Collections at risk : new challenges in a new environment / edited by Claire Derriks.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Derriks, Claire, editor.

Musées royaux d'art et d'histoire (Belgium). Section de l'antiquité, host institution.

Series:

Material and visual culture of ancient Egypt ; 4.

Material and visual culture of ancient Egypt ; 4

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Antiquities--Collection and preservation--Congresses.

Antiquities.

Antiquities--Collection and preservation.

Antiquities--Moral and ethical aspects--Congresses.

Cultural property--Protection--Congresses.

Cultural property.

Cultural property--Protection.

Archaeology--Moral and ethical aspects--Congresses.

Archaeology.

International law--Congresses.

International law.

Art--Protection--Congresses.

Art.

Management.

Art--Protection.

Archaeology--Moral and ethical aspects.

Egypt--Antiquities--Management--Congresses.

Egypt.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xvi, 274 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta, Georgia : Lockwood Press, 2017.

Language Note:

Contributions in English and French.

Summary:

Conflicts and wars, and more specifically the 2011 Revolution in Egypt, have brought to tight 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 highlights the multifarious paths that lay open to obtaining the objective of preserving the past for the future. Book jacket.

Contents:

I Collections at Risk: Cultural Heritage Preservation

Museums in Danger and How They Can Survive / Regine Schulz Schulz, Regine 11

Training against Attacks on Cultural Heritage / Anna-Maria Ravagnan Ravagnan, Anna-Maria 15

Tell el-Farkba: The Life of Discovered Objects after the Excavations / Marek Chlodnicki Chlodnicki, Marek 23

The Role of the Antiquities Museum in Preserving the Archeological Heritage of Alexandria, Egypt / Badrya Serry Serry, Badrya 31

Sauvés des flammes: destruction et reconstruction de sculptures monumentales de la collection égyptienne des Musées royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Rruxelles / Luc Delvaux Delvaux, Luc 41

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 / Christian E. Loeben Loeben, Christian E. 57

Pharaoh's Palace; From the Ruins of Memphis to Copenhagen / Tine Bagh Bagh, Tine 65

Les collections égyptiennes et proche-orientales du Musée royal de Mariemont: Risques encourus et préventions de ceux-ci / Arnaud Quertinmont Quertinmont, Arnaud 81

New Methods of Handling and Care of Collections in the Grand. Egyptian Museum and the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization / Mohamed Ismael Badawi Badawi, Mohamed Ismael 101

The Papyrus Puzzle, or How to Unlock a Random Papyrus Collection? / Willem Van Haarlem Haarlem, Willem Van 117

Egyptology and Museum Education: The Budapest Program "On the Field of Osiris" as a Tool for Preserving Cultural Heritage / Hedvig Gyory Gyory, Hedvig 121

A Rescue from Oblivion / Paula Veiga Veiga, Paula 131

Graywacke: A Case Study for the Accurate Use of Appropriate Stone Terminology / Simone Burger Robin Robin, Simone Burger 139

II Collections, History, and Renovation

Sarah Belzoni and Her Mummy: Notes on the Early History of the Egyptian Collection in Brussels / Eugène Warmenbol Warmenbol, Eugène 149

Aegyptiaca Incognita: The Birth, Development, and Use of University Collections with Ancient Egyptian Objects in Northwest Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries / Ben Van Den Bercken Bercken, Ben Van Den 179

Highlighting the Camillo Leone Egyptian Collection / Sabina Malgora Malgora, Sabina 203

The New Installation of the Egyptian and Nubian Rooms in the Museo Arqueológico Nacional (National Archaeological Museum), Madrid, Spain / Carmen Pérez-Die Pérez-Die, Carmen, Esther Pons Mellado Mellado, Esther Pons 225

The Ancient Egyptian Collections in Croatia and the Project Croato-Aegyptica Electronica / Mladen Tomorad Tomorad, Mladen 237.

Notes:

"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."--Back cover.

Proceedings of the 29th CIPEG Annual Meeting in Brussels, September 25-28, 2012, Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels, Belgium.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781937040604

1937040607

OCLC:

936219664

Publisher Number:

99972303348