Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology

The Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology in London is part of University College London Museums and Collections. The museum contains over 80,000 objects, making it one of the world's largest collections of Egyptian and Sudanese material. It is designated under the Arts Council England Designation Scheme as being of "national and international importance". History Upper part of a statuette of an Egyptian woman and her husband. 18th Dynasty. From the Amelia Edwards Collection now housed in the Petrie Museum The museum was established as a teaching resource for the Department of Egyptian Archaeology and Philology at University College at the same time as the department was established in 1892. The initial collection was donated by the writer Amelia Edwards . The first Edwards Professor, William Matthew Flinders Petrie , conducted many important excavations, and in 1913 he sold his collections of Egyptian antiquities to University College, creating the. Organisation and collections Display case at previous entrance to the Petrie (prior to refurbishment), with figurines and statuettes The museum's entrance gallery was renovated in 2019 and reopened to the public in 2020. It provides an insight into the history of the museum, its collections, and notable figures, including Petrie, Amelia Edwards, Ali Suefi , and Violette Lafleur. The entrance also contains a small gift shop. The museum is split into three galleries. The main gallery (housed above the old stables) contains many of the museum's small domestic artefacts, mummy portraits and cases, and the.