Divine Egypt at the Metropolitan Museum of Art - Member Meet up!
Tuesday, December 16, 2025 Gather at 1:10 p.m. Tour begins at 1:30 p.m.
In-person only Meet at the Met
Meet OLLI at BCC members at the Met for a private docent tour of the Divine Egypt Exhibit.
In ancient Egypt, images of gods weren’t just images—they brought the gods to life. Egyptians believed that it was through their depictions in tombs, temples, and shrines that the deities could enter sacred spaces and become active participants in rituals, offering a vital connection between the human and divine worlds. Over Egypt’s long history, its belief system grew to include more than 1,500 gods with many overlapping forms and traits. Subtle visual cues like what a figure wore, how they posed, or the symbols they carried helped identify them and their roles.
Divine Egypt brings together almost 250 works of art and objects, many of them on loan from institutions such as the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Musée du Louvre, Paris, and the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, to examine the imagery associated with the most important deities in ancient Egypt’s massive body of gods. Depictions of the stately falcon-headed Horus, the lion-headed Sakhmet, and the serene, shrouded Osiris reveal the striking ways the kings and people of ancient Egypt recognized and interacted with their gods.
While the king had a daily direct relationship with the gods in the inner sanctuaries of great temples, people without such access found ways to connect with their gods through rituals, offerings, and objects of private devotion. This immersive look at how deities were depicted reveals the many roles they played in people’s lives, providing them with meaning in front of life’s uncertainties and the permanence of death.
Participants will meet at the Met.
Ticket includes entrance to the museum as well as the docent tour. Folks are welcome to continue on to other exhibits after the tour, or head out for a cup of tea together!
Cost: $35 for OLLI at BCC members and their guests
Space is limited, register today!
Register online or call 413.236.2190 (M-F 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.) to register by phone with a credit card.
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