The Australian Museum’s Pacific collections were moved out to make way for the King Tut exhibition.The Australian Museum said it had been working with IMG, the international company responsible for staging the exhibition, who had confirmed recently that the tour would not proceed “due to the global impacts of COVID-19”.in Egypt to shut down the tour, amid allegations that the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities did not have the legal authority to loan unique objects to a commercial business.
“We know our visitors are fascinated by ancient Egypt and in the next three years, the Australian Museum will open its first-ever permanent Egypt Gallery to display our remarkable collection of historical artefacts,” McKay said. Asked about possible compensation, the museum said it had sufficient time to minimise its losses by bringing its own touring exhibition,The Australian Museum had made an insurance claim to recover its net losses associated with the event., had been organised by IMG in association with the ministry.d included 60 objects not seen before outside of Egypt, with the ministry receiving a revenue share.
LindaMorrissmh It was a commercial venture, and did not include the famous mask that you picture.