Sep 17, 2014
Introduction to the Egyptian Collections
26 minutes
Podcast · Inglés
Understanding Egyptian Collections: Innovative display and research projects in museums
Oxford University
On the 1st and 2nd September 2014, the Ashmolean Museum was proud to host the Understanding Egyptian Collections: Innovative display and research projects in museums conference. Looking at the exciting and interestnig ways in which museum conservators and egyptologists display ancient Egyptian artefacts and collections. From ways of conserving thousand year old mummies to restoring collosal statues, the conference finds new ways to conserve and display ancient objects.
Episodes
Ordered by publication date.
Sep 17, 2014
Egypt and the Ashmolean – 5 millennia of collections care part one
23 minutes
Sep 17, 2014
The Redevelopment of the Ashmolean’s Egypt and Nubia Galleries – designing and building the new galleries
20 minutes
Sep 17, 2014
Vertically Challenging: the investigation and conservation of a deteriorated coffin for vertical display
18 minutes
Sep 17, 2014
Raising the Dead: bringing design concepts to display
19 minutes
Sep 17, 2014
Seeing Mummy Portraits: preparation for display in 2011 and recent collaborative investigation
24 minutes
Sep 17, 2014
The APPEAR Collaboration: a comparative study of ancient mummy portraits
23 minutes
Sep 17, 2014
The Stair of Glory: The Meet‐and‐Greet Gallery – a unique dramatic gallery at the Grand Egyptian Museum
20 minutes
Sep 17, 2014
Evolving Attitudes: past and present treatment of Egyptian Collections of the Oriental Institute
24 minutes
Sep 17, 2014
Mummy case saved by LEGO: a collaborative approach to conservation of an Ancient Egyptian cartonnage
22 minutes
Sep 17, 2014
The importance of technical analysis and research for the conservation and display of archaeological garments
21 minutes
Sep 17, 2014
Problems and possibilities for the Petrie Museum’s pottery display
22 minutes
Sep 17, 2014
King Menkaure in Motion: the metamorphosis of a Monolithic royal sculpture from the Old Kingdom
23 minutes
Sep 17, 2014
On not exhibiting a corpse: the Mummy Chamber, Brooklyn Museum
21 minutes
Sep 17, 2014
Reflecting on Egyptian Pigments: the use of Fibre Optic Reflectance Spectroscopy (FORS) for pigment analysis at the Fitzwilliam Museum
30 minutes
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