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MuseumsSite Name: Bolton Museum
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.803 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Lancashire Type: Museum
Nearest Town: Bolton
Map Ref: SD715090  Landranger Map Number: 109
Latitude: 53.576816N  Longitude: 2.431893W
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Bolton Museum submitted by dodomad : The newly re-opened Bolton Museum Egyptology gallery, with curator Ian Trumble who led the re-design of the gallery. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Bolton Museum has re-opened after an 18 month refit. Explore the new galleries including Bolton’s Egypt which draws on the town’s longstanding association with Egyptology. Bolton’s Egypt features a walk-through replica of the tomb of the ancient pharaoh Thutmose III. The exhibition features over 2,000 artefacts from Bolton’s significant collection.

The new gallery is joined by Bolton’s Art, a showcase of the finest works in the museum’s collection and Bolton’s Nature, an exploration of natural history.

Address: Le Mans Crescent, BL1 1SE
Open pretty much every day.
Admission: Free
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Bolton Museum submitted by Flickr : Talk in March 2018 by Dr Joyce Tyldesley Egyptologist, Manchester University at Bolton Museum. All about the image of Nefertiti over the centuries and the meaning behind that imagery. Bolton Museum has a valuable early replica. Image copyright: Pitheadgear, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Bolton Museum submitted by Flickr : A mummified hawk Taken at Bolton Museum Image copyright: Nicky_too, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Bolton Museum submitted by Flickr : Cat mummy bundle and unwrapped cat mummy Cat Mummy Bundle and Unwrapped cat Mummy Linen, paint, resin, animal tissue around 2,500 years old (Late Period. 500 BC) Ancient Egyptians were the first people to keep pet cats. They valued cats so much that they mummified many of them and offered them to the goddess Bastet. Not all cat mummy bundles contain cats. Some only contain reeds or stuffi... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Bolton Museum submitted by Flickr : Bolton Museum Coffins and mummy cases Primitively fashioned coffins of wood, clay or pottery, occur in predynastic times, but it was not until the Early Dynastic Period that they came into general use. During the Old Kingdom coffins were made in the form of rectangular chests of large wooden planks, or in the case of royal burials hewn from stone, and regularly adorned with the two Eyes of Ho... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Bolton Museum submitted by Flickr : Limestone head of Osiris Limestone head of Osiris, god of the dead, from a statuette Osiris wears his characteristic headdress, the tall White Crown of Egypt flanked by plumes. New Kingdom Abydos, Osiris Temple enclosure Taken at the Bolton Museum Image copyright: Nicky_too, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Bolton Museum submitted by Flickr : Bolton Museum The Egyptology department. Image copyright: kevanbutcher1 (Kevan Butcher), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Bolton Museum submitted by Flickr : Bolton Museum The Egyptology department, Image copyright: kevanbutcher1 (Kevan Butcher), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.

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Bolton Museum unveils new Egyptian galleries with recreated tomb of Thutmose III by Andy B on Sunday, 04 November 2018
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Bolton’s Egypt is a free to enter series of new galleries which celebrate the unique connection between Bolton and Ancient Egypt and highlight the town’s world-class collection of Egyptian artefacts

The transformation of the galleries into into Bolton’s Egypt began in 2016, when the museum was temporarily closed, and the remodelling of the galleries began. Now five specially-designed rooms, which are part of a £3.8m redevelopment of the town’s museum (which also includes a new gallery space, nature displays and a local history section) contain more than 2,000 different objects drawn from Bolton’s extensive archive of over 12,000 items. The project has been funded by one-off capital funding from the council, income from the museum’s touring exhibitions and a contribution from sponsor Eddie Davies.

At the heart of Bolton’s Egypt, the museum says is a breathtaking, full-scale recreation of the tomb of Thutmose III – the first of its kind outside Egypt. Also on display are highly-decorated funeral masks, intricately-carved stone columns, brightly coloured fragments of ceramics, ornate statues and illustrated reliefs. In addition, there are displays of jewellery, clothing, jars, ornaments, figurines, tools, coffins and weapons.

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Bolton Museum reopens after £3.8m revamp by Andy B on Sunday, 04 November 2018
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A series of new galleries which celebrate the connection between Bolton and Ancient Egypt and highlight the town’s world-class collection of Egyptian artefacts, is now open to visitors, as part of a wider £3.8m refurbishment of the Bolton Museum.

The five specially-designed Egyptian rooms were opened this weekend, alongside new spaces including a gallery, nature displays and a local history section. Bolton’s Egypt contains over 2,000 different objects drawn from the town’s archive of over 12,000 items. Much of the council’s collection is the result of Victorian collectors, and the direct legacy of three prominent Bolton families.

At the centre is a full-scale recreation of the tomb of Thutmose III, discovered in the Valley of the Kings in 1898, which will exhibit Bolton’s mummy acquired in the 1930s and believed to be of Royal descent.

More, with photos:
https://www.wmdyer.co.uk/bolton-museum-reopens-after-3-8m-revamp/
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Is this the proof that life began in Africa? by coldrum on Sunday, 21 January 2007
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Is this the proof that life began in Africa?

BOLTON Museum is to become only the fifth venue in the world to display African tools nearly two million years old.

The stone objects form part of the British Museum touring exhibition, "Made In Africa", which will arrive in Bolton in March - its only stop in the North-west.

They include a chopping tool and two hand axes discovered by fossil hunter Louis Leakey at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, during an expedition in 1931.
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Since then, they have been displayed occasionally at the British Museum in London and have also been to San Francisco, Newcastle and Norwich.

The exhibition, which will last from March 9 to April 28, will also call at Andover and Fareham in Hampshire and Torquay.

The stone tools show one of man's first technological inventions and back up the theory that human life began in Africa.

As well as hosting the exhibition, Bolton Museum will have talks and handling sessions to give people a chance to get close to the exhibits.

The sessions will be run every Saturday throughout the duration of the exhibition.

Cllr Ismail Ibrahim, Bolton Council's Executive Member for Culture and Community Services, said: "We are fortunate to have the chance to host this exhibition.

"It's impossible to over-estimate how important these tools are to understanding our origins and man's early endeavours. To handle them too is a fantastic opportunity."

Museum curator David Craven said: "We have been working on getting this exhibition for 18 months. Even at the British Museum it has only come out occasionally, so this is a real coup."

Opening times are Monday to Saturday, 9am to 5pm. For more information, call the museum on 01204 332211 or visit


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