Come along and join us at Manchester Museum with a range of ‘Gifts for the Gods’ events!

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Come along and join us at Manchester Museum with a range of ‘Gifts for the Gods’ events!

Posted on 14/10/2015 by The Ancient Egyptian Animal Bio Bank

Well, it’s been a week since Gifts for the Gods: Animal Mummies Revealed opened to the public and plenty of visitors have already come along to see what all the fuss is about! To mark the occasion, the Museum have compiled a series of public engagement events to entice visitors to come along and learn more about the fascinating topic of votive animal mummification.

Science Week will kick off with a talk by Steph on some of the stories behind key objects in the exhibition on Friday 23rd October at 1pm. During the following week there will be a range of activities for children based around the topic of animal mummification – including trying your hand at mummifying an orange and building junk animals.
On Saturday 14th November, the team will be hosting a dedicated study day where we will explore the subject further. We are very pleased to be able to welcome some distinguished guest speakers to the event – Dr. Chris Naunton on the early days of work at Saqqara, Prof. Paul Nicholson who will speak about the current excavations at the site, and Dr. Ashley Cooke, curator of the Egyptology collection at World Museum Liverpool. Campbell, Steph and I will be talking more about the exhibition itself and the research which underpins it, including lots on the science of animal mummification. The best piece of news is that the study day will be entirely free to attend! Registration is essential via this link – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/discovering-animal-mummies-day-school-tickets-19075729019 and the event is limited to 80 participants. Come along and join us!
On Thursday 5th November, 2-3pm, I will give a talk as part of the Collection Bites series at the Museum, looking into the role of British explorers and travellers who journeyed to Egypt and purchased animal mummies.
We look forward to welcoming you to an event in the near future! Check out the Manchester Museum website (http://www.museum.manchester.ac.uk) for up to date information and don’t forget to book on to avoid missing out!