Cleveland Museum of Art Dir William Griswold – Centennial Part 2

Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) Director William Griswold spoke at the kick off of the Cleveland Museum of Art’s summer of centennial programs event.  This is Part 2 of 2. Slider from the Cleveland Indians joined Bill at the podium.



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Cleveland Museum of Art Dir William Griswold – Centennial Part 1

Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) Director William Griswold spoke at the kick off of the Cleveland Museum of Art’s summer of centennial programs event.  This is Part 1 of 2 and gives some history of the CMA and a look at the summer events.


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Steve Kestner and Mayor Frank Jackson – Cleveland Museum of Art

Steve Kestner, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA), welcomed the crowd and introduced Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson.  

Mayor Jackson gave a proclamation to CMA Director Bill Griswold.

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Cleveland Museum of Art Dir William Griswold and time machine

Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) Director William Griswold spoke at the kick off of the Cleveland Museum of Art’s summer of centennial programs event.

I asked him to imagine he had a time machine.  What might the CMA founders have thought if they could see the Museum today? What might his successor say in 100 years at the Bicentennial celebration?

Sphinx of Pharaoh Amenahat IV at CMA

The Cleveland Museum of Art is presenting Pharaoh: King of Ancient Egypt bringing 3,000 years of ancient Egyptian history to life through some of the finest objects from the British Museum’s vast holdings and several of Cleveland’s own masterworks.

The exhibit includes more than 150 objects and this was a favorite.  It is a Sphinx of Pharaoh Amenahat IV who reigned from 1814-1805 BC. A sphinx has the body of a lion and the head of a

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King, Jackal and Falcon Ancient Egyptian art - Pharaoh at CMA

The Cleveland Museum of Art is presenting Pharaoh: King of Ancient Egypt bringing 3,000 years of ancient Egyptian history to life through some of the finest objects from the British Museum’s vast holdings and several of Cleveland’s own masterworks.

The exhibit includes more than 150 objects and this was a favorite.  It is 3 kneeling bronze figures posing in jubilation.  They are an unknown king, a jackal headed deity and a falcon headed deity.



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Ancient Egyptian Enemies List at Pharaoh Exhibit at CMA

The Cleveland Museum of Art is presenting Pharaoh: King of Ancient Egypt bringing 3,000 years of ancient Egyptian history to life through some of the finest objects from the British Museum’s vast holdings and several of Cleveland’s own masterworks.

The exhibit includes more than 150 objects and this was a favorite.  It’s a large (103x62x52 cm) red granite Enemies List.

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