King Tut Exhibit in NYC

We saw the exhibit when it was in SF, and I agree - it was amazing. I've heard mixed reviews, and I guess a fair number of people were disappointed, but our family thought it was great.

The tickets are timed? Does that mean you can't walk up and have to buy tickets ahead of time? I'm pretty interested in visiting over Labor Day weekend, but I'm not ready to "commit"!

We went last month in NYC. We thought it was very well done and were glad we went.
The exhibits were impressive and we learned a lot.

There was another post on this same exhbit a few weeks ago, however it was not as favorable as your glowing review. Since this is your very first post here, some of us might like to hear what else you saw in NYC. Any details about the rest of the weekend?

The other post has been topped.

Lauratg - When the exhibit was in SF, the tickets were timed. We bought ours online earlier that week. There were ticket sales the same day, but the number of tickets available for each time slot was limited. So someone might show up at noon, but the next available time slot is 2:30.

If I were not planning ahead, I'd probably go to the museum earlier in the day, buy tickets, then go out to lunch or something and come back at the appointed time.

I think the problem is -- folks who expected the new exhibition to be over the top amazing like the one back in the 70's (I saw that one in London and in San Francisco) -- simply didn't do their home work. For instance several northern California newspapers had long articles about the new exhibit and what is/isn't included and why.

The other thread has lots of posts about it was a ripoff because the '70's version was Soooooo great.

The current Exhibit isn't/was never intended to be the same. For one thing, the gold mask will never again leave Egypt.

This show was very good - just can't be compared to the old one.

We're planning on seeing it, but we live in Manhattan so it's no big effort. Also the tickets are relatively inexpensive (under $30) and there are lots of discounts available. If you go to schooltix.com you can get $15 discounted tickets through December 17th, not much more than a movie.

The link below indicates Tut's chariot is coming to the Exhibition next week:

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/07/26/king.tut.chariot/?hpt=Mid

Thanks November_Moon,

I will try to get over there early in the day to reserve timed tickets.

I had just about crossed this exhibit off my list because of the unfavorable review on fodors. However, it is one of the few (non-show) things to do in the evening with kids so I am now leaning towards going. I never saw the one in the 70s so, I won't be unfavorably comparing the two.

Laura - I never saw the one in the 70s either, so I was judging this exhibit solely on itself. And it is a great thing to do with kids. We went with a group of about 10 - kids and adults. Everybody had a fun time.

My 7 year old daughter loved the exhibit as did her grandparents. My husband got bored. I really enjoyed it as I judged it soley by what was in front of me and my daughter's interest in it!

Wanted to report back. We were there last Saturday morning (9/3) just before ther 9AM opening time. The line wasn't long -- maybe 40 people and we were able to get a 9 AM viewing time. I thought the exhibits were not as elaborate as those at the Met, but they were very well explained and it wasn't crowded at all. I liked it. It isn't a long exhibit -- only an hour to 90 minutes or so.