Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology

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  • Address
    University College London (UCL), Malet Pl, Bloomsbury, WC1E 6BT
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  • Phone
    7679 2884
  • Website
  • Transport
    underground rail: Goodge Street
  • Tue-Fri 13:00 - 17:00 , Sat 10:00 - 13:00

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Lonely Planet review

If you've got any interest in things Egyptian, you'll love this quiet and oft-overlooked museum, where some 80,000 objects make up one of the most impressive collections of Egyptian and Sudanese archaeology in the world. Behind glass - and amid an atmosphere of academia - are exhibits ranging from fragments of pottery to the world's oldest dress (2800 BC).

The museum is named after Professor William Flinders Petrie (1853-1942), who uncovered many of the exhibits during his excavations and donated the collection to the university in 1933.