Bonn

Current name(s) of destination(s): 
Bonn, Ägyptischen Museum der Universität Bonn
May refer to: 
It may also be a reference to Alfred Wiedemann who was Professor of Egyptology at the University of Bonn between 1892 and 1924. Some of his collection is certainly from Petrie, with examples later purchased in the 1930s by Hannover's Museum August Kestner
Country: 
Germany
Destination category: 
Institution
Institutional history: 

Part of the University of Bonn, The Egyptian Museum was established in 2001. The collection dates back to 1820, but was largely destroyed during the Second World War. The rebuilding of the collection was led by Professor Elmar Edel (director 1955-1982) through excavations at the Qubbet el-Hawa, as well as donations and loans. The museum now houses approximately 3,000 objects.

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A selection of the objects in the collection can be found here: https://www.aegyptisches-museum.uni-bonn.de/ueber-das-museum/vitrinen

Fitzenreiter, Martin 2014. I. Ägyptisches Museum der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. In Fitzenreiter, Martin, Christian E. Loeben, Dietrich Raue, and Uta Wallenstein (eds), Gegossene Götter: Metallhandwerk und Massenproduktion im alten Ägypten, 217-279. Rahden/Westf: VML, Verlag Marie Leidorf.

Müller, Matthias 2015. Ein koptisches Ostrakon der Universitätssammlung in Bonn. Chronique d'Égypte 90 (179), 191-194.

Palladino, Chiara 2015. Die ersten Schritte tun: eine kleine Terrakotta im Ägyptischen Museum der Universität Bonn. 50, 37-42

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