The Queensland Museum’s latest exhibition is Egyptian Mummies: Exploring Ancient Lives.
While appreciating the renowned collections, have you ever thought of behind the scene?
Collection Manager for Anthropology Karen Kindt said there was a long, involved process before the mummies were displayed.
“We have collaboration with the staff from British Museum, who came to work together to do that installation of those objects,” she said.
As the Egyptian artefacts are highly valuable, both museums took an essential role in protecting the exhibits from damage during the process of shipment from the United Kingdom to Australia.
“And once they are on display, we are ensuring the security is top-notch to be able to ensure that nothing will happen to those objects,” Ms Kindt said.
For exhibits made from raw materials such as fibres, grasses and barks, the museum had to weigh up how best to display the objects.
“With the ability to ensure that they aren’t damaged or further degenerate through use because light can impact them as well, so we rotate our objects, and we don’t have them for a long period of time,” Ms Kindt said.
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