Audience
This is an intergenerational workshop, suitable for all ages and abilities. Everyone is welcome but young children will need adult help.
About
The Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology invites you to join artist Francesca Chinnery and make your own unique amulet to take home.
Amulets were believed to hold a special purpose in protecting the bearer's health by keeping harmful forces and spirits at bay. Used for health and healing throughout many kingdoms and eras of ancient Egypt, learn how amulet designs changed through time, influenced by contemporary trends in animals, symbols, materials and colours. Discuss also how children and adults, of varying wealth and status backgrounds, would have had different forms of access to these protective objects and what that may have meant for them. The workshop will be working with air-dry clay.
This workshop is part of UCL Museums & Cultural Programmes 2023-24 event series Architecting Futures from Past Traces, bringing together art, culture and research.
Access
Accessible to wheelchair users and those with limited mobility from street level via a lift in the adjacent UCL Science Library. Upon arrival at the museum, visitors requiring lift/level access should ring the buzzer labelled ‘Museum’ located to the right of the main museum entrance. A member of our visitor services team will meet and escort you to the galleries via our level access route. Assistance is also available in reverse when exiting the museum.
Level access between the Pottery and Main Gallery spaces is available via a staff-operated lift.
Level access to our Entrance Gallery and shop is available via a private staff area.
Further information on museum access can be found here.
Finding us
We are located in Bloomsbury, in the heart of central London. The nearest tube stations are Euston Square (Metropolitan, Circle, Hammersmith & City), Goodge Street (Northern Line), Warren Street (Victoria Line), and buses 18, 30, 73, 134 and 205 stop 3-5 minutes away on Euston Road.
Here's the location on Google to help you find your preferred route.
Can we bring lunch with us?
To protect the Museum's collection, food cannot be eaten inside the venue and only bottled water with a lid can be drunk within the Museum space. There are plenty of nearby cafes and restaurants within 10 minutes walk of the Museum, and if you intend on bringing your own lunch, our staff will be able to point you in the direction of the best place to eat inside (or outside) on campus.
