King Tut Exhibit at Indianapolis Children's Museum
If you haven't been paying attention lately, Indianapolis is preparing the way to host some serious royalty for the next few months. An Egyptian king is coming to The Children's Museum in Indiananpolis from June 27th - October 25th. His official arrival for greeting guests will begin in just a few hours.

Tutankhamen: The Golden King and the Great Pharoahs will open to the general public on Saturday, June 27th at 9am. The Children's Museum is open on Saturday at 9am. You can visit the Children's Museum website for details on hours throughout the exhibit.

I missed the opportunity to go to advance opening of the exhibit last night, but I can tell you my family and I will not miss the opportunity to take our time through the exhibit and learn more about this boy king. Egyptian history was one of my favorite areas of history when I was in school, so seeing some of these artifacts and learning more about each one will be a great experience.

Four galleries devoted to King Tut will correspond to the four rooms of his nearly intact tomb where the treasures were discovered by British explorer Howard Carter in 1922. Legendary artifacts from the antechamber, the annex, the treasury and the burial chamber will include Tutankhamun’s golden sandals, jewelry, furniture, weaponry and statuary. This blockbuster exhibit will also feature the largest image of King Tut ever found — a 10-foot statue that may have originally stood at his mortuary temple and retains much of its original paint, one of four gold and precious-stone-inlaid canopic jars and CT scans of Tut’s mummy.
 
Come to think of it, I may need to go by myself at some point so I can really read and absorb everything.

The Children's Museum of Indianapolis is an absolutely fantastic place to visit in Indianapolis. If you're visiting and in town for business or some other vacation package, be sure to check-out the museum just north of downtown during your stay.

The Children's Museum of Indianapolis is the world's largest children's museum and has four levels of exhibits and a variety of other special exhibits like the Dinosphere.

For more information about the King Tut exhibit and the Children's Museum of Indianapolis you can visit their websites by clicking on the links above.