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Adventures in Egypt - Mrs Goodison and Other Travellers
23 September 2017 -10 March 2018 10-4 Mon-Sat; during School holidays 11-4 Sun The Atkinson Lord Street Southport An exhibition highlighting the life of Victorian collector Amelia Goodison and her engagement with ancient Egypt through artefacts, letters and sketches. The exhibition is free, further details here. Petrie Film Club presents: Letters from Baghdad
Film screening Petrie Museum 20th Sep 2017 19:00-21:30 Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology 0207 679 4138 events.petrie@ucl.ac.uk Amara Thornton introduces the documentary Letters from Baghdad, starring Tilda Swinton as the voice of Gertrude Bell as part of the Different Perspectives: Archaeology and the Middle East in World War One. The event is free and booking information can be found here Alma-Tadema: At Home in Antiquity
Daily (except Tuesdays) 10-5, 7 July-29 Oct 2017 evening openings 20 Jul, 17 Aug, 21 Sep, 12 and 26 Oct and during Leighton Lates. Leighton House Museum 12 Holland Park Road London Victorian artist Lawrence Alma-Tadema produced many works that illustrated life in the Classical world. The exhibition will take visitors through Alma-Tadema's life and work, and the influence that his art continues to have on our perception of the classical world today. Also features the art of Alma-Tadema's wife Laura Alma-Tadema and daugher Anna Alma-Tadema. Entrance ticket to Leighton House gives entry to exhibition. Further details here. Egypt Uncovered:
Belzoni and the tomb of Pharaoh Seti I 11 October 2017-14 April 2018 Tues-Sat 10am - 5 pm Sir John Soane Museum Lincoln's Inn Fields London Following the adventures of early 19th century Italian-born excavator (and former strong-man) Giovanni Battista Belzoni and the history and reception of the objects he brought back to Britain from Egypt. Admission free. Exhibition webpage here. |
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