Egyptian mummy curse folklore at the American Museum of Natural History

The American Museum of Natural History displays Egyptian mummies and funerary artifacts as part of its Egyptian and ancient Near Eastern collections, and popular-culture myths that Egyptian mummies carry curses have long been associated with such exhibits. The museum's archives and research do not document supernatural effects linked to artifacts; reports of curses are part of broader folklore and sensational accounts surrounding Egyptian antiquities. The museum has discussed provenance, conservation, and ethical display of Egyptian material but treats 'mummy curses' as cultural myth rather than fact.