MoAW presents
Spotlight:
New Exhibition Installations Continue
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Photo by Margie St. Anthony
Maitreya is the "happy Buddha" of the future, the harbinger of a new age. She is reborn in a period of chaos and decline to renew order and harmony.
Tianxia (天下) or, All Under Heaven is an ancient Chinese phrase used for more than three thousand years, it defines the ideal of a perfect and harmonious empire in the eyes of the people.
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Installation in progress. MoAW's TUTANKHAMUN: "Wonderful Things" Treasures From The Pharaoh's Tomb Exhibition is on the banks of the Sacramento River at Turtle Bay Exploration Park, Redding California through September 5, 2022.
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JURASSIC WONDERS is presented by the Museum of Ancient Wonders in collaboration with Artist Ricardo Breceda and his remarkable sculptures, sponsored by the City of Cathedral City, with support from city employees and Canyon Print and Signs. Located at East Palm Canyon Drive and Buddy Rogers Lane in Cathedral City until December 31st, 2022.
MoAW is temporarily closed to install 4 new wonderous exhibitions with a grand reopening on March 26. Expect to see an updated website and programing soon for further information.
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Cathedral City
Historical Society
presents
Then and Now
A 40th-year anniversary exhibition of the history of Cathedral City
A comprehensive photographic and artifact-rich timeline of the history of Cathedral City will greet you upon entering the lobby of the Museum of Ancient Wonders. This is an exhibition of recollections of the people and places that created Cathedral City's early history and to celebrate the 40th anniversary of its burgeoning progress, from the past to the present, THEN AND NOW is a loving tribute to the City of Cathedral City.
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PALEO: The Story of Life
4.6 billion years of fossil history
Drawn from the world’s foremost fossil collections, the unprecedented treasury of fossil casts known as PALEO The Story of Life brings together into one exhibition some of the most exciting finds in the history of paleontology from over a century of worldwide excavations, exhibited in geological, chronological order.
From 2.5 billion-year-old single cellular cyanobacteria responsible for the oxygenation of the atmosphere to the first multicellular life of 700 million years ago, PALEO spans 4.6 billion years in scope. From the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous dinosaurs to mammals and prehistoric humans, this internationally acclaimed, comprehensive collection dramatically illustrates the awesome story of prehistoric life on Earth.
Displaying casts of rare fossils from the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia, this prestigious collection includes skeletons, skulls, claws, and eggs gathered from such revered museums as the Smithsonian Institution, the American Museum of Natural History, The Royal Ontario Museum, the Carnegie Museum, and the National Museums of Kenya, Ethiopia, and Tanzania, as well as many others.
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ALL UNDER HEAVEN
Earth, Temple,
and the Afterlife
A Very Special Gift From
Marlene and Bruce Kanter,
Heather James Fine Art
Michael H. Healy
41 original antiquities spanning millennia of ancient Asian Cultures from mysterious funerary objects and life-size protective temple guardians to decorative terracotta sculptures of beasts of burden created for the tombs of the deceased, a tapestry of silk and gold thread, a rare lacquered cosmetic box and vessel, bronze statues from China, Japan, and Indonesia reflects a celebration of everlasting happiness, enduring remembrance, and eternal life.
MoAW premieres these dazzling artifacts of antiquity displayed for the first time together in one exhibition All Under Heaven: Earth, Temple, and the Afterlife.
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Coming in September
VESSELS OF THE GODS
Treasures of the Ancient Greeks
1650 to 410 B.C.E
(42 Grecian Vessels)
Reflecting the brilliance of a millennium of ancient Aegean culture, four distinct periods produced the designs of these vases: Minoan, Mycenaean, Corinthian, and Attic. Essentially consisting of silhouetted figures drawn against a background of red, black, or white, this art form gradually dies out after the Persian wars, c. 475-450 B.C.E. Shaped and painted by hand, these exquisite reproductions were created in Greece by master artists from the originals housed in The National Museum, Athens, The Heraklion Museum, The Thera Museum, The Corinth Museum, The Delphi Museum, The Louvre Museum, The Vatican Museum, and The Museo Civico, Brescia.
Please, feel free to preview this collection on MoAW's website: www.moaw.org
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MoAW's mission is to educate a diverse audience about the history of ancient civilizations and prehistoric life using fossils and artifacts from a variety of cultures and time periods; to enhance universal curriculum development for local and surrounding school districts, colleges, and universities while establishing museum diversity for the Coachella Valley.
Hours of Operation:
Monday - Saturday
10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Sunday 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m.
The last admission is taken one hour before closing.
Admission:
$15.00 Adults
$12.00 Students, Seniors, & Military
$ 3.00 Discount available for Coachella Valley Residents
$10.00 Group Rate for 10 or more individuals.
A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, MoAW is a member of the North American Reciprocal Museum (NARM) Association, the American Alliance of Museums, and the California Association of Museums.
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RECENT EXHIBIITONS
FROM THE
MUSEUM OF ANCIENT WONDERS
DIVERSE COLLECTIONS
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FACES OF AFRICA:
A Mystical View of
Tribal Heritage
(38 Replica Masks and Sculptures
of African Antiquity)
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TUTANKHAMUN:
"Wonderful Things"
Treasures From The Pharaoh's Tomb
(124 Egyptian replicas)
Now on view at
Turtle Bay Exploration Park in
Redding, California
Until September 5, 2022
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MESOZOICA:
The Age of Dinosaurs
(Approximately 100 fossil-cast dinosaur elements and fully-mounted skeletons from around the world.)
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LUCY:
The Story of Human Origins
(Courtesy of the Institute of Human Origins and the National Museum of Ethiopia,
Addis Ababa)
On view exclusively at the
Museum of Ancient Wonders
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