Naturelich

Today, my family and I visited Tutanchamun - The Golden Beyond in Bonn. I had already seen the exhibition in Basel's Antikenmuseum on August 15th, 2004. The exhibition which continues to run until May 1st, 2005 is hosted in Bonn's Bundeskunsthalle. Similar to Basel, the exhibition was crowded with people.

To give you an impression: we arrived a little bit too early and enjoyed a cup of coffee. As we set foot into the entrance hall, they were selling tickets at the box-office for entry at 15:30 hrs. A long queue had already formed and I joked about chances being slim for these guys at the end to actually make it in on that very same day. After a quick stop at the cloakroom attendant in the basement they were already selling tickets for 18:00 hrs. Good luck for us, as our pre-order was filed months ago.

Aside from being crowded the exhibition was great for me. My sister had already visited Cairo's Egyptian Museum and was used to the 3000 year-old cultural treasures of Tutanchamun. But I think she still enjoyed it. I am definitely not an expert on anything Egypt but this exhibition is a must-see. Even when visiting the second time it still offered new things to discover. Oh, and yes, there is one thing which made the Bonn experience a little bit strange:

Deutsche Telekom, the main sponsor in Bonn, accomplished to color the display cabinets in their corporate identity. Can you imagine how strange this looks? A 3000 year-old blue fayence item in Telekom-pink? Yummie, my eye was dying a slow but painful death...