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An Egyptian mummified person in a glass cabinet An Egyptian mummified person in a glass cabinet

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Ancient Egypt

Continuing Display

Weston Park Museum

From pharaohs and pyramids to mummies and myths, explore the wonders of Ancient Egypt in our gallery at Weston Park Museum.

 

Learn all about life (and the afterlife) of one of history’s most fascinating civilisations through over 300 objects. See two ornate coffins, containing the mummies of Nesitanebetasheru and Djedma'atiuesank, a limestone ‘listening ear’, which would have been used by its owner to talk to the gods, an ornately-crafted copper and ivory dagger dating from 1950-1550 BC and a book of delicate embroidered and woven textile fragments, and more.

The displays also look at how these objects came to be in the city and the approach to collecting material from other countries and cultures at the time.

As always, there is plenty for our littlest visitors to discover, including a ‘build a pyramid’ interactive, fun dressing up, and a story corner.

The Ancient Egypt gallery has been made possible thanks to generous support from the DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund, the Earl Fitzwilliam Trust, the Foyle Foundation, the JG Graves Charitable Trust, Charles Hayward Foundation, Sheffield Town Trust, the Sheffield Museum Friends and visitors to the museum.

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Opening Times

Tue–Sat 10am–4pm | Sun 11am–4pm

***The Sheffield Stories: Caribbean Footsteps & Picturing Sheffield galleries will be closed on Thu 5 & Fri 6 Dec for events***

Weston Park Museum

Western Bank

Sheffield

S10 2TP

Ancient Egypt gallery

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