New York, NY, Brooklyn Museum

Current name(s) of destination(s): 
New York, NY, Brooklyn Museum of Fine Art
Country: 
USA
Destination category: 
Institution
Institutional history: 

In 1837 the New York Historical Society loaned to the museum the Abbott collection, which when it was purchased in 1860 became the first important collection of Egyptian antiquities owned by a public institution in the United States. In 1948, the Abbott collection was purchased by the museum. 

Notes on distribution: 

66 objects from the Egypt Exploration Fund were transferred to Denver Museum of Nature and Science in the 1950s.

Related archive documents

Relevant publications: 

Bagnall, Roger S. 2000. The Columbia Papyrus Collection (New York). In Clarysse, Willy and Herbert Verreth (eds),Papyrus Collections World Wide: 9-10 March 2000 (Brussels - Leuven), 61-62. Wetteren: Vlaams Kennis- en Cultuurforum.

Bleiberg, Edward and Kathlyn M. Cooney 2008. To live forever: Egyptian treasures from the Brooklyn Museum. Brooklyn, NY; London: Brooklyn Museum; Giles.

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Excavations from which artefacts are distributed: 
Tags: 
Denver