Egypt
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- Restoring Artefacts - What Does It Take?
PBS Newshour (Evan Conway) As the dust settles on Egypt's recent protests, one less-discussed outcome of the uprising is the damage done to some of the country's ancient artifacts. After would-be looters broke into the famous Egyptian museum in...
- News: Arce Wins Big Grant To Help Safeguard Egyptian Antiquity
San Antonio Business Journal (Tamarind Phinissee) Another old news item which I missed, this one dating to the end of August. The American Research Center in Egypt, based in San Antonio, has been awarded a $6.6 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International...
- Exhibition: Conservation In Focus
Suite 101 (Stan Parchin) Visitors to "Conservation in Focus" at London's British Museum are able to watch how experts prepare works of art before they are exhibited. Conservation in Focus (September 11-October 26, 2008) at the British Museum permits...
- More Re Brooklyn Mummies Examined For Exhibition
Suite 101 (Stan Parchin) Thanks to Robert Espino for pointing out this article on Suite 101. From Summer 2008 through Fall 2011, New York's Brooklyn Museum will circulate to more than 10 American venues To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the...
- Reopened Ima Gallery
http://tinyurl.com/buzp7 The Indianapolis Museum of Art is re-opening on the 5th February 2006, following the completion of a $74 million expansion project: "With works ranging from ancient Egyptian sculpture to contemporary paintings, the African Gallery...
Egypt
Indianapolis Museum of Art Gets Grant for New Conservation Lab
Suite101 (Stan Parchin)
The Indianapolis Museum of Art announced on October 15, 2008 plans for the establishment of a state-of-the-art conservation science laboratory. Intended for the purpose of conducting in-depth art-historical research through technical means, Lilly Endowment Inc. awarded the museum a $2,613,450 grant for the facility.
Once constructed, the new laboratory will enable conservators, scientists and curators to conduct thorough investigations into the IMA's 54,000 objects, including African and Egyptian statuary, Asian ceramics, modern art glass, works on paper and those composed of more recent materials.
See the above page for more.
- Restoring Artefacts - What Does It Take?
PBS Newshour (Evan Conway) As the dust settles on Egypt's recent protests, one less-discussed outcome of the uprising is the damage done to some of the country's ancient artifacts. After would-be looters broke into the famous Egyptian museum in...
- News: Arce Wins Big Grant To Help Safeguard Egyptian Antiquity
San Antonio Business Journal (Tamarind Phinissee) Another old news item which I missed, this one dating to the end of August. The American Research Center in Egypt, based in San Antonio, has been awarded a $6.6 million grant from the U.S. Agency for International...
- Exhibition: Conservation In Focus
Suite 101 (Stan Parchin) Visitors to "Conservation in Focus" at London's British Museum are able to watch how experts prepare works of art before they are exhibited. Conservation in Focus (September 11-October 26, 2008) at the British Museum permits...
- More Re Brooklyn Mummies Examined For Exhibition
Suite 101 (Stan Parchin) Thanks to Robert Espino for pointing out this article on Suite 101. From Summer 2008 through Fall 2011, New York's Brooklyn Museum will circulate to more than 10 American venues To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the...
- Reopened Ima Gallery
http://tinyurl.com/buzp7 The Indianapolis Museum of Art is re-opening on the 5th February 2006, following the completion of a $74 million expansion project: "With works ranging from ancient Egyptian sculpture to contemporary paintings, the African Gallery...