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  • The Institute helped launch the first era of exploration of humankind's remote past in the Near East, the cradle of civilization. Today its collection is of the most significant repositories of excavated art objects and artifacts from major archaeological sites in all of the Near East. The Oriental   from museumsusa.org  

1155 E 58th St, Chicago, IL
   
(773) 702-9514

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    • The Oriental Institute has a world-class collection of artifacts that document the history, languages, and cultures of the entire ancient Middle East. The Institute was founded in 1919 by James Henry Breasted, the first American Egyptologist. Exhibitions The newly redesigned museum presents a 40-to   from explorechicago.org  

    • The goals of The Oriental Institute have remained essentially unchanged: to document and study the languages, history and cultures of the ancient Near East. Today the task is made easier by advances in technology. New computer registration methods are employed to record and trace artifacts from the   from museumland.net  

    • Part of the University of Chicago, the Oriental Institute is both a research organization and a museum dedicated to the ancient Near East. Founded in 1919, the Hyde Park museum showcases everything from art to archaeology with permanent galleries devoted to specific ancient civilizations, including   from travelandleisure.com  

    • Located on the University of Chicago campus near the Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, this museum proudly houses one of the world's foremost collections of Near Eastern art. Start off by exploring the Egyptian Gallery which is dominated by a 17-foot quartzite statue of King Tutankhamen. Over 35,000 art   from 10best.com  

    • The Oriental Institute Museum is a showcase of the history, art and archaeology of the ancient Near East. An integral part of the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute, which has supported research and archaeological excavation in the Near East since 1919, the Museum exhibits major collections   from museumstuff.com  

    • The Oriental Institute Museum is a world-renowned showcase for the history, art, and archaeology of the ancient Near East. The museum displays objects recovered by Oriental Institute excavations in permanent galleries devoted to ancient Egypt, Nubia, Persia, Mesopotamia, Syria, Anatolia, and the an   from famplosion.com  

    • Located in the Hyde Park area, the Oriental Institute Museum showcases the history, art and archaeology of the ancient near east. Permanent collections focus on ancient Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Syria and Turkey.   from enjoyillinois.com