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Discovering the Ancient Maya
12 January 2017, 7.30 - 9.00 pm Bristol Museum and Art Gallery Professor Norman Hammond (Cambridge) will be discussing the history of archaeology in Mexico. The event has been organised to complement the Adela Breton exhibition at the Museum. Tickets are free, advanced booking required. Further details available HERE. Adela Breton: Ancient Mexico in Colour
Tues-Sun 10am -5 pm until 14 May 2017 Bristol Museum & Art Gallery Queen's Road, Bristol BS8 1RL British artist Adela Breton travelled to Mexico to record Mayan antiquities in the early 20th century. Toward the end of her life she donated her work to the Bristol Museum, where a selection are now on display. Admission to the exhibition is free. Further details can be found HERE. A brief biography of Breton can be read HERE. Daily 10 am - 4 pm until Spring 2017
National Civil War Centre, Newark, Nottinghamshire An exhibition on T. E. Lawrence and the Arab Revolt, featuring artefacts from the Great Arab Revolt project's seasons excavating in Jordan. Further details HERE. Thursday - Sunday, 11 am - 4 pm, until 8 January 2017
Bushey Museum & Art Gallery Council Chamber, Bushey, London The artist Myrtle Broome studied Egyptology at University College London just before the First World War, and subsequently worked as an artist for Egypt Exploration Society at Abydos, Egypt. The Bushey Museum is currently holding an exhibition of works by Broome and another artist, Hilda Gordon. Both women travelled extensively abroad, and their paintings reflect their experiences overseas. Musketeers, Curvy ladies, and Victorian crowd-funders: Beyond Beauty exhibition and the complexities of the past and present of ancient Egypt
UCL Institute of Archaeology, Room 410 16 November 2016, 5.15-6.15 pm In the first seminar of the year join Heba Abd el-Gawad as she reflects on her experiences co-curating the popular "Beyond Beauty" exhibition at Two Temple Place in London, and the importance of the history of archaeology to local collecting histories and local museums in Britain. A full abstract can be found on the Network webpage HERE. |
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