The Ure Museum Of Greek Archeology

 

 

The Ure Museum holds collection of archeological material, chronicles and current antiquities. The archeological assortments are principally Greek, with significant Egyptian, Cypriot, and Roman antiques. The chronicles contain correspondence, photos, journals, notes, guides and ephemera relating essentially to mid twentieth century paleontology in Greece, the historical backdrop of the Ure Museum and its assortments and the personal research of the Museum's originators, Annie and Percy Ure. The Museum's cutting edge collection incorporate reproductions (projects) and modern art. It’s a must-visit place for all history buffs who love to see artifacts and antiques from the ancient times and the museum can be easily reached through reading cab services.

The Cypriot Collection

 

The Cypriot collection at the Ure Museum comprises of around 100 items, which are conveyed all through the Museum in topical presentations on fantasy and religion, family, technique and decorations and so on. Sizeable assortments of these artifacts were among the soonest endowments to University College Reading, as it was known, in 1913. This was the assortment of Ellen Barry, who had obtained the items during the 1880s, while going with her better half, Dr. F.W. Barry to Cyprus, where he filled in as Quarantine Superintendent and Sanitary Commissioner for the Island, somewhere in the range of 1880 and 1882, when significant excavations were progressing in Salamis.

The Egyptian Collection

 

The Ure Museum has around 330 items from Egypt going from stoneware or pottery dating from the Predynastic Period through to Textiles from the Coptic Period. The fundamental greater part of the Egyptian assortment came from three key acquisitions. The first in 1909 was a blessing from Lady Hilda Petrie to the then University College Reading library, this was followed the resulting year by a buy (in all likelihood from nearby membership) from the British School of Archeology in Egypt (BSAE). Both of these stores were comprised of articles that had come from excavations coordinated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie and thusly the provenance of the items is generally all around recorded. Some of the notable artifacts are a 12th Dynasty model boat from Beni Hasana, Middle Kingdom mirror inscribed with a princess’s name and title, mummified cats head etc.

The Greek Collection

 

The Greek relics make up the principle part of the gallery's assortment; these have come from a scope of gifts, buys and inheritances. At the point when Percy Ure first came to Reading in 1911 he carried with him a little choice of Greek pottery  and little containers. He perceived the significance of studying objects from the cultures they were reading about. Throughout his and his better half, Annie Ure's time at the University of Reading they effectively set about gathering Greek earthenware that was illustrative of the various sorts of pottery manufacture.

The Roman Collection

 

The two most noticeable landmarks in the Ure Museum are for sure Roman: the sculpture of Aphrodite (L.2005.10.3) and Domitia Rogata's headstone (2005.8.14). The first is borrowed by the British Museum, while the second was introduced to the University of Reading by Her Majesty the Queen in 1961, to dispatch the launch of the structure wherein the Ure Museum is housed. The Ure Museum of Greek Archeology has a little assortment of curios from Ancient Greece and Cyprus that date to Roman occasions, generally comprehended as the period between second century BC and the fourth century AD. Ceramics found in these regions for the most part shows a congruity with local manufacturing process and styles.

Modern Collection

 

The Ure Museum's modern collection incorporates current artwork made by twentieth century craftsmen who lived in Reading. These incorporate Allen Seaby, whose prints and drawings are included in "Allen Seaby's Archeology for Children “and artists Eric Stanford and Jannis Athene, whose works are highlighted in model path "Past the Ure". Their advanced collection additionally includes reproductions of antiquated workmanship and curios, generally mortar projects of model and structural ornament, both full-scale and little.