Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology

Over het museum

The museum was founded in 1922 as the Museum of Greek Archaeology at University College Reading by the classical archaeologists Percy Ure and his wife Annie Ure. It grew out of a small group of Egyptian, Cypriot, Greek and British antiquities that had been shown in the college library during the First World War, and it first opened in a house on the college's London Road site. An earlier gift of Egyptian antiquities, made in 1909 by Hilda Petrie, is part of the collection.

Gifts, bequests and purchases, many of them supported by friends of the university, built up what is now recognised as the fourth largest collection of Greek ceramics in Britain, alongside Etruscan, Egyptian, Cypriot and Roman objects. In the 1950s Reading Museum lent about 300 further vases, and in 1957 the collection moved to the new Whiteknights campus. After Annie Ure died in 1976, Jane Gardner became curator; the museum was renamed the Ure Museum in 1984 and its displays were redesigned in 2005.

Today the museum is on the ground floor of the Edith Morley Building and works closely with the university's Department of Classics. It serves teaching and research as well as the public, and its archive also records the early history of the college.

Hoogtepunten

• Fourth largest collection of Greek ceramics in Britain
• Attic black-figure and red-figure vases, including the name vase of the Hasselmann Painter
• Etruscan black-figure amphora attributed to the Tityos Painter
• Egyptian antiquities including a 12th Dynasty model boat
• Free digital guide in more than 30 languages

Vaste collectie

• Permanent collection – Greek, Etruscan and Cypriot pottery and terracottas, with Roman objects and Egyptian antiquities from the pre-dynastic to the Roman period.

Opgericht

1922

Beheerder

University of Reading

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

De toegang is gratis.

Admission is free; the museum welcomes donations.

Toegankelijkheid

• Rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift: geen informatie
• Aangepast toilet
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats: geen informatie
• Hulphonden welkom
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

The museum is on the ground floor. Entrance 1 of the Edith Morley Building has step-free access and power-assisted doors; entrance 5 is closer to the museum but is not described as step-free. An accessible toilet is a short distance from the museum, near entrance 1. Large-print texts are available in the museum, and a sensory guide and a visual map showing the entry to the museum can be requested.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Speurtocht, doeboekje of kinderaudiotour

The museum offers colour-in pages, activity sheets and trails, online games and a Makaton film guide. School sessions use real ancient objects and are aimed at Key Stage 2 (Ancient Greeks, Ancient Egyptians) and Key Stage 1 (Ancient Toys and Games).

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

The museum is in the Edith Morley Building (building 1 on the campus map) on the Whiteknights campus. The sat-nav postcode given by the museum is RG6 6UR.

Service & horeca

• Café: niet aanwezig
• Wifi

There is no cafe in the museum; the campus has catering outlets serving snacks and meals. Public Wi-Fi is available for using the digital guide. The museum has an online shop.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd.

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