Travel Tip: Art and Archaeology in United States
From the Land of the Labyrinth: Minoan Crete, 3000-1100 B.C.

From the Land of the Labyrinth: Minoan Crete, 3000–1100 B.C. presents more than 280 artifacts and works of art from the ancient land of Crete, most of which have never been shown outside Greece.

The show brings to light aspects of Minoan daily life during the second and third millennia B.C., including social structure, communications, bureaucratic organization, religion, and technology.

In eleven thematic sections, the exhibition maps chronologically the establishment and great achievements of Minoan culture. Here the viewer can explore the historical and cultural context of this celebrated society and gain insight into its mysteries, such as the legends surrounding the reign of King Minos of Knossos, who commissioned the fabled Labyrinth of Greek mythology.