Egypt
- Egyptian Galleries At Ashmolean To Close For Refurbishment
This Is Oxfordshire A £5m redevelopment at Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum to showcase the museum’s world famous collections from ancient Egypt has been given planning permission by Oxford City Council. Work will begin immediately to transform the Egyptian...
- 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...
- Temporary Closure Of The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford Uk
The Ashmolean The Ashmolean Museum and Café will temporarily close to the public after 23 December 2008 to prepare for the opening of the new museum building in November 2009. The Shop will remain open for business as usual. To build on its strengths...
- 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
The Ashmolean rebuild
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"Behind its elegant façade, the state of Oxford's Ashmolean has long been an embarrassment - but a £49m rebuild is about to change that, says Giles Worsley. The Ashmolean in Oxford is one of the great museum buildings of the world and arguably the most sophisticated classical building ever erected in this country. But as a modern museum it fails lamentably". See this article on The Telegraph website for more. The article provides a real insight into the problems being experienced by this important museum and art gallery, and how they are being addressed.
"Behind its elegant façade, the state of Oxford's Ashmolean has long been an embarrassment - but a £49m rebuild is about to change that, says Giles Worsley. The Ashmolean in Oxford is one of the great museum buildings of the world and arguably the most sophisticated classical building ever erected in this country. But as a modern museum it fails lamentably". See this article on The Telegraph website for more. The article provides a real insight into the problems being experienced by this important museum and art gallery, and how they are being addressed.
The Ashmo has a relatively small but very fine Egyptology collection spread throughout four galleries. Particularly notable are the Predynastic and Amarna exhibits, as well as the wonderful Taharqa temple. Further details of their plans can be found at the Ashmolean's website:
http://www.ashmol.ox.ac.uk/ash/development/
- Egyptian Galleries At Ashmolean To Close For Refurbishment
This Is Oxfordshire A £5m redevelopment at Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum to showcase the museum’s world famous collections from ancient Egypt has been given planning permission by Oxford City Council. Work will begin immediately to transform the Egyptian...
- 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...
- Temporary Closure Of The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford Uk
The Ashmolean The Ashmolean Museum and Café will temporarily close to the public after 23 December 2008 to prepare for the opening of the new museum building in November 2009. The Shop will remain open for business as usual. To build on its strengths...
- 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...