A $50 million date with Tutankhamun

Australian Museum expansion makes room for world's biggest blockbuster to visit Sydney.
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Sydney has been named as one of 10 exclusive world venues for the Tutankhamun exhibition; supplied

Over this past long weekend (Monday, 11 June), NSW Minister for the Arts Don Harwin and Treasurer Dominic Perrottet announced the Australian Museum will expand its touring exhibition halls to the tune of $50 million, opening with the largest King Tutankhamun exhibition to ever leave Egypt.

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