LAST CHANCE: AMNH Exhibition Mummies to Close January 7

LAST CHANCE TO SEE MUMMIES AT THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

THE EXHIBITION, WHICH SHOWCASES 18 RARELY SEEN MUMMIES, WILL CLOSE JANUARY 7, 2018

WHEN: Mummies closes on January 7, 2018

WHERE: American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street.

WHAT: Mummies offers an up-close look at one of the largest collections of mummies housed in North America. From ancient Egypt to pre-Columbian Peru, the exhibition explores the intersection between societies, their environment, and the preparations they made for their dead. With the aid of modern techniques like high-resolution CT scans and forensically reconstructed sculptures, visitors to Mummies will glimpse people from centuries ago and learn how contemporary scientists have gleaned stunning details about their ages, practices, and even their causes of death. The exhibition will let visitors:

• discover how modern technology has transformed the study of mummification

• virtually peer inside mummies at interactive touch tables

• handle 3D-printed figurines of burial goods that were encased within mummy wrappings for millennia and only recently revealed

• see each mummy as an individual with a unique life story told through personalized burial goods and forensically-reconstructed sculptural busts

Mummies was developed by The Field Museum, Chicago.

The American Museum of Natural History gratefully acknowledges the

Richard and Karen LeFrak Exhibition and Education Fund.

Mummies is proudly supported by Chase Private Client.

ADMISSION: Admission to the Museum and the exhibition is $28 for adults, $16.50 for children, and $22.50 for seniors and students. For tickets, the public should call 212-769-5200 or visit www.amnh.org.