The Center's founding collection developed at the Free Public Library.
A series of correspondence between a Mr. R.C Ballard Thurston and Mary Buckman, secretary of the Egypt Exploration Fund at the Science Center confirm the transaction for antiquities excavated from Abydos, Suwama, and Ballabysh
Links
[1] https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/destination-country/usa