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Gold of the Pharaohs: The British Museum's Tutankhamun Opening
In March 1972, the British Museum in London prepared to open the most anticipated cultural event of the twentieth century: the "Treasures of Tutankhamun" exhibition. Fifty priceless relics from the young pharaoh's tomb had traveled from Cairo to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Howard Carter's historic discovery. Never before had such an extraordinary collection of ancient Egyptian gold left Cairo. Curators, conservators, and security guards worked through the night, polishing glass vitrines and adjusting spotlights to illuminate the iconic funerary mask.
Rarely had museum staff encountered such overwhelming public enthusiasm. Weeks before the official ribbon cutting, inquiries flooded the front desk from across the world. Under no circumstances could the museum allow crowd congestion to endanger the fragile antiquities. Staff mapped strict one-way corridors and installed temperature controls. Seldom do exhibition