There are over 5000 items in the collection. Most of them were collected by the pharmacist Sir Henry Wellcome. Others came to us from: the British Museum; the Royal Edinburgh Museum; National Museums and Galleries of Wales Cardiff; the Royal Albert Museum and Art Gallery and also private donors.
Sir Henry Wellcome collected items from excavations. Included in the Egypt Centre collection are items from Armant, Amarna, Deir el-Medina, Esna, Mostagedda, Qau, etc. Additionally he collected items from individuals. These included Robert de Rustafjaell, Gayner-Anderson, Berens and MacGregor.
The menu to the left allows you to choose from:
- selected items, that is, our information sheets on a limited number of objects (detailed information on a few artefacts)
- searching the whole of our catalogue (limited information on all artefacts on a searchable database)
- notes which may help you research our collection
- contact the curator (if you have a question about the collection)