until 18 december 2022

SMALL PHOTO EXHIBITION | Selection of eight photos of street art in Egypt, taken during the demonstrations between 2011 and 2014, and incorporating icons of ancient Egypt. | UNTIL 18 DECEMBER 2022

until 4 september 2022

SMALL EXHIBITION | 25 books that have had a major influence on the city of Leiden, the university and far beyond. From Galileo Galilei to Anton de Kom: authors, books and insights that still amaze us.

until 4 september 2022

SMALL EXHIBITION | Qenna's 'Book of the Dead' is over 17 meters long, making it the longest papyrus roll in the Egyptian collection. It has recently been conserved and will soon be seen as one continuous whole for the first time.

until 4 september 2022

ACTIVITY ADVENTURE (from 7 years) | A activity-packed Egyptian adventure for the whole family. Learn to write hieroglyphics, make a papyrus, build a pyramid, play the Nile goose game, and much, much more.

until 9 october 2022

SURVEY EXHIBITION | The hundred most beautiful and remarkable cut stones from the museum’s collection: colourful stones with engraved scenes from the ancient Near East, Egypt and classical antiquity.

until 18 august 2022

SMALL PHOTO EXHIBITION | Selection of nine photos about the Karakorum Rescue Project 2021 in the Himalayas of Pakistan, where countless, ancient rock carvings on rocks and cliffs have been documented.

until 22 may 2022

LARGE EXHIBITION | A major international exhibition about Domitian, emperor of the vast Roman Empire from AD 81 to 96. The show will feature art objects from numerous museums around the world.

until 10 april 2022

SMALL PHOTO EXHIBITION | A selection of ten photographs that Yousef Al-Zou'bi made in Yemen. You see the buildings and ruins of Yemens cultural heritage, before they were damaged since 2015 by the hostilities of the civil war.

until 9 january 2022

SMALL-SCALE EXHIBITION | Highlights from 180 years of archaeological research along the railways, including prehistoric objects discovered beside the Betuwe Line and superb mediaeval finds from Delft. Produced in collaboration with ProRail company.

until 19 december 2021

SMALL EXHIBITION | Selection of paintings, drawings and gouaches, made by the artist Theo de Feyter while travelling through Syria, amongst the ruins of Palmyra and surrounded by the surrealism of the civil war.

until 14 december 2020

SMALL-SCALE EXHIBITION | Selection of beautiful images of the prehistoric temples on Malta. The large stone structures towered over the surrounding land; they date from the period 3600-2500 BC.

until 14 december 2020

FAMILY EXHIBITION | Discover how people lived 2,000 years ago along the border of the Roman territory. You’ll discover a wealth of fascinating things about everyday life along the banks of the Rhine in the Netherlands.

until 14 december 2020

OVERVIEW EXHIBITION | A wide selection of the most beautiful glass in the museum’s collection, originating from Egypt, the Classical world and the Netherlands. For the connoisseurs among art lovers.

until 14 december 2020

SMALL-SCALE EXHIBITION | A selection of approximately fifty remarkable scientific publications, novels, drawings, photographs and other archival documents from the large Egypt collection in the museum’s library.

until 4 november 2020

SMALL EXHIBITION | For her research project 'The Walking Dead at Saqqara', the curator Lara Weiss explores the significance of religious traditions for people who lived in Saqqara, Egypt in ancient times.

until 27 september 2020

SMALL EXHIBITION | Colourful exhibition on imaginative cloths and intriguing Egyptian fabrics from the first millennium AD, including work by twelve contemporary textile artists.

until 15 march 2020

The remarkable story of an island with over 12,000 years of history and culture. You can see around 400 objects, including 300 archaeological masterpieces from Cyprus’s national collections.

until 15 march 2020

SMALL PHOTO EXHIBIT | Photos of an archaeological excavation on Cyprus by the University of Leiden. They show the practice of archaeology: the exciting process of excavating, recording and documenting archaeological finds.

until 9 june 2019

SMALL EXHIBITION | Thanks to a bequest from pottery specialist Maria Frederika Jongkees-Vos, a number of beautiful objects were added to the Classical World collection in 2018, including Greek and Roman dishes and cups that were used at mealtimes.

until 31 march 2019

This winter, the mystical world of the ancient Egyptian gods comes to life in 'Gods of Egypt'. This large exhibition is entirely devoted to the ancient Egyptian pantheon and brings numerous treasures to the Netherlands.

until 1 september 2019

SMALL EXHIBITION | 'Experiencing Paestum' shows the experiences and wonder of artists, writers and architects who visited the impressive ancient ruins of Paestum in Southern Italy some 300 years ago.

until 1 september 2019

The National Museum of Antiquities turns the spotlight on medieval gardens. The exhibition features stories about plants, herbs, and floral splendour in the Middle Ages, from Europe to the Middle East.