Egypt
Gadling (Sean McLachlan)
- Ashmolean Egyptian Galleries Re-open, Refurbished
ArtInfo Oxford University's Ashmolean Museum has just opened a new chapter in the distant past, unveiling its new galleries dedicated to Ancient Egypt and Nubia. This £5 million ($7.7 million) refurbishment has allowed the re-housing of 40,000 artifacts...
- Plans To Refurbish Egyptian Galleries At The Ashmolean
Oxford Mail (Reg Little) A £5M redevelopment is being planned at Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum to showcase the museum’s world famous collections from ancient Egypt. Only eight months after the new Ashmolean was opened by the Queen following a £61m...
- Museums
Neues Museum re-openening http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/berlin-neues-museum-reopens/story?id=8859496 For the first time since WWII all of the galleries of Berlin's Neues Museum are open to the public, as of 16th October. It has been closed since 1939...
- Ashmolean Museum Egyptian Galleries
http://www.ashmolean.org/plan/galleryclosures/ I am planning a visit to Oxford (U.K.) to see the Egyptian galleries at the Ashmo, so I gave them a quick call to make sure that the galleries are actually open during the £61-million redevelopment. The...
- Ashmolean Museum (oxford Uk) Gallery Closures
Ashmolean Museum It has been announced that the Ashmolean Museum's Egyptian galleries will be closed on a temporary basis owing to current construction work in the museum's redevelopment project. Some galleries will be closed until 5th October...
Egypt
Oxford's Ashmolean museum improving its Egyptian galleries
Gadling (Sean McLachlan)
The famous Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology in Oxford, England, reopened in 2009 after a £61 million ($101 million) makeover. The redesigned space is more open and airy, with more natural light and windows between exhibitions. Floorspace was doubled in size and the exhibits were made more informative and user friendly. A museum worker explained to me that part of the plan was to make it so you can always see your way out. This is to combat museum fatigue. Personally I'm a museum junkie and I don't get museum fatigue, but it sounds like a good idea.
Despite three years of work and the high price tag, the Ashmolean's famous Egyptian galleries got left behind. There was no money to redo them at the time but after collecting another £5 million ($8.3), the galleries are now shut and going through a major overhaul. The four old Egyptian galleries were crowded and poorly lit, and will now be redesigned along the lines of the rest of the museum. They'll also expand into a fifth gallery to give the collection more room.
- Ashmolean Egyptian Galleries Re-open, Refurbished
ArtInfo Oxford University's Ashmolean Museum has just opened a new chapter in the distant past, unveiling its new galleries dedicated to Ancient Egypt and Nubia. This £5 million ($7.7 million) refurbishment has allowed the re-housing of 40,000 artifacts...
- Plans To Refurbish Egyptian Galleries At The Ashmolean
Oxford Mail (Reg Little) A £5M redevelopment is being planned at Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum to showcase the museum’s world famous collections from ancient Egypt. Only eight months after the new Ashmolean was opened by the Queen following a £61m...
- Museums
Neues Museum re-openening http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/berlin-neues-museum-reopens/story?id=8859496 For the first time since WWII all of the galleries of Berlin's Neues Museum are open to the public, as of 16th October. It has been closed since 1939...
- Ashmolean Museum Egyptian Galleries
http://www.ashmolean.org/plan/galleryclosures/ I am planning a visit to Oxford (U.K.) to see the Egyptian galleries at the Ashmo, so I gave them a quick call to make sure that the galleries are actually open during the £61-million redevelopment. The...
- Ashmolean Museum (oxford Uk) Gallery Closures
Ashmolean Museum It has been announced that the Ashmolean Museum's Egyptian galleries will be closed on a temporary basis owing to current construction work in the museum's redevelopment project. Some galleries will be closed until 5th October...