List of museums of Egyptian antiquities
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The following is a list of museums with major collections of Egyptian antiquities:
Museum collections with specified number
edit5,000+
edit- Grand Egyptian Museum, Giza, Egypt: Over 100,000 artifacts[1] (due to being partly opened in 2018, currently housed in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo)
- British Museum, London, England: Over 100,000 artifacts[2] (not including the 2001 donation of the six million artifact Wendorf Collection of Egyptian and Sudanese Prehistory)[3][4]
- Ägyptisches Museum, Neues Museum, Berlin, Germany: About 80,000 artifacts[5]
- Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London, England: About 80,000 artifacts[6]
- Musée du Louvre, Paris, France: 77,404 artifacts[7][8]
- National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Cairo Egypt: 50,000 artifacts
- Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA: About 45,000 artifacts[9]
- Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA: Over 45,000 artifacts[10]
- University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA: Over 42,000 artifacts[11]
- Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, England: About 40,000 artifacts[12]
- Museo Egizio, Turin, Italy: 32,500 artifacts[13]
- Oriental Institute, Chicago, Illinois, USA: About 30,000 artifacts[14]
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York, USA: About 26,000 artifacts[15]
- Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden, The Netherlands: Over 25,250 artifacts[16]
- Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada: 25,000 artifacts[17]
- Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Berkeley, California, USA: Over 17,000 artifacts[18]
- Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England: Over 16,000 artifacts[19]
- World Museum, Liverpool, England: Over 16,000 artifacts[20]
- Manchester Museum, Manchester, England: About 16,000 artifacts[21]
- Egyptian Museum, Florence, Italy: Over 14,000 artifacts[22][23]
- Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria: Over 17,000 artifacts[24]
- Art & History Museum, Brussels, Belgium: Over 11,000 artifacts[25]
- Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia: More than 8,000 artifacts[26]
- Staatliche Sammlung für Ägyptische Kunst, Munich, Germany About 8,000 artifacts
- Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany: 8,000 artifacts[27]
- Ägyptisches Museum der Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany: About 8,000 artifacts[28]
- Michael C. Carlos Museum, Atlanta, Georgia, USA: 7,500 objects[29]
- Durham University Oriental Museum, Durham, England: Over 6,700 artifacts
- National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece: Over 6,000 artifacts[30]
- National Museum in Warsaw (MNW), Warsaw, Poland: 6,000 artifacts[31]
- National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland: 6,000 artifacts[32]
- The Hermitage, St Petersburg, Russia: Over 5,500 artifacts[33]
- Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, England: About 8, 000 artifacts[34]
Over 1,000
edit- Peabody Museum of Natural History, New Haven, Connecticut, USA: Over 5,000 artifacts[35]
- The Egypt Centre, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales: Over 5,000 artifacts[36]
- Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, Scotland: 5,000 artifacts[37]
- Musée des Confluences, Lyon, France: Over 4,900 artifacts[38]
- Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary: Over 4,000 artifacts[39]
- Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, San Jose, California, USA: Over 4,000 artifacts[40]
- Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA: Over 3,500 artifacts[41]
- Museo Civico Archeologico, Bologna, Italy: About 3,500 artifacts[42]
- Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, USA: More than 3,000 artifacts[43]
- National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland: About 3,000 artifacts[44]
- Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA: More than 2,500 artifacts[45]
- Naples National Archaeological Museum, Naples, Italy: 2,500 artifacts[46]
- Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland: 2,300 artifacts[47]
- Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark: More than 1,900 artifacts[48]
- National Museum of Natural History, Washington, District of Columbia, USA: More than 1,900 artifacts[49]
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, USA: More than 1,600 artifacts[50]
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, Lyon, France: 1,500 artifacts[51]
- Art Museum of the University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, USA: More than 1,400 artifacts[52]
- Museu Egipci de Barcelona , Barcelona, Spain: 1,100 artifacts
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA: More than 1000 artifacts[53]
- Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, District of Columbia, USA: More than 1,000 artifacts[54]
- Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: Over 1,000 artifacts[55]
- Prewitt–Allen Archaeological Museum, Salem, Oregon, USA; over 900 artifacts
Over 100
edit- Maidstone Museum, Kent, England: over 600 artifacts[56]
- Leicester Museum & Art Gallery, Leicester, England: Over 400 artifacts
- Odesa Archaeological Museum, Odesa, Ukraine: Over 400 artifacts[57]
- Weston Park Museum, Sheffield, England: over 300 artifacts[58]
- North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina; 38 artifacts
Other significant collections with unspecified number of artifacts
edit- Sudan National Museum, Khartoum, Sudan (3 relocated temples due to the flooding of Lake Nasser[59] + other artifacts from the area of the third cataract)
- Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology, Caboolture, Queensland, Australia[60]
- Alexandria National Museum, Alexandria, Egypt
- Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands[61]
- American Museum of Natural History, New York City, New York, USA
- Anniston Museum of Natural History, Anniston, Alabama, USA[62]
- Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig, Basel, Switzerland
- Australian National University Classics Museum, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia[63]
- Bass Museum, Miami Beach, Florida, USA[64]
- Bible Lands Museum, Jerusalem
- The Box, Plymouth, Devon, England[65]
- Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Brighton, England[66]
- Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand[67]
- Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia[68]
- The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA[69]
- Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, USA[70]
- Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Denver, Colorado, USA
- Egyptian Museum, Milan, Italy
- Egyptian Museum of Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada[71]
- Fleming Museum of Art, Burlington, Vermont, USA[72]
- Garstang Museum of Archaeology, University of Liverpool, England[73]
- Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, Portugal
- Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, Texas, USA[74]
- Indian Museum, Kolkata, Kolkata, India
- Israel Museum, Jerusalem
- Imhotep Museum, Saqqara, Egypt
- Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa[75]
- Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum, Baltimore, Maryland
- Museum August Kestner, Hanover, Germany
- Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, Illinois, USA
- Leeds City Museum, Leeds, England[76]
- Luxor Museum, Luxor, Egypt
- McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA[77]
- Medusa Ancient Art, Montreal, Quebec, Canada[78]
- Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA[79]
- Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland
- Musée royal de Mariemont, Morlanwelz, Belgium
- Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- National Archaeology Museum, Lisbon, Portugal
- Museo Gregoriano Egiziano, Vatican City
- Museum of Ancient Orient, Istanbul, Turkey
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia[80]
- Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, USA[81]
- The Newark Museum of Art, Newark, New Jersey, USA[82]
- Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Redpath Museum, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada[83]
- Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence. Rhode Island, USA
- Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art, California State University, San Bernardino, California, USA
- San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas, USA[84]
- Museum of Us, San Diego, California, USA[85]
- Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA[86]
- Sir John Soane's Museum, London, England[87]
- South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia[88]
- Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, USA'[89]
- Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
- Western Australian Museum, Perth, Western Australia, Australia[90]
Other or minor collections
edit- Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, New York, USA[91]
- Grand Rapids Public Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA[92]
- Kalamazoo Valley Museum, Kalamazoo, Michigan[93][94]
- Louisiana Art and Science Museum, Baton Rouge, Louisiana[95]
- Museum of Antiquities (University of Saskatchewan), Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada[96]
- Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
- Otago Museum, Dunedin, New Zealand[97]
- Reading Public Museum, West Reading, Pennsylvania, USA[98]
- Wayne County Historical Museum, Richmond, Indiana, USA[99]
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