Program

Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations

Period of Performance

1/1/1986 - 3/31/1989

Funding Totals (outright + matching)

$300,000.00 (approved)
$300,000.00 (awarded)


Cleopatra's Egypt: Art and Culture in the Ptolemaic Period

FAIN: GM-23025-86

Brooklyn Museum (Brooklyn, NY 11238-6052)
Richard A. Fazzini (Project Director: June 1985 to July 1989)

To support the implementation of a temporary, traveling exhibition about the Ptolemaic Period in Egypt (330-30 B.C.) that will incorporate recent scholarship exploring the era's aesthetics and culture. A scholarly catalogue, other publications, and educational programs will accompany the exhibition.