ACCES

ACCES ACCES is the first curators’ group in the UK for curators who are responsible for archaeological collections from ancient Egypt and Sudan.

Founded in May 2006, the group grew out of an MLA-funded Specialist Subject Network in Egyptology.

It is as yet unclear what the extent of the damage is after a fire at the Cuming Museum in London.
26/03/2013

It is as yet unclear what the extent of the damage is after a fire at the Cuming Museum in London.

A pic of the Egypt case in the Cuming Museum taken in 2009. When we have more information about the extent of the damage we will let you know

Latest of several reports from participants in a very productive ACCES seminar in Swansea yesterday
16/06/2012

Latest of several reports from participants in a very productive ACCES seminar in Swansea yesterday

Yesterday I attended a stimulating seminar at the Egypt Centre in Swansea, organised by Curators Carolyn Graves-Brown and Wendy Goodridge on behalf of the Association of Curators for Collections fr...

Considering access to objects...
30/04/2012

Considering access to objects...

On Thursday I met with a group of around 30 visitors from Henshaws, a charity that provides support for blind and visually impaired people. I confess to a little trepidation at the task of describi...

28/04/2012

This is a fine example of a rare type of stela, made to honour the ‘effective spirits of Re’ (Akhw iqr n Ra). Only around 60 are known, and these date exclusively to the later New Kingdom (c. 1...

17/04/2012

This small (4.2cm wide) object has perhaps the most dramatic biography of any in the Manchester Egypt collection, and one which would not seem out of place in Hollywood movie script. Known today as...

04/01/2012

A new page for the Egypt and Sudan galleries at Manchester Museum: http://www.facebook.com/ #!/pages/Ancient-Egypt-and-Sudan-at-The-Manchester-Museum/185391424891368?sk=wall

Manchester Museum cares for over 18,000 objects from Egypt & Sudan, one of the largest in the UK

21/11/2011
Material, as yet without accession numbers, in the East Ayrshire Council collection. Images © East Ayrshire Council
23/10/2011

Material, as yet without accession numbers, in the East Ayrshire Council collection. Images © East Ayrshire Council

All images © Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow
09/09/2011

All images © Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow

16/06/2011

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