Updated: The Dallas Museum of Art announces fall discounts for Tut exhibit

by PegNews wire

To celebrate the opening of “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs” at the Dallas Museum of Art, the museum has announced special fall ticket offers for families, students and early risers. Following the success of the first U.S. tour and its London engagement, which drew nearly

5 million visitors and broke records at each of the five venues it visited from June 2005 through August 2008, the exhibition returns to U.S. for an encore tour that will begin at the DMA on October 3, 2008, where it will remain on view through May 17, 2009.

Special tickets offers include:

• A $10 discount for early morning time slots (8 a.m., 8:30 a.m. and 9 a.m.) Monday through Thursday, during the month of October
• A ticket rate of $15 Monday through Thursday for college students with valid identification
• A family four-pack of tickets for a discounted rate of $66 for weekdays and $86 for weekends during October and November

The Dallas engagement of “Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs” marks the first time these treasures will be seen in the Southwest region. The exhibition includes an extensive array of more than 130 extraordinary artifacts from the tomb of Tutankhamun and other ancient Egyptian sites. The return of the exhibition to the United States will include a selection of artifacts that are new to the exhibit.

The exhibition is organized by National Geographic, Arts and Exhibitions International and AEG Exhibitions, with cooperation from the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities. Northern Trust, a global financial services firm, is the presenting sponsor of the encore tour, and American Airlines, the world’s largest airline, is the official airline of the exhibition. The Dallas engagement is presented in partnership with the Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau and is supported locally by Kroger, DART, The Dallas Morning News, D Magazine/People Newspapers, CBS 11 and KERA.

Update: On November 26 the DMA will be commemorating the 86th anniversary of the tomb's discovery by selling the first 100 tickets at $19.22. So again, come early, etc etc.

Source: The Dallas Museum of Art