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Sydney, Macquarie University Museum

Current name(s) of destination(s): 
Sydney, Museum of Ancient Cultures, Macquarie University
Country: 
Australia [1]
Destination category: 
Institution
Institutional history: 

The Museum of Ancient Cultures, Macquarie University, was originally founded as the Ancient History Teaching Collection in 1974 and renamed the Museum of Ancient Cultures in 1994. The Museum houses a collection of over 7000 objects from the ancient world, including Egypt, Greece, Rome and the Near East, and the largest papyrus collection in the Southern Hemisphere.

Notes on distribution: 

In the 1970s, the Australian Museum placed a portion of its Egyptian collection, including objects obtained from British-led excavations, on permanent loan to both the University of Sydney and Macquarie University, Sydney.

Relevant publications: 

Richards, C., Vokes, R., Inall, Y., Lowry, V. and Oreskovich, J. 2021. Egypt in Australia. Report produced for the Australian Embassy in Egypt, Cairo. 

Destination location: 
Tags: 
Australia [2]
Sydney [3]
Australian Museum [4]
Museum of Ancient Cultures Macquarie University [5]
Nicholson Museum University of Sydney [6]
Source URL: https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/destinations/sydney-macquarie-university-museum

Links
[1] https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/destination-country/australia
[2] https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/tags/australia
[3] https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/tags/sydney
[4] https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/tags/australian-museum
[5] https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/tags/museum-ancient-cultures-macquarie-university
[6] https://egyptartefacts.griffith.ox.ac.uk/tags/nicholson-museum-university-sydney