Bonn Egyptian Museum
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Bonn Egyptian Museum is an Ancient Egypt
museum in Bonn
, Germany
. It presents a selection of the most important collection of original objects from Ancient Egypt in North Rhine-Westphalia
.
The museum is part of the University of Bonn
. Regular special events and children's excursions are held at the museum.
It was founded in 2001. The collection is dating back to the 19th century and was formerly part of the Akademisches Kunstmuseum
. Large parts of the collection were destroyed in World War II. Today the collection comprises about 3,000 objects.
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh...
museum in Bonn
Bonn
Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It presents a selection of the most important collection of original objects from Ancient Egypt in North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...
.
The museum is part of the University of Bonn
University of Bonn
The University of Bonn is a public research university located in Bonn, Germany. Founded in its present form in 1818, as the linear successor of earlier academic institutions, the University of Bonn is today one of the leading universities in Germany. The University of Bonn offers a large number...
. Regular special events and children's excursions are held at the museum.
It was founded in 2001. The collection is dating back to the 19th century and was formerly part of the Akademisches Kunstmuseum
Akademisches Kunstmuseum
Akademisches Kunstmuseum is an art museum in Bonn, Germany. It is the oldest museum in Bonn and houses the antique collection of the University of Bonn with more than 500 antique statues and reliefs, and over 2,000 originals...
. Large parts of the collection were destroyed in World War II. Today the collection comprises about 3,000 objects.