Worth the tripSan Francisco · United States
Treasures of the Pharaohs opens its American tour in San Francisco
130 artifacts from Egyptian museums — monumental sculpture, gold jewelry, decorated sarcophagi — at the de Young before moving to the Kimbell in 2027.
By Museum Compass
Loans of this scale from Egypt are rare and getting rarer. If San Francisco is closer than Fort Worth, go now; the checklist is the same but the de Young run has the longer window.
The exhibition
Treasures of the Pharaohs
A landmark international touring exhibition featuring 130 rare artifacts from Egyptian museums, spanning 3,000 years of ancient Egyptian history. It showcases royal treasures ranging from monumental statues to delicately crafted gold jewelry and decorated sarcophagi, alongside objects illuminating daily life, religious practice, and burial customs from Dynasty I to the Ptolemaic period.
