Curator Tour: Dows Dunham and the Archaeology of Egypt and Sudan

Curator Tour: Dows Dunham and the Archaeology of Egypt and Sudan

May 3rd, 2026, 2:00pm–3:00pm

Join Dr. Peter Lacovara, consulting Egyptologist and curator of From the Hudson to the Nile: Dows Dunham and the Archaeology of Egypt and Sudan, on the final day of the exhibition. The tour is free with museum admission; no registration is required.

From the Hudson to the Nile: Dows Dunham and the Archaeology of Egypt and Sudan celebrates the remarkable career of Dows Dunham (1890–1984), a Hudson Valley-born archaeologist whose pioneering fieldwork in Egypt and Sudan and dedicated scholarship as a curator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston transformed the field and continue to shape the study and preservation of ancient civilizations today.