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Information on the world's greatest exhibitions of antiquities and related research materials. |
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Research Museums
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The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology is a museum of the University of Oxford. Founded in 1683, it is one of the oldest public museums in the world. Ashmolean
Museum UK The British Museum, London The British Museum holds in trust for the nation and the world a collection of art and antiquities from ancient and living cultures. Housed in one of Britain's architectural landmarks, the collection is one of the finest in existence, spanning two million years of human history. The British Museum Great Russell Street London WC1B 3DG UK 44-020-7323-8000 (tel) email: information@thebritishmuseum.ac.uk website: www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk Egyptian Museum, Cairo The Egyptian Museum in Cairo exhibits over 120000 ancient objects including artifacts from the palaces and tombs of kings and members of the royal families, and items of great historical value. Egyptian
Museum website: www.egyptianmuseumcairo.com/egyptian-museum-cairo/ [Local server is not always working] Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection, Berlin The Egyptian Museum in Berlin owns one of the world's most important collections on Ancient Egypt. The works of art from the time of King Akhenaton (around 1340 BC) from Tell el Amarna are of international renown. Egyptian
Museum and Papyrus Collection Germany 49-030/266-425001
(tel) email: aemp@smb.spk-berlin.de website: www.egyptian-museum-berlin.com Graeco-Roman Museum, Alexandria The Graeco-Roman Museum houses approximately 40,000 antiquities drawn from Alexandria's extensive collections which were accumulated principally during the time of the Ptolemy pharoahs and Roman presence in Egypt. Graeco-Roman Museum 5
Mathaf ar-Romani Egypt 20-3-487-6434
(tel) www.alexandria.gov.eg/Alex/english/Graeco%20Roman%20Museum.html [Local server is not always working] Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Established
in 1793 by the French Republic, this is one of the earliest European
museums. Divided into seven departments, its collections incorporate works dating from the birth of
the great antique civilizations right up to the first half of the Kunsthistorisches
Museum Austria 43-1-525-24-0
(tel) website: www.khm.at The Louvre Museum, Paris Established
in 1793 by the French Republic, this is one of the earliest European
museums. Divided into seven departments, its collections incorporate works dating from the birth of
the great antique civilizations right up to the first half of the Musée du Louvre 75058 Paris Cedex 01 France 33-01-40-20-53-17 (tel) email: info@louvre.fr website: www.louvre.fr/en The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Its extensive collections include over two million works of art which span more than 5,000 years of world culture, from prehistory to the present. The
Metropolitan Museum of Art USA National Archaeological Museum, Athens This is the most important archaeological museum in Greece and one of the richest in the world concerning ancient Greek art. Its collections are representative of all the cultures that flourished in this ancient land. National
Archaeological Museum Athens 10682 Greece email: eam@culture.gr website: www.namuseum.gr/episkepsi National Museum, Beirut The National Museum in Beirut contains an extensive cross-section of historical materials discovered in Lebanon which cover the prehistoric, Phoenician, Hellenic, Roman and Arabic periods. National
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