Two tickets have just become available for this evening’s sold out Ghost Stories event! Come along and see the dramatisation of The Phantom Coach performed by award-winning actor Jonathan Goodwin tonight 👻 ucl.ac.uk/culture/whats-…

Objects from our collection are on display at the new Silk Roads exhibition at the @BritishMuseum and to reflect this, artist Clare Sams will be hosting a workshop looking at our etched carnelian beads. Find out more and join us on 7 December. ucl.ac.uk/culture/whats-…

Try your hand at mark making on air-dry clay to make your own bead bracelets or charms. Join artist Clare Sams at the upcoming intergenerational workshop on 7 December. For more information on bookable sessions and drop-ins, please visit: ucl.ac.uk/culture/whats-…

Explore the analysis of Middle Bronze Age clay figurines from Egypt. Dr Dr Hannah B Page (Università di Padova) will reveal how these objects encapsulate stories of everyday life at the upcoming Research in Focus talk on 13 December. ucl.ac.uk/culture/whats-…

We would like to wish you all a wonderful Winter Break! We will be closed from 21 December 2024 and reopen on 2 January 2025. Please note that our email and telephone will not be monitored during this period. ucl.ac.uk/museums-collec…

This year the museums were awarded HEMG funding to support our efforts to integrate education, research and innovation for the long-term benefit of humanity. Find out more in the latest LCCOS Annual Report. ucl.ac.uk/lccos/about-lc…

Visitor information: The Museum will be closing at 4pm today. We will reopen on 2 January 2025. We would like to wish you all a lovely holiday season.

Learn about stories of life in the field, of academic rivalries and early museum operations. Come along to our Research in Focus talk with Lisa Randisi on 17 January presenting some findings from the museum’s Archaeological Ephemera project. ucl.ac.uk/culture/whats-…

Follow us down the rabbit hole as we “excavate” the stratigraphy of the museum stores and uncover new information in the histories of objects, people, and archaeology. Join us at the Research in Focus talk with Lisa Randisi on 17 January. ucl.ac.uk/culture/whats-…

We will be closed on Wednesday 22 January for a staff training day. We apologise for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. ucl.ac.uk/museums-collec…

Revisit and compare fieldworks in Egypt and China through archival records. Find out more about what shaped the archaeological understanding we have today at the Research in Focus talk with Yu Zhuang on 14 February. ucl.ac.uk/culture/whats-…

Our collection contains an estimated 80,000 objects and we have an unfinished list of items to talk to Mustafa Chaudhry about. Come along to our intergenerational workshop on 18 February. eventbrite.co.uk/e/family-event…

Learn about the contributions and knowledge preserved from archaeological explorations in Egypt and China. Come along to the upcoming Research in Focus talk with Yu Zhuang on 14 February. ucl.ac.uk/culture/whats-…

Help us re-discover some of our favourite objects within our collection, hear the stories they hold, and imagine how future civilisations may think about them. Come along to our intergenerational workshop on 18 February. eventbrite.co.uk/e/family-event…

Due to staff illness, we will be closed tomorrow Saturday 15 February but will reopen as normal at 1pm on Tuesday 18 February. We apologise for any inconvenience.​ Our friends at the Grant Museum of Zoology are just five minutes away and will be open from 11am.

Thank you very much to staff at the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archeology for showing us your amazing collection today and for answering our questions. What a fascinating place! 🏺📿🤩 Petrie Museum @UCL

Come and join artist Jaquie Feldman to create your very own cartonnage mummy mask. Learn about the meanings that lie behind its design on 8 March. eventbrite.co.uk/e/family-event…

Learn about the meanings that lie behind the different colours, materials and designs of mummy masks. Come along and join artist Jaquie Feldman on 8 March. eventbrite.co.uk/e/family-event…

Learn about the contextualisation of current research and other material from Old Kingdom Buhen, the first Egyptian site in Nubia. Come along to our Research in Focus talk with Natasha Rai on 14 March. ucl.ac.uk/culture/whats-…