Ancient egypt museums,Anyone know of any?

[_Dragon_]

Hi

Ive got some familly coming over soon,their kids are mad about Ancient egypt totally mad about Tutankhamun,So is there any good museums to go and see,Thats not farfar away from plymouth?

Ive been told about the one in bristol but ive been told its not that good for the kids

[smallclanger]

Don't know of anything down that way.

Highclere Castle near Newbury has an Egyptian exhibition, it's Lord Carnavons pad so contains lots of stuff Howard Carter found at King Tuts tomb.

Otherwise all I know of is the British Museum in London.

[mjn]

There is an extremely good one in Durham, Welcome to the Oriental Museum - Durham University, which has everything you're looking for.

[_Dragon_]

Originally Posted by smallclanger

Don't know of anything down that way.

Highclere Castle near Newbury has an Egyptian exhibition, it's Lord Carnavons pad so contains lots of stuff Howard Carter found at King Tuts tomb.

Otherwise all I know of is the British Museum in London.

Originally Posted by mjn

There is an extremely good one in Durham, Welcome to the Oriental Museum - Durham University, which has everything you're looking for.

Thanks both look good,But its just a bit to far im not sure if the kids would want to travel so long.

I think most places are to far away,But a big thanks

[Duncan G]

Plymouth museum has a ancient egypt section;

Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery - Ancient Egypt

[_Dragon_]

Thanks

But IMO that one is utter rubbish,Hardly anything in it,I was looking for a place that was just about Ancient egypt,I think i have found i place it sounds quite good, [FONT=Arial]THE TUTANKHAMUN EXHIBITION,.: The Tutankhamun Exhibition - Internationally acclaimed exposition of Tutankhamun's tomb :.[/FONT]

[Bill Hicks]

There's a really great museum dedicated to ancient Egypt in Cairo!







Sorry.

[Yandros]

Day trip to London and the British Museum. There is no substitute (except Cairo!)

[Bill Hicks]

Originally Posted by Yandros

Day trip to London and the British Museum. There is no substitute (except Cairo!)

Yeah and it's free (Just don't buy any ice cream from the vans parked outside!)

[_Dragon_]

Originally Posted by Yandros

Day trip to London and the British Museum. There is no substitute (except Cairo!)

Originally Posted by Bill Hicks

Yeah and it's free (Just don't buy any ice cream from the vans parked outside!)

Well i think london could be a good day out,I think it could be a long trip for them,But ill see how they will feel about it,Nearly a 4hour drive

I would love to go to Cairo

[smallclanger]

Originally Posted by _Dragon_

Well i think london could be a good day out,I think it could be a long trip for them,But ill see how they will feel about it,Nearly a 4hour drive

I would love to go to Cairo

Can't beat being face to face with the gold mask, and the amount of items on display from his tomb is amazing, even more so when you consider that 10,000 items were put together in the short space of time they have when a Pharaoh dies to go in his tomb.

[Bill Hicks]

Originally Posted by _Dragon_

Well i think london could be a good day out,I think it could be a long trip for them,But ill see how they will feel about it,Nearly a 4hour drive

I would love to go to Cairo

I would have got the train straight into central London, rather than drive in and have to find cheap parking!

[_Dragon_]

Now thats a good idea,Ill have to see how much it will cost for the train

[markpaq]

Originally Posted by Bill Hicks

I would have got the train straight into central London, rather than drive in and have to find cheap parking!

Can those words exist in the same sentence?

[binbag]

I found the British Musuem to be very 'dry' for my kids (as opposed to the Science or Natural History ) so if they are younger than 10 you might be better off waiting.

Maidstone Museum has a mummy and small Egyptian section in a musuem that is a bit like a junior compendium of the specialist ones.