Eagle Wrestling with Serpent, Nabataean limestone relief from Khirbet et-Tannur, Jordan, c. 50-150 AD, Cincinnati Art Museum

Eagle Wrestling with Serpent, Nabataean, from Khirbet et-Tannur, c. 50-150 AD, limestone. Cincinnati Art Museum. Photograph by Daderot, 2013, CC0 via Wikimedia Commons. (Related image located during this archive's reconstruction.)

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The Collections: 6000 Years of Art
PHASE II
Opening November 17, 2012

The Cincinnati Art Museum is excited to announce that Phase II of the popular permanent exhibition "The Collections: 6000 Years of Art" will be on view beginning November 17, 2012. The Cincinnati Art Museum opened Phase I of The Collections: 6000 Years of Art in December 2011, displaying nearly two thousand pieces drawn from the Art Museum's collection of more than sixty thousand objects. Antiquities, fine furniture, Japanese tea pots, fine silver, and paintings hung salon style make up the first installation. What will be new to visitors in this second gallery of nearly 480 additional works, which makes up the "The Collections: 6000 Years of Art," is an assortment of objects from our beloved Native American art collections, including works from the Southwest Pueblo and Navaho cultures. Additional works from the collections of Ancient Art will also be featured, with objects from the ancient Nabatean kingdom. Visitors will be thrilled by selections from its department of Decorative Arts and Design and a large number of objects from the Department of Fashion Arts and Textiles. Together, Phase I and Phase II offer unparalleled opportunities to engage with works that are rarely available for viewing.

Lakota Sioux beaded dress yoke, c. 1890, hide and trade beads, Native American collection at the Cincinnati Art Museum

Dress yoke, Lakota Sioux, c. 1890, hide and trade beads. Cincinnati Art Museum. Photograph by Daderot, 2013, CC0 via Wikimedia Commons. (Related image located during this archive's reconstruction.)

According to Cincinnati Art Museum's Chief Curator James Crump, "Gallery designers, curators, and the Director of the Art Museum Aaron Betsky opened the door to the treasure chest that is our storage and put on view for the public a dense selection which spans more than six thousand years." "Deciding which pieces would be part of this exhibition was challenging" he added; "Our selection was vetted by the curators of the departments, all of whom wanted to showcase areas not often on view."

The materials will be on display on shipping crates, on racks, and in storage cabinets, all adapted so that you can enjoy them at close hand. Both wall text and digital labels using IPADS will help visitors access a wealth of information about each work of art. The works on paper and certain objects that are light sensitive will be rotated every few months.

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