The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Exhibition
Relief showing king pouring libation over dead lions Assyria, Nineveh Neo-Assyrian, ca. 645–640 B.C. The Trustees of the British Museum, London Image: © The Trustees of the British Museum
Relief showing king pouring libation over dead lions Assyria, Nineveh Neo-Assyrian, ca. 645–640 B.C. The Trustees of the British Museum, London Image: © The Trustees of the British Museum
Bronze shield, from Eleutherna, Crete. Archaeological Museum, Rethymnon
Bronze shield, from Eleutherna, Crete. Archaeological Museum, Rethymnon
Openwork ivory plaque with striding sphinx, from Nimrud, Assyria. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund
Openwork ivory plaque with striding sphinx, from Nimrud, Assyria. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund
Bronze griffin cauldron attachment with amber inlay, from Olympia. National Archaeological Museum, Athens
Bronze griffin cauldron attachment with amber inlay, from Olympia. National Archaeological Museum, Athens

The grant supports the museum exhibition Assyria to Iberia at the Dawn of the Classical Age, which will showcase over 260 pieces, many from numerous Greek museums and historical sites to illustrate the importance of cultural meetings between the Mediterranean and the Near East before and during the Classical Age. 

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the world’s largest and finest art museums. Its collections include more than two million works of art spanning five thousand years of world culture, from prehistory to the present and from every part of the globe. Founded in 1870, the Museum is visited by nearly six million people each year.