"It's the largest project in scale and scope since our renovation of the Egyptian galleries."
The Egyptian galleries were finished in 1983.
The museum's Egyptian galleries house an extensive collection of statuary, mummies, and reliefs.
The quality of the new design is most dramatically apparent in the Egyptian galleries on the West Wing's third floor.
However, the museum plans to display it in the spring in the Egyptian galleries.
If the hall seems a little empty in comparison with, say, the fully packed Egyptian galleries - patience.
A completely rebuilt Egyptian gallery opened in 2007.
He will visit the museum's newly reinstalled Egyptian galleries, where children can see the types of objects her students encounter.
There is metalwork from the Viking period and a small Egyptian gallery.
Beginning the Tour It is best to start with a swing through the Met's Egyptian galleries.