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View the great King Tut exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

View the great King Tut exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

A discussion of how the King Tut exhibit transformed museums; from the documentary Riches, Rivals, and Radicals: 100 Years of Museums in America.
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Transcript

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MARJORIE SCHWARZER: The Metropolitan Museum of Art is also credited with America's first blockbuster, the great King Tut exhibit—over 55 glittering treasures from Egypt—and it set off King Tut mania.

NARRATOR: The mastermind behind the King Tut exhibit was Thomas Hoving, director of the Met in the 1970s. He was crowned king of the blockbuster. King Tut transformed the museum world.

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