"Assyrian Reliefs" Exhibition

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Permanent event
At Brooklyn Museum
Media: Sculpture

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These twelve massive carved alabaster panels, on view together for the first time, dominate the walls of the Brooklyn Museum's Hagop Kevorkian Gallery of Ancient Middle Eastern Art. Originally brightly painted, they once adorned the vast palace of King Ashur-nasir-pal II (883–859 B.C.), one of the greatest rulers of ancient Assyria. Completed in 879 B.C. at the site of Kalhu (modern Nimrud, slightly north of what is now Baghdad, Iraq), the palace was decorated by skilled relief-carvers with these majestic images of kings, divinities, magical beings, and sacred trees.

Schedule

Permanent event

Fee

Suggested Contributions: Adults $8, Seniors and Students $4, Members and Children under 12 and First Saturday of the month 5pm to 11pm Free

Venue Hours

From 10:00 To 17:00
saturdays opening at 11:00, sundays opening at 11:00, saturdays closing at 18:00, sundays closing at 18:00
Closed on Mondays, Tuesdays
Note:First Saturday of the month 11am to 11pm

Access

Subway: 2/3 to Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum

Address

200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238
Phone: 718-638-5000 Fax: 718-501-6136

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Venue: Brooklyn Museum
Schedule: Permanent event

Address: 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238
Phone: 718-638-5000 Fax: 718-501-6136

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