Collections at Risk

New Challenges in a New Environment

Edited by Claire Derriks

Book cover: Collections at Risk

Extent: 290, 290 pages

Publisher: Lockwood Press

Subjects: Ancient Egypt, Book History, Conservation, & Museum Studies

Series: Material and Visual Culture of Ancient Egypt

Series volume number: 4

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(February 2017)

ISBN: 9781937040604

5.98 x 8.98 inches

Price: $49.95

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PDF (Published)

(February 2017)

ISBN: 9781937040611

Price: $20.00

Conflicts and wars, and more specifically the 2011 Revolution in Egypt, have brought to light the worrying question of the preservation of the cultural heritage in the world. The role of museums and international institutions have become ever more important in this respect. Recognizing that cultural treasures can form the basis for education and economic prosperity, the organizers devoted the 29th Annual Meeting of ICOM’s International Committee for Egyptology (CIPEG) to the theme of “Collections at Risk: New Challenges in a New Environment.” The present volume contains several of the papers read during those sessions in Brussels in 2012, and gives a clear example of the multifarious paths that lay open to obtaining the objective of preserving the past for the future.

Acknowledgments Foreword, Ehab Fawzy Preface, Luc Delvaux Abbreviations Contributors Introduction, Maarten J. Raven I. Collections at Risk: Cultural Heritage Preservation Regine Schulz Museums in Danger and How They Can Survive Anna-Maria Ravagnan Training against Attacks on Cultural Heritage Marek Chlodnicki Tell el-Farkha: The Life of Discovered Objects after the Excavations Badrya Serry The Role of the Antiquities Museum in Preserving the Archeological Heritage of Alexandria, Egypt Luc Delvaux Sauves des flames: destruction et reconstruction de sculptures monumentales de la collection egyptienne des Musees royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Bruxelles Christian E. Loeben Collections at a Loss: The Looting of Egyptian Objects in 1945 after the End of WWII as Illustrated by an Exhibition at the Museum August Kestner, Hannover Tine Bagh Pharaoh's Palace: From the Ruins of Memphis to Copenhagen Arnaud Quertinmont Les collections egyptiennes et proche-orientales du Musee royal de Mariemont: Risques encourus et preventions de ceux-ci Mohamed Ismael Badawi New Methods of Handling and Care of Collections in the Grand Egyptian Museum and the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization Willem Van Haarlem The Papyrus Puzzle, or How to Unlock a Random Papyrus Collection? Hedvig Gyory Egyptology and Museum Education: The Budapest Program "On the Field of Osiris" as a Tool for Preserving Cultural Heritage Paula Veiga A Rescue from Oblivion Simone Burger Robin Graywacke: A Case Study for the Accurate Use of Appropriate Stone Terminology II. Collections, History, and Renovation Eugene Warmenbol Sarah Belzoni and Her Mummy: Notes on the Early History of the Egyptian Collection in Brussels Ben van den Bercken Aegyptiaca Incognita: The Birth, Development, and Use of University Collections with Ancient Egyptian Objects in Northwest Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Sabina Malgora Highlighting the Camillo Leone Egyptian Collection Carmen Perez-Die and Esther Pons Mellado The New Installation of the Egyptian and Nubian Rooms in the Museo Arqueologico Nacional (National Archaeological Museum), Madrid, Spain Mladen Tomorad The Ancient Egyptian Collections in Croatia and the Project Croato-Aegyptica Electronica Subject Index

  • Edited by Claire Derriks