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Member Preview Tour of Cursed! The Power of Magic in the Ancient World

Date: March 20, 2026, Time: 6:45 and 7:20 p.m., Location: Glass Pavilion, Gallery 5, Cost: Free for members, Members will receive their discount on tickets at checkout based on membership level.

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Cursed! Member Preview Tours

Friday, March 20 | 6:45 and 7:20 p.m. | Glass Pavilion, Gallery 5

 

 

Members are invited to join Jeffrey Spier, Senior Curator of Antiquities at the Getty and curator of the exhibition, for an exclusive first look at Cursed! The Power of Magic in the Ancient World. Step into a spellbinding world where people across Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome turned to magic for protection, healing, and influence over forces beyond the human realm. This groundbreaking exhibition brings together rare objects dating from 2000 BCE to 300 CE — including intricately carved ivory wands, luminous gems, magical papyri, and lead curse tablets — on loan from the Louvre, the British Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and other major institutions.

These small, intimate tours, led directly by the exhibition’s curator, offer members a rare opportunity to explore the exhibition’s themes up close. Guests will examine how ancient cultures used spells, amulets, and ritual objects to navigate the seen and unseen worlds and discover the shared human desire to shape fate and seek power beyond the everyday.

The tours take place during the Member Preview event, and attendees are encouraged to enjoy the full experience before or after their selected tour time.

If you need accommodations, assistance, or appropriate modifications to fully participate in this event, please let us know by contacting Access Initiatives at [email protected]. Please note that while we endeavor to provide everyone with a positive visitor experience, last-minute requests may not be accommodated; we ask for requests to be made, at minimum, three days prior to the event. Thank you.
 
If you've registered but can no longer attend, kindly notify the museum as soon as possible so we can accommodate others.

 

 

Ticket Age Ranges

Unless otherwise noted, ticket categories are defined as follows:

• Ages 0–4: Free, no ticket required
• Ages 5–17: Child ticket
• Ages 18 and up: Adult ticket

These age ranges apply to events and exhibition tickets only. Programs such as classes and the Family Center may follow different guidelines.

 

Header Image: Pendant amulet against the evil eye. Roman, 2nd century CE. Gold, pearls, and amethyst, 1 1/4 × 3/4 in. (3.1 × 1.8 cm). Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum, 485. Photo: Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum