Tutankahmun Exhibition In London

[bednobs]

has anyone been ? My daughter who is 7 has been doing ancient egypt at school and id like to take her. however im slightly amazed by the price. Can anyone tell mets worth it

[wolf63]

I can't help but 'slightly amazed by the price' - is that the same as gobsmacked?

[Spicerack]

Haven't heard of it. They made a massive fuss about the last? one.

[bednobs]

yes wolf gobsmacked!

[zebo]

Be wary, the advertising uses the famous funereal mask, which isn't in the exhibition. I believe it does say so but in very small writing. Don't know what the prices are but the costs involved in holding such an event are massive, think of the insurance! Cheaper than a trip to Cairo.

[Peter Pedant]

oh I had binned my comments
but having read the above
heeeeeere they are!

No I havent been
yes I went to the one in 1973
yes as a kid (7) I was interested in Egypt

20 y later I worked in Egypt
and try to go once every er five years....

and yes I have had a look at the site and think it is worth the money. ( same price ish as 1973 - around £5 then would be £50 now).

so if you dont now - it will be around 20 y before she gets to the sites. I took my nephew age 24 on an archeological cruise - blew his mind and he would never (he said) had gone on his own accord.

(and I got on well with the guide, and the party tipped him better than the other guides whose parties complained they didnt tell them anything! oo-er Mrs - so people really do listen)

and behind a pillar in Luxor I met the British consulton a week ender ( with his wife) and he said - if you have internet you know you can hire a student to take you around the temples here? (I didnt)( of which there are many) ( both students and temples)

tell you what I will meet you in Lundy and take her around. and she only gets out when she has passed on oral exam on what shes seen ......

[zebo]

Just looked, the prices don't seem excessive for an exhibition of this importance, it's about what we paid a couple of years ago for the Hermitage exhibition here in Norfolk and a bit less than the O'Keeffe exhibition last year.

[bednobs]

lol peter, you're on!
one of the problems is that im not an exhibition/art person myself but obvs have to pay for ticket (plus get to london as well). Ifonly i coud just buy her a ticket and send her in at the door

[shoota]

It has mixed reviews on TripAdvisor, by no means all good. Maybe beyond a 7yr old?
I'd take up PP's offer and go to Lundy and see some puffins... ;-)

[shoota]

https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowUserReviews-g186263-d1539403-r723084216-Tutankhamun_Exhibition-Dorchester_Dorset_England.html

[bednobs]

thats not the one im talking of - its at the saatchi gallery

[Mamyalynne]

It would be expensive and has come in for criticism.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/11/01/saatchi-gallery-criticised-creating-britains-expensive-exhibition/

[shoota]

Isn't it the same exhibits, just a different location?

[jno]

there are some lovely things in it and some that haven't toured before. The famous mask remains in Cairo; the one in the ads is a statuette a foot or so tall. The caption placards are good but might be over the head of a 7-year-old. I enjoyed it but I've heard since that the crowds are big and it isn't easy to get up close to the exhibits. (You get an entry slot, but you can stay as long as you like.)

It's expensive. Maybe ask your daughter if she wants to see it: if she's enthusiastic, take her; if not, don't bother, take her to the British Museum instead.
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/galleries/egyptian-death-and-afterlife-mummies
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/galleries/early-egypt
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/galleries/sudan-egypt-and-nubia

[bednobs]

thanks JNO that sounds like a good idea

[Maydup]

The British Museum is a good suggestion. Its free to all visitors, so nothing to lose financially if your 7 year old isnt suitably grateful! The Egyptian section and the mummies are interesting and child friendly.

Nice cafe, other things to see and do too. A good introduction to London Museum going and a suitable visit to the capital for a young one.

[Maydup]

Scroll down on this link and you will see an activity back pack for 7 - 11 year olds to use when visiting the Egyptain Mummies.

https://www.britishmuseum.org/visit/family-visits/backpacks

[fender62]

the only real way to see egypts history, is to go to the cairo museum
and the pyramids luxor etc.

[Maydup]

I agree fender, but best enjoyed as an adult.

[DTCwordfan]

'Tutuankahmun, please come home - your Mummy'

the original was good, so to seeing it in the Nat Museum in Cairo...

[DTCwordfan]

so too.....the museum in Cairo is like a packed/ crammed warehouse - well worth hiring a guide for just a couple of you as they will take you into the depths of the place....