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Nicholson Museum Collections

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The Nicholson Museum is open to the public and entry is free. Contact Sydney University Museums to arrange access to a particular item or collection.

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<p> Nicholson Museum<br /> The University of Sydney<br /> NSW 2006<br /> Australia</p>



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The Nicholson Museum at the University of Sydney is home to the largest collection of antiquities in Australia and the Southern Hemisphere.

The museum was founded in 1860 by Sir Charles Nicholson, (Chancellor 1854-1862), with a significant donation from his private collection of artefacts and curiosities. Since this time the collection has been expanded though donations, bequests and archaeological excavations led by Dame Kathleen Kenyon, Sir Flinders Petrie, James Stewart to name but a few.

The Nicholson Museum collection spans the ancient world from Europe to Asia with significant collections covering areas including Greece, Italy, Cyprus, Egypt, the Near East, and Northern Europe.
 

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Archaeology | Art Theory and Criticism | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Archaeology | Ancient African | Ancient Cypriot | Ancient Egyptian | Ancient Greek and Italian World | Ancient Near Eastern | Ancient Northern European | Animal Or Plant Artefacts | Archaeology of Asia, Africa and the Americas | Archaeology of Australia (Excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) | Archaeology of Europe, the Mediterranean and the Levant | Artworks | Asian | Australian | Classical Greek and Roman History | European | European History (Excl. British, Classical Greek and Roman) | Faience artifacts | Fakes Or Forgeries | Glass | Historical Studies | History and Archaeology | Historic photography | Historical Archaeology (Incl. Industrial Archaeology) | Jewellery | Latin American History | Medieval to Modern European | Metal artifacts | Middle Eastern and African History | North and Central American | Pottery | Remains | Reproductions or casts | Studies in Creative Arts and Writing | Stone artifacts | Terracotta and Ceramic Artefacts | Textiles | Visual Cultures | Wooden Artefacts |

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