Phillyist: Monday Manners: People Stand in Line to See the Boy King (King Tut)

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 23:53:06 -0500

King Tut, unfortunately, is not allowed to leave Egypt. It's a little hard to get a Visa, I guess, when you've been dead for a few millenia.

Spencer Williams

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 23:46:06 -0500

I though the exhibit was a let down when I saw it. I actually thought you got to see King Tut. Boy was I disappointed... I went on "Educator's Night" back in January and was happy that it was free! :)

guest

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:53:20 -0500

Tut tut!

tahl

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:23:26 -0500

I saw the exhibit back in April, and I have to say, I think I would have enjoyed it far more if it had been at the Philly Art Museum. I had weekend tickets, which meant tons of families, so of course tons of kids. I don't have problems with kids at museums. My parents took me to all kinds of them when I was younger and it was great. But the Franklin Institute is a family museum with exhibits that skew far, far, far younger than the art museum. It just would have been nice to have seen the Tut artifacts in an environment where the kids hadn't just come from that interactive sports exhibit, you know? (I know, I know - I'm just a terrible snob who doesn't understand what it means to have kids.)