Understanding Egyptian Collections: Innovative display and research projects in museums

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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.

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Recent Episodes
  • Egypt and the Ashmolean – 5 millennia of collections care part two
    Sep 17, 2014 – 15:36
  • Ancient Worlds: Open Data, Mobile Web, Haptics, Digital Touch
    Sep 17, 2014 – 29:00
  • Bringing it all together in the Artifact Lab: Conservation, research, display, interpretation
    Sep 17, 2014 – 22:21
  • Reflecting on Egyptian Pigments: the use of Fibre Optic Reflectance Spectroscopy (FORS) for pigment analysis at the Fitzwilliam Museum
    Sep 17, 2014 – 30:51
  • On not exhibiting a corpse: the Mummy Chamber, Brooklyn Museum
    Sep 17, 2014 – 21:43
  • King Menkaure in Motion: the metamorphosis of a Monolithic royal sculpture from the Old Kingdom
    Sep 17, 2014 – 23:40
  • Problems and possibilities for the Petrie Museum’s pottery display
    Sep 17, 2014 – 22:20
  • The importance of technical analysis and research for the conservation and display of archaeological garments
    Sep 17, 2014 – 21:51
  • Mummy case saved by LEGO: a collaborative approach to conservation of an Ancient Egyptian cartonnage
    Sep 17, 2014 – 22:42
  • Evolving Attitudes: past and present treatment of Egyptian Collections of the Oriental Institute
    Sep 17, 2014 – 24:09
  • The Stair of Glory: The Meet‐and‐Greet Gallery – a unique dramatic gallery at the Grand Egyptian Museum
    Sep 17, 2014 – 20:08
  • The APPEAR Collaboration: a comparative study of ancient mummy portraits
    Sep 17, 2014 – 23:14
  • Seeing Mummy Portraits: preparation for display in 2011 and recent collaborative investigation
    Sep 17, 2014 – 24:58
  • Raising the Dead: bringing design concepts to display
    Sep 17, 2014 – 19:39
  • Vertically Challenging: the investigation and conservation of a deteriorated coffin for vertical display
    Sep 17, 2014 – 18:22
  • The Redevelopment of the Ashmolean’s Egypt and Nubia Galleries – designing and building the new galleries
    Sep 17, 2014 – 20:54
  • Egypt and the Ashmolean – 5 millennia of collections care part one
    Sep 17, 2014 – 23:16
  • Introduction to the Egyptian Collections
    Sep 17, 2014 – 26:50
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