Languages & Culture
Art and About: Egyptian Treasures of the British Museum (Gallery Tour)
Course details
Course code
Q00019138Course date
Start: 05/06/25
End: 05/06/25
Number of classes
1 sessionsTutor
John BillmanFee range
Free to £8.40
How you'll learn
Venue
Meeting Place:British Museum (London)Great Russell Street
London
WC1B 3DG
Level of study
Availability
You can enrol online for this course
Course overview
This course is an in-person gallery tour exploring the ancient Egyptian collection of the British Museum. In 2 hours we will tour both famous pieces and lesser known gems of the Egyptian collection.
We will meet on the front steps of the museum off Great Russell Street 10 minutes before the class start. Please allow time to pass through security. If you are late please proceed directly to Room 1 (Enlightenment Gallery) or if very late Room 4 (Ancient Egyptian Sculpture Gallery) both on the ground floor.
Course description
The British Museum is the most significant ancient Egyptian display in the UK. It includes a wide-ranging collection of pieces from the small to monumental from Predynastic artefacts to Graeco-Roman pieces which are almost 4000 years later.
In this tour we will start unusually with a visit to the Enlightenment Gallery, where Egyptian objects are displayed in a manner similar to the early days of the museum. After this we will move to the Egyptian Sculpture Gallery to view a range of pieces of multiple periods. If time allows we will briefly move upstairs to Rooms 64 and 65 (Early Egypt and Nubia).
You will have the opportunity to ask questions and discuss the pieces as we make our way round.
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