Overview: 34 small objects from the Cairo Museum were selected from the more than 2,000 found in the tomb of Tutankhamun. The exhibition was opened by First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Ambassador Dr. Mostafa Kamel, and the Minister of Culture of the United Arab Republic, Dr. Sarwat Okasha.

The dramatic installation was designed by Robert B. Widder, in a series of glass cases arranged in a circle in the Rotunda, the first time that this area had been used for an exhibition. This location helped to ease the flow of visitors. The Gallery was open 4 additional hours each Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., to accommodate the crowds. The purpose of the loan was to stimulate interest in America in the salvage program of monuments threatened by the Aswan Dam project. The exhibition was circulated by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service to 14 other museums during the next 2 years.

15 photographs of monuments and temples on the Nile, which were to be saved before completion of the Aswan Dam, were shown in the cafeteria corridor at the same time.

Other Venues:

• University Museum, Philadelphia, 12/15/1961–01/14/1962
• Peabody Museum of Natural History, New Haven, Connecticut, 02/01/1962–02/28/1962
• Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 03/15/1962–04/15/1962
• Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, 05/01/1962–05/31/1962
• Oriental Institute, Chicago, 06/15/1962–07/15/1962
• Seattle Art Museum, 08/01/1962–08/31/1962
• California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 09/15/1962–10/14/1962
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 10/30/1962–11/30/1962
• Cleveland Museum of Art, 12/15/1962–01/13/1963
• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 02/01/1963–02/28/1963
• City Art Museum of Saint Louis, 03/15/1963–04/14/1963
• Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, 05/01/1963–05/31/1963
• Dayton Art Institute, Ohio, 06/15/1963–07/15/1963
• Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, 09/15/1963–10/15/1963