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FRIENDS
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Since its inception
the Friends have supported many projects within the Museum which
have been of benefit not just to the collection itself but to its
value as a study resource for scholars:
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Conserving
the Dynasty XXI painted coffin base, object number UC8899A, which is now exhibited with its lid in the
Petrie Museum. This was the first object conserved
after the formation of the Friends.
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Making 35mm
copies of the thousands of large format glass slides which are a
priceless and irreplaceable record of archaeological sites and material.
Producing a
CD ROM of Petrie's manuscript journals, notebooks and distribution
lists which were previously only available to scholars on expensive
microfiche.
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Conserving
a bead net dress, UC17743, one of only two known in the world, which forms
one of the centrepieces of the Museum's collection, and which has
proved to be a popular exhibit. |
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One
of the Friends' major long-term projects has been the conservation
of the outstanding collection of Graeco-Roman wax encaustic mummy
portraits held by the Museum. This project is now complete and many
of the portraits were loaned for use in the British Museum's Ancient
Faces exhibition which then went on to be exhibited in Rome, Heraklion,
Athens, Thessaloniki, Paris, and Frankfurt, see Friends Newsletter
1 & 3. |
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The
Friends support was instrumental in the construction of a new Papyrus
Gallery in the Petrie Museum named in honour of our President, Harry
S. Smith, which he opened on June 11 1998. Since then the Friends
have paid for a display case for one of the museum's finest coffins.
They have also funded an internship to train a papyrus conservator
to work on the Petrie Museum's extensive papyrus collection.
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Other priorities
for the Friends have been:
preparation
of a fully illustrated colour catalogue of the mummy portraits
conservation
of demotic and funerary papyri and scenes on linen for future
display in the new H.S. Smith Papyrus Gallery
specialised
conservation of the large collection of cartonnage masks and foot
pieces held in the Museum
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In 2007 the Friends
have made substantial contributions towards conservation projects in preparation
for relocating the museum to a new building, including remounting parts of the stored collection,
rehousing the photographic archive and a specialist condition survey of the stone inscriptions.
Additional donations to our conservation appeals are always welcome.
The best way to support the Museum is to become
a Friend. |
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Since
the inception of the Friends in 1988, its achievements have been magnificent
and have truly shown what a group of dedicated supporters can
do to help a small museum with a very large collection. |
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