Ptahhotep's Australian Egyptology Pages

EGYPTOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS
IN VICTORIA

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  • Ancient Times House is operated by the Australian Institute of Archaeology and managed by Dr Piers Crocker. It is located in Little Bourke Street (between Russell and Exhibition Streets) in the central business district of Melbourne, Australia's second-largest city.

    Ancient Times House
    116 Little Bourke Street
    Melbourne Vic 3000    		 Postal address:
    174 Collins Street
    Melbourne Vic 3000

    Telephone: (03) 9650 3477 - Facsimile: (03) 9654 2774
    Admission charges: Adults $3, children $2, students $4, families $6, pensioners $2, educational groups $4
    Opening hours: 10am-5pm Fridays, Sundays, amd Public Holidays; also by appointment.

    Facilities: Wheelchair access, shop, toilets, education programs, hands-on activities, lecture hall, membership, journal, public lecture program, travelling exhibition for schools, churches, library.
    Description: Ancient Times house is Victoria's largest collection of Egyptian, near-eastern, and biblically related artefacts, and was founded in 1954. Some 25% of its exhibits are replicas, including Tutankhamun material. It takes up two floors with approximately 1,350 objects on display.

    Collection strengths: Glass, Pottery and ceramics, Sculpture, Coins, Weapons, Armour, Papyri

  • Museum of Victoria
    The Museum of Victoria began in 1854 as a small public collection of minerals and natural science specimens. Today, some 16 million objects are housed at three major locations.
    The Museum of Victoria
    Museum on Swanston Walk Campus
    Swanston Walk
    Melbourne VIC 3000.

    Admission charges: Adults $5.30. Child/Concession $2.60.
    Mediterranean Antiquities Collection: the collection includes Greek, Roman and European objects, but is mainly composed of Egyptian antiquities, including three adult mummies - one of them, Tjeby, in his coffin - and a fine anthropoid wooden coffin.
    Note: The Museum at Carlton Gardens, scheduled to open in December 1999, is to replace the Swanston Walk campus, which will close.

  • Museum of Art, University of Melbourne
    Old Physics Building
    University of Melbourne
    Parkville VIC 3052.
    Telephone: (03) 9344-5148 - Facsimile: (03) 9344-4484
    E-mail: collections@art-museum.unimelb.edu.au
    Approximately 12 items, mainly predynastic pottery, some faience.
    (Further information being sought as at 29-8-96).

  • Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum
    12 Lyttleton Street
    Castlemaine VIC 3450
    Telephone: (054) 72-2292
    Two Egyptian items known, a vase (c.2000BC) and a lamp (poor condition, tentatively identified as Egyptian).
    (Further information being sought as at 29-8-96).

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