I'm a Museum Nerd

 

I am what many people would call a museum nerd.  I love a good museum and I seek them out wherever I go.  I also love the ancient history of Egypt so, museums that feature Egyptian artifacts have a special draw for me.  (Above is the Temple of Dendur at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.)

Yesterday I read an article in the New York Times about the brand new Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo and it inspired me to scan through my photos and look at all the Egyptian artifacts that I've seen that are not actually in Egypt any longer.  The Egyptian government would very much like to change that.

I've visited the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum (pictured above) at least twice and I'd very much like to visit it again.

I found this duplicate of Nefertiti at the Rosicrucian Museum.  The original is in a museum in Berlin. The Egyptian government has petitioned for its return.  

When I was in London last August, I made a point of walking through the gallery with all the Egyptian statues and artifacts at the British Museum.  

One of those artifacts is the Rosetta Stone which the Egyptian government would very much like to have returned to them.  According to the Times article, negotiations are taking place.

When I was in London last August, I also took a day trip to Oxford and visited the Ashmolean Museum for the first time.  I was happy to discover another museum with a section dedicated to Egypt and the Middle East.  

The photos in that Times article are pretty spectacular and they insprired me to create this post.  Now if I could just figure out how to get to Cairo to see this new museum in person. That would truly be an adventure. Check out the photos on Google.  It's a place to be admired.