all about.
Don't miss the contribution by one of our favorite brands, Tiffany and Company, in this exhibit: circa 1881 a bronze edition of Cleopatra's Needle is nestled in a viewing case. The Vatican has an obelisk too (see in exhibit dated 1586 when it was moved). There's a gorgeous, simple watercolor with black and brown ink done that's on the right as you go into the exhibit by Jan van Call complete with a palm tree in a circular frame.
Even Napoleon got in on the action - in 1789 a team of scientists and historians went with him to Egypt to study the monuments. By the 1880's Paris, London and New York were scheduled to have their parts of ancient Egypt. The New York version tips the scales at 193 tons and 69 feet 9 inches...and no matter how much snow we get this winter you'll still be able to see it.
This exhibit is a must for all residents of New York to enhance your appreciation for what is standing in Central Park, and for all visitors to New York because it's clear that the obelisk is a global phenomenon that has endured the test of time and is shown to be relevant in so many ways by our fantastic friends at the incomparable Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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