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PETRIE EGYPTIAN ARCHAEOLOGY MUSEUM

ADDRESS:
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
MALET PLACE
LONDON
WC1E 6BT

PHONE: 020 7679 2884
nearest train station:

Warren Street 0.4 miles (0.7 km)

Euston 0.5 miles (0.9 km)

The Petrie Museum is one of the largest and most fascinating collections of Egyptian and Sudanese archaeology anywhere in the world. Housed here are in excess of 80,000 artefacts showing the development of Egyptian culture, technology and daily life from prehistoric to Roman times. The displays illustrate life in the Nile Valley from prehistory through Pharaonic to Roman and Islamic times. The exhibits includes the world's earliest surviving garment, a dress from around 2800BC and ones oldest linen from around 5000 BC.

OPENING HOURS
Tuesday to Friday 13.00 – 17.00
Saturday 10.00 – 13.00

website: petrie.ucl.ac.uk

admission free