Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology
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@ucl.ac.uk’s Petrie Museum is a time capsule of ancient Egypt where its 80,000 objects tell the story of 7,000 years along the Nile.
Find out more: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/petrie-museum-egyptian-and-sudanese-archaeology
Find out more: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/petrie-museum-egyptian-and-sudanese-archaeology
Resident artist Yasmin Elnour talks about the parallels of simple objects in the Museum with everyday living in ancient Sudanese history. Find out more and see our display, ‘The Land Carries’. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/events/2025/nov/land-carries
December 4, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Resident artist Yasmin Elnour talks about the parallels of simple objects in the Museum with everyday living in ancient Sudanese history. Find out more and see our display, ‘The Land Carries’. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/events/2025/nov/land-carries
Meet Dina Nur Satti, Ahmed Akasha and Yasmin Elnour, the artists behind our latest group show, The Land Carries. Tune in to this BBC World Service episode from 07:15, also featuring Head of Petrie Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology Collections Catriona Wilson. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
November 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Meet Dina Nur Satti, Ahmed Akasha and Yasmin Elnour, the artists behind our latest group show, The Land Carries. Tune in to this BBC World Service episode from 07:15, also featuring Head of Petrie Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology Collections Catriona Wilson. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
What are the stories and traditions that stretch across generations and time? The Land Carries brings together new work from three international artists responding to the Sudanese material. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/events/2025/nov/land-carries
November 7, 2025 at 9:21 AM
What are the stories and traditions that stretch across generations and time? The Land Carries brings together new work from three international artists responding to the Sudanese material. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/events/2025/nov/land-carries
Through the deliberate act of damage, objects became powerful tools that ancient Egyptians used to protect, to heal, and communicate with the divine. Find out more and see our display. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/events/2025/jul/broken-burnt-buried-ritual-lives-objects-ancient-egypt
September 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Through the deliberate act of damage, objects became powerful tools that ancient Egyptians used to protect, to heal, and communicate with the divine. Find out more and see our display. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/events/2025/jul/broken-burnt-buried-ritual-lives-objects-ancient-egypt
Explore our Egyptology collection after hours! Join us on a 350,000-year journey through the story of Ancient Egypt at our upcoming museum lates on 13 and 19 September as part of #HeritageOpenDays. https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-event/egyptology-after-hours.html
September 4, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Explore our Egyptology collection after hours! Join us on a 350,000-year journey through the story of Ancient Egypt at our upcoming museum lates on 13 and 19 September as part of #HeritageOpenDays. https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-event/egyptology-after-hours.html
The scheduled maintenance work today has finished successfully and earlier than anticipated. We are happy to announce that we will now be opening from 1pm onwards as usual.
August 12, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The scheduled maintenance work today has finished successfully and earlier than anticipated. We are happy to announce that we will now be opening from 1pm onwards as usual.
We will be closed on Tuesday 12 August and reopen as normal at 1pm on Wednesday 13 August. We apologise for any inconvenience. www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...
August 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We will be closed on Tuesday 12 August and reopen as normal at 1pm on Wednesday 13 August. We apologise for any inconvenience. www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...
Due to essential building works we will be closed on Saturday 19 July and will reopen as normal on Tuesday 22 July at 1pm. We apologise for any inconvenience. www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...
June 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Due to essential building works we will be closed on Saturday 19 July and will reopen as normal on Tuesday 22 July at 1pm. We apologise for any inconvenience. www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...
Due to staff training we will be closed on the following dates:
- Friday 6 June and will reopen as normal on Saturday 7 June at 1pm
- Tuesday 24 June and will reopen as normal Wednesday 25 June at 1pm
We apologise for any inconvenience.
- Friday 6 June and will reopen as normal on Saturday 7 June at 1pm
- Tuesday 24 June and will reopen as normal Wednesday 25 June at 1pm
We apologise for any inconvenience.
May 27, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Due to staff training we will be closed on the following dates:
- Friday 6 June and will reopen as normal on Saturday 7 June at 1pm
- Tuesday 24 June and will reopen as normal Wednesday 25 June at 1pm
We apologise for any inconvenience.
- Friday 6 June and will reopen as normal on Saturday 7 June at 1pm
- Tuesday 24 June and will reopen as normal Wednesday 25 June at 1pm
We apologise for any inconvenience.
Hello to everyone on @bsky.app! We are home to one of the world's largest and most important collections of Egyptian and Sudanese archaeology, telling the stories of people who lived in the Nile Valley in the past. www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...
March 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Hello to everyone on @bsky.app! We are home to one of the world's largest and most important collections of Egyptian and Sudanese archaeology, telling the stories of people who lived in the Nile Valley in the past. www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...