The Lure of Egypt: Land of the Pharaohs Revisited

Egypt, land of pharaohs, pyramids, harems and the Nile comes to life through June 10, 1996, (date may be extended) at the Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg. The exhibition includes works by European and American artists who traveled to Egypt after the 1798 Napoleonic campaign in North Africa.

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Address: 255 Beach Drive NE, St. Petersburg, Fla., 33701

Artistic content

Among others, the exhibition features works from the Louvre in Paris, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
Some featured articles:

• Cambyses and Psammenites, 1841, an oil on canvas painting by Adrien Guignet (Musee du Lourve, Paris)

• Napolean in Egypt, 1863, an oil painting by Jean-Leon Gerome (The Art Museum at Princeton University, New Jersey)

• Egyptian Inner Sarcophagus, 300 B.C. (From Collection Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach)

• Egyptian Revival Lounge, late 19th century, made of walnut with gilded decoration and damask fabric (The Lightner Museum, St. Augustine, Fla.)

Exhibition and museum information

Admission: Adults $5; groups and seniors $3; students $2; under 6, free. Sunday is a free day.

Hours of Operation: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday; 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday; and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on the third Thursday of the month.

Praking: Surface parking available at and around the museum.

Directions: I-275 to Exit 10, follow signs.

Gift Shop: On premises.