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“Southeast's premier ancient art museum”
Carlos Museum is one of the Southeast's premier ancient art museums with major collections of art objects from ancient Egypt, Nubia, Near East, Greece, Rome, ancient Americas, Africa, and Asia, as well as a collection of works on paper from the Renaissance to the present. It is committed to collect, preserve, exhibits and interpret art and artifacts from antiquity to the present in order to provide unique opportunities for education and enrichment in the community, and to promote interdisciplinary teaching and research at Emory University. In addition to holding one of the most comprehensive art collections in the region, the Carlos Museum is also recognized for presenting one of the most international and distinguished exhibition calendars of any university museum, operating a teaching laboratory and conservation center, publishing important scholarly catalogues, developing highly-regarded educational programs for the University and community, garnering international publicity, and maintaining the highest professional standards in collections care and exhibition design. The Museum serves as a portal where the University and the community meet, physically and intellectually.
I was very impressed with the Michael C. Carlos Museum. During a tour of Emory University, my partner mentioned the museum. We each paid $8 to enter, and the space was relatively empty on a... Read more
Housed in Emory University, this has a fairly non-college vibe. When I visited, they had some parts of the museum closed (they said partly due to staffing shortages?). They did not charge me the... Read more
570 #12/2023 WELL curated funerary art of ancient cultures of Americans, Egyptians and Greeks and Romans. This is a small museum but very well put together. It's just 3 floors filled with... Read more
Michael C Carlos Museum of Emory University
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- Sun: 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
- Tue - Fri: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
- Sat: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
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