The permanent exhibition, installed in 2025, features more than 800 artifacts from the ancient Near East, Egypt, Cyprus, Greece, Rome, central Italy, and Mesoamerica.
The exhibit cases are arranged by both geographic region and theme. This layout encourages visitors to explore cross-cultural connections and to compare traditions across different ancient societies.
The Permanent Exhibit Online
You can also explore our permanent exhibition online. To navigate to a particular display, please click on the individual case topics below.
Exhibition Case Topics
Egyptian
- The Egyptian Predynastic Period
- Early Egypt
- Pottery in Dating
- Ancient Egyptian Languages & Scripts
- Beautiful Function
- Egyptian Deities
- The Lived Environment
- Workers for the Afterlife
- Ancient Egyptian Identities
- Ancient Egyptian Funerary Arts
- Egyptian Sculpture: Ptolemaic
- Egyptian Sculpture
Cross-Cultural
Greek
- Deities of the Mediterranean
- Early Cypriot & Greek Ceramics
- Portraits of the Past: Greek and Roman Figures
- Greco-Roman Life and Leisure
- Greek Ceramics: Crafting Daily Life
- Greek Ceramics: Drinking Culture
Cypriot
Near Eastern