The collection on display

Resurrecting Ancient Egypt: A Monumental Yorkshire Journey

at Champney Treasure House, Beverley, UK

from 10th December 2024 to sometime in 2025

The recently renovated Champney Treasure House now features the brand-new museum exhibition Resurrecting Ancient Egypt: A Monumental Yorkshire Journey. This exhibition has been designed and curated by Egyptologist Professor Joann Fletcher and is touring from Barnsley Museums. 

 

The exhibition focusses on a series of stunning black and white photographs of Yorkshire architecture with Egyptian influences as chosen by Joann. The photographs by Huddersfield-based duo Kyte Photography take the viewer on a journey through the four corners of Yorkshire: there are locations which may be familiar including the follies in the grounds of Castle Howard and the columns and carvings of Temple Mill, a former flax mill in Leeds.

 

Photographs of lesser-known buildings can also be found throughout the exhibition, many of which are quirky and intriguing, such as a reservoir valve house in the form of an Egyptian mausoleum above Hebden Bridge. Monuments to mining disasters and pandemics, including the 1849 Hull cholera epidemic in which 1860 people died, are some of the most poignant structures.

 

To complement the exhibition there are displays of Georgian ceramics, Art Deco jewellery, Egyptian-themed advertisements, and decorative arts kindly on loan from the Egyptomania Museum. These everyday objects demonstrate the public’s fascination with Egypt, inspired by discoveries of wonders such as the tomb of Tutankhamun, and how this was used to market goods as diverse as face powder, whisky, builders’ plaster and even motorbikes.

The objects on display...

Writing Set

See the individual catalogue listing for this writing set. SKU: EM242

Podium Centerpiece

See the individual catalogue listing for this centrepiece. SKU: EM118

Coalport Jug

See the individual catalogue listing for this jug. SKU: EM612

Milk Jug

See the individual catalogue listing for this jug. SKU: EM122.1

Milk Jug

See the individual catalogue listing for this jug. SKU: EM122.3

Minton Tile

See the individual catalogue listing for this tile. SKU: EM155

Minton Tile

See the individual catalogue listing for this tile. SKU: EM490

Jar

See the individual catalogue listing for this jar. SKU: EM662

Perfume Set

See the individual catalogue listing for this perfume set. SKU: EM597

Brooch

See the individual catalogue listing for this brooch. SKU: EM256

Brooch

See the individual catalogue listing for this brooch. SKU: EM616.1

Brooch

See the individual catalogue listing for this brooch. SKU: EM76

Brooch

See the individual catalogue listing for this brooch. SKU: EM90

Military Badge

See the individual catalogue listing for this badge. SKU: EM153

Military Badge

See the individual catalogue listing for this badge. SKU: EM528

Cigarette Box

See the individual catalogue listing for this cigarette box. SKU: EM541

Car Mascot

See the individual catalogue listing for this car mascot. SKU: EM159

"Beecham's Pills" Advert

See the individual catalogue listing for this advert. SKU: EM144

"Poudre de Riz de Ramses" Advert

See the individual catalogue listing for this advert. SKU: EM130

"Crawford's Liquer" Advert

See the individual catalogue listing for this advert. SKU: EM215

"Pharaoh Gypsum Browning Plaster" Advert

See the individual catalogue listing for this advert. SKU: EM152

"BSA Motorcycles" Advert

See the individual catalogue listing for this advert. SKU: EM657

"O'San" Cigar Box Label

See the individual catalogue listing for this label. SKU: EM431