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Roger Manley, director of NC State’s Gregg Museum of Art & Design, has been known to describe a collecting museum as a “climate-controlled attic of curiosities.” A fine example of the sort of treasures inside will be on display through December 23, 2022. The Gregg’s Egyptian Tent exhibition features a rare and colorfully appliquéd Egyptian tour tent – one of only six of its kind known in the world – and a number of pharaonic and geometric appliquéd tent panels, known as khayamiya, made in Cairo in the early 20th century. All objects represented are part of the Gregg Museum’s diverse and dynamic permanent collection of over 35,000 objects. Adding to its exotic provenance: the Egyptian tour tent was transferred to the Gregg Museum from the collection of North Carolina’s storied Chinqua-Penn Plantation. The Gregg is currently open 10am-5pm, Tuesday-Saturday and – as always – is free.

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