Visited March 1st 2020
Perth Museum & Art Gallery
Address : 78 George St, Perth PH1 5LB
FREE Admission
Telephone: 01738 632488
Opening Times
Mondays & Sundays Closed
Tuesda
y: Saturday 10:00 – 17:00
https://www.culturepk.org.uk/museums-and-galleries/perth-museum-and-art-gallery/
Discovering Ancient Egypt
Bringing together fascinating objects and hidden stories from the collections of National Museums Scotland and Perth Museum and Art Gallery, this exhibition uncovers how ancient Egypt captivated Scotland over the past 200 years, as it still does today.
The exhibition will feature finds from one of the earliest temple sites in Egypt, including a 5000-year-old bowl decorated with early hieroglyphs.
Conservation in Action: Saving the Perth Mummy
Perth Museum & Art Gallery are looking to save the Perth Mummy for future generations. This special exhibition showcases how museums look after the fragile objects in their care and will include the live conservation of objects from the collection.
Visitors to the exhibition will be able to watch conservators in action as they perform the delicate task of treating museum objects inside the gallery’s purpose-built conservation studio.
The experts believed that she was called ‘Ta-kr-hb’ – pronounced Takherheb – and that she was buried in her ornate sarcophagus in the provincial town of Akhmim on the Eastern bank of the Nile, now the largest town in Upper Egypt.
The form and decoration of the coffin and the legible hieroglyphs indicate that it was made for a female of the 25th – 26th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt. This gives a date of approximately 760BC – 525BC. The style suggests that the coffin was probably made in the provincial town of Akhmim. This is on the east bank of the Nile
There will be human remains on display as part of this exhibition, which may not be suitable for all visitors.
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