"An Early Christian Sarcophagus from Rome Lost and Found"

Helen C. Evans oversaw the installation of the Mary and Michael Galleries of Byzantine Art, the first galleries of Byzantine art in a major encyclopedic museum. Her groundbreaking exhibitions include The Glory of Byzantium (1997), Byzantium: Faith and Power (2004), Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition (2012), and Armenia! (2018). She is a former head of The Met’s Forum of Curators, Conservators and Research Scientists and a Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America. She is a past President of both the International Center of Medieval Art (ICMA) and the Association of Art Museum Curators (AAMC). In 2020, the Armenian General Benevolent Union established the Helen C. Evans Scholarship for students studying Armenian art, art history, and the early church.