I have been away from the Museum a fair amount over the last few weeks so it has been good to spend the week catching up. One of my volunteers, Trillion, has
completed the reboxing and record photography of the glass collection that we moved into the Egyptology inorganic store from Archaeology a few weeks ago. [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Curator’s Diary, Friday 26th June 2009
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Curator’s Diary, Monday 15th June 2009
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I spent a few days in Chicago last week, visiting the Oriental Institute Museum and the Field
Museum, both wonderful places. Emily Teeter very kindly took me though the galleries and stores of the Oriental Museum, and talked about the work of the Oriental Institute Museum. The newly redeveloped galleries (they were reopened in 2004) encompass [...]
Egypt in its African Context webpage
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The webpage is now available for the Egypt in its African Context event to be held at The Manchester Museum on the 3-4 October 2009:
http://www.museum.manchester.ac.uk/collection/ancientegypt/conference/
- or click on the link on the right hand side of this blog.
Curator’s Diary, Monday 1st June 2009
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We have had to close the Death and the Afterlife Gallery for approximately two weeks. This
is because the replica of the Kyrenia ship, which hangs above the gallery, has become a little unsafe, and the decision has been taken to construct a scaffold to support the boat. The scaffold will go up next week, and [...]
