RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – Like most, the Heigh family is more than ready for a break. The North Carolina Museum of Art has provided just that for many in the area.
“With home schooling and quarantine and all the stuff that has been going on in the last year, this has been one of the bright spots” said Barry Heigh.
The bright spot is that the North Carolina Museum of Art is now at 100 percent capacity. Its current biggest draw is the exhibition of the Golden Mummies of Egypt.
“It’s amazing that our museum here in Raleigh is able to get these wonderful exhibits,” said Megan Liles, who spent Wednesday visiting the museum.
The exhibit focuses on a mostly overlooked time period when Egypt was also occupied by Greeks and Romans. The elite lie mummified, but alive with their own individual stories.
“It really is a global story, as well as an Egyptian story. It talks about life and death in children and adults. It’s looking into the faces of the past, so when we were talking about traveling last time, we’re time traveling in this show in a really exciting way,” said museum director Valerie Hillings.
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