Treasures of Heavensaints, relics and devotion
in medieval Europe
23 June – 9 October 2011
Members free
Open late Fridays
Sponsored by John Studzinski
In association with
William and Judith Bollinger, Singapore
Betsy and Jack Ryan
Howard and Roberta Ahmanson
The Hintze Family
Charitable Foundation
Organised with
The Cleveland Museum of Art
The Walters Art Museum
Modern veneration
An exploration of how veneration is still very much in evidence today – and not always in expected places. Celebrity bodies, for instance, are revered in the global cultures of the 21st century, similar in many ways to the veneration of holy individuals in medieval Europe.
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