Ancient Egyptian ArtOpened April 8, 2016

Now at the Brooklyn Museum, “Ancient Egyptian Art” traces daily life, ritual practice, and state power through objects made for temples, tombs, and households. Statues, reliefs, and funerary materials map a worldview shaped by the afterlife and by the authority of rulers and priests. In New York, the Brooklyn Museum’s long-standing Egyptian holdings have helped define how the city encounters this history beyond textbooks. The display’s quiet strength is its attention to craft and function, not mythology.