Jenny Lewis on wed 28 jan 04
Speaking of Egypt...
A few days ago I went to one of the (few) museums in London I had never
visited before - the Petrie Museum of Egyptology. This is my new recommendation to
potters visiting London.
The museum is fascinating, two long narrow rooms absolutely crammed with
stuff, the first room entirely pottery. They are part of the University of London
and an important research centre for students, so the opening hours to the
public are afternoons only Tuesday to Friday, Saturday mornings, and that's all.
It's hidden away in a little side street off another side street off Malet
Street, not far from the British Museum. If you manage to find it, and get
there when it's open, you will be richly rewarded by seeing this fabulous
collection for free! Wear comfortable shoes and plan to spend some time if you want
to see absolutely everything.
If you are not visiting London then try the website on which you can seen
every pot in the collection, several hundred of them:
http://www.petrie.ucl.ac.uk/
If you click "Search the collection", when the little boxes appear type in
"pot" for type of object, enter, and make sure you have plenty of time and are
sitting comfortably if you intend to see them all as there are hundreds (2,000
and something, I think).
Isn't pottery wonderful. Always something else new to discover - new this
time being quite old but you know what I mean. I thought I knew about ancient
Egyptian pottery, seen it before, very nice, but oh my goodness, this was yet
another of those gobsmacking moments that I so enjoy!
You enjoy too,
Jenny
Rikki Gill on wed 28 jan 04
Hi Jenny
I would like to mention that the Petrie museum is listed on a great map-
Artwise London - that I bought here in the states before I went to London
last summer. It can be purchased from www.streetwisemaps.com . Just about
every place is listed, from the Percival David, to the Sir John Soane's
Museum. Wonderful places you would not think to go to, if you were not
familiar with London. Plus the other, big name museums. And it is a good
street map as well
Best, from Rikki Gill in Berkeley
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jenny Lewis"
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Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 7:49 AM
Subject: Egyptology in London
> Speaking of Egypt...
>
> A few days ago I went to one of the (few) museums in London I had never
> visited before - the Petrie Museum of Egyptology. This is my new
recommendation to
> potters visiting London.
>
> The museum is fascinating, two long narrow rooms absolutely crammed with
> stuff, the first room entirely pottery. They are part of the University
of London
> and an important research centre for students, so the opening hours to the
> public are afternoons only Tuesday to Friday, Saturday mornings, and
that's all.
> It's hidden away in a little side street off another side street off
Malet
> Street, not far from the British Museum. If you manage to find it, and
get
> there when it's open, you will be richly rewarded by seeing this fabulous
> collection for free! Wear comfortable shoes and plan to spend some time
if you want
> to see absolutely everything.
>
> If you are not visiting London then try the website on which you can seen
> every pot in the collection, several hundred of them:
>
> http://www.petrie.ucl.ac.uk/
>
> If you click "Search the collection", when the little boxes appear type in
> "pot" for type of object, enter, and make sure you have plenty of time and
are
> sitting comfortably if you intend to see them all as there are hundreds
(2,000
> and something, I think).
>
> Isn't pottery wonderful. Always something else new to discover - new this
> time being quite old but you know what I mean. I thought I knew about
ancient
> Egyptian pottery, seen it before, very nice, but oh my goodness, this was
yet
> another of those gobsmacking moments that I so enjoy!
>
> You enjoy too,
>
> Jenny
>
>
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