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The 'Tutankhamun: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh' exhibition, which opened on 23 March at the Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris and closed its doors 22 September, has attracted over 1.4 million visitors, setting a new record as the most visited exhibition in France.
“In 1967, the first Tutankhamun exhibition to visit France entitled 'Tutankhamun and his Times' attracted 1.2 million visitors to the Petit Palais in Paris. Today, and after 52 years, a few artefacts from the boy-king's treasures have attracted over 1.4 million visitors, attesting to the passion of France and the French people for Egyptology,” said Minister of Antiquities Khaled El-Enany.
The minister said that “even these two enormously successful exhibitions allowed the public to admire only a tiny segment of the thousands of unique objects in the collection of this magnificent Pharaoh, and Egypt’s invaluable heritage."
"I am sure that the immense interest in the exhibition at the Grande Halle de la Villette will encourage millions of visitors who are fascinated by Egypt and its civilisation to come and explore the major pieces of Tutankhamun’s treasure in Cairo and visit Egypt’s museums and remarkable sites,” the minister said.
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