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Most first-time visitors to the Oriental Institute Museum are astonished by the diversity, richness, and scale of the collections displayed in our galleries. Few are aware, however, of the countless other treasured artifacts in storage which are not displayed because of space limitations or because they do not fit easily into the regional, temporal, or thematic range of our current displays. Although this is not an uncommon situation for institutions with sizeable collections, such objects are certainly not forgotten and left languishing in our stores. Objects can be set aside for teaching and brought out for visiting researchers. Others may occasionally be displayed as part of our special exhibits program. There are also opportunities for objects in our collection to take a journey beyond the confines of the Oriental Institute’s building as part of loans for special exhibits and inclusion in longer-term exhibits elsewhere. As well as assisting with (or reciprocating) other museums’ requests, and having objects that are not normally exhibited out on public view, the Oriental Institute’s engagement with lending is part of a conscious effort to increase awareness of the importance of our collections to museum visitors in Chicago, more widely across North America, and overseas.
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This guide to over 100 highlights of the collections of the Oriental Institute Museum at the University of Chicago presents objects from ancient Mesopotamia, Syria-Anatolia, the Levant, Egypt, Persia, Nubia, and objects from the Islamic collection. It features all new photography, provenance information, and a brief description of each object, as well as a history of the collections and a concordance. https://oi.uchicago.edu/research/publications/misc/highlights-collections-oriental-institute
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