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Events
Celebrate like it’s 776 BCE: the ancient Greek Olympics and Other Festivals
Classics Study day - Saturday 28 April 2012 10.00am to 4.00pm
Join researchers at the Department of Classics and the Ure Museum, University of Reading, for an enlightening and entertaining day of talks on an Olympic theme.
The day is free of charge but registration is required. There will be a break for lunch and a chance to enjoy the Ure Museum’s impressive collections.
To book your place, please contact Barbara Goff b.e.goff@reading.ac.uk
Ure-View Stories of the World exhibition
7th May 2012 - 30th August 2012
Explore the collision of the ancient and modern worlds at our special exhibition and art installation created by University students and local secondary schools. Part of Brighton Museum’s World Stories: Young Voices.
Further details will be provided next year.
Other forthcoming family events at the Ure Museum.
Press Section
The press section includes all our latest news and press releases, as well as general information about the Ure Museum
Information regarding the launch of Brill's Companion to Aphrodite edited by Dr Amy Smith, Curator of the Ure Museum and Sadie Pickup can be found at the following link: -- http://www.reading.ac.uk/about/newsandevents/releases/PR276084.aspx
Other news
The
Ure Museum launched its
renewed learning
environment on 26 October 2005. This event marked the completion of
a year-long refurbishment of its displays, and was celebrated with a
colloquium entitled 'The
Ure Museum: a Retrospective'. The event was introduced by
Prof. Emertus Jane
Gardner, who spoke particularly about Annie Ure's role as
Curator of the Museum during its first 54 years. The invited speakers
were Dr. Victoria Sabetai (Academy of Athens) who spoke on
'R.M.
Burrows and P.N. Ure in Boeotia' and Prof. Brian Sparkes
(University of Southampton) who spoke on
'Troilos in
Tuscany.'
Images of the launch are available at http://www.rdg.ac.uk/ ure/launch_pix/
The museum now presents its collections in an innovative and exciting way, and it will be a vibrant educational resource for visitors of all ages, as well as academics, students and the many school groups who come to learn about topics such as mummification, hieroglyphics and making Greek pottery.
One special new object now on display is a statue of Aphrodite and Eros on loan from the British Museum. A number of other new acquisitions and features will get their own mini-launches over the coming months.
The renewal project has been funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council and the University with extra help from the Annual Fund and the Friends of the University. University of Reading departments as diverse as Typography, Physics and Soil Sciences lent a hand in transforming the Museum.
