Cat owners bring their pets to Shanghai Museum’s ancient Egypt exhibit celebrating them
- First of 10 planned cat nights at museum is purr-fect for 200 owners who see exhibit on ancient Egypt, featuring cats, with their fur kids
A queue of glamorous visitors stood outside Shanghai Museum, in China, twitching impatiently, tails flicking and whiskers quivering as they waited to be let in for the institution’s inaugural ancient Egypt cat night.
Feline tickets for the event, in July 2024, sold out within days, as Shanghai’s devoted pet owners seized the chance to share an educational experience with their animals – and share the photos on the mostly pedigree cats’ personal social media accounts.
One pet owner said she had postponed a trip to Europe to ensure she could nab one of the 200 available tickets for her regal ginger “son”.
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“I cannot imagine my life right now without a cat,” said his owner Amy. “So I really can have the same feeling why Egyptian persons, they valued cats on such a level.”