The travelling exhibition
A cinematic encounter with the life, death and immortal legacy of the boy king.
Begin the journey↓↗Move to meet the king
Chapter one · The discovery
1922In November 1922, Howard Carter looked through a small opening into a sealed chamber. What emerged was not only treasure, but an entire world — preserved in darkness for more than three thousand years.
Can you see anything?Yes. Wonderful things.
The boy king
Tutankhamun came to the throne while still a child. His short reign, royal world and mysterious death became one of history’s most enduring stories.
c. 1336–1327 BCE
THREE NESTED COFFINS · SELECTED EXHIBITION RECONSTRUCTIONS SHOWN
Chapter three · The passage
One of the nested anthropoid coffins surrounds the royal body with protective imagery.
Light, sound, monumental recreations and intimate objects lead visitors from Carter’s discovery to the gilded realm of the afterlife.
ROYAL LIFE
ETERNAL SERVANTS
DIVINE GUARDIANSTwo exhibition formats
≈ 500m²
For venues of approximately 500 m². Royal objects, furniture and burial equipment, including the red sarcophagus. The monumental golden shrines are not included.
75 objects & groups
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1,000+m²
For spaces of 1,000 m² and above. The wider collection, including the monumental golden shrines and the chariot, with room for a more extensive spatial narrative.
77 objects & groups
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Discover the objects, furniture and burial treasures of Tutankhamun’s world.
Inside the exhibition
For museums & cultural venues
A complete touring exhibition designed for museums, cultural centres and destination venues.
