Exhibitions and events Archives

Travelling back to the time before the pharaohs: the Predynastic Period

by Tetisheri on 31 March 2018 with No Comments

So, it’s a new year and I have a new project to get working on at the Garstang (hooray!). The museum’s next exhibition is planned for 2019 and shifts right back to the Predynastic Period; the time before the pharaohs. I don’t yet know what the detailed theme of the exhibition will be, though it is early days. What I do know, however, is that there’s a lot for me to be photographing, so my work’s already begun in earnest.

The Book of the Dead as a Tate Exchange Workshop

by Tetisheri on 28 December 2017 with 2 Comments

While the Book of the Dead exhibition was on, the Garstang put in a successful bid for a week-long workshop at the Tate Liverpool. The workshop was based on the Book of the Dead exhibition, but was art-focused, without the artefacts. It featured my photography, prominently.

Book of the Dead exhibition at the Victoria Gallery and Museum

by Tetisheri on 28 October 2017 with 1 Comment

The Book of the Dead exhibition moved over from the Garstang to their sister museum, the Victoria Gallery and Museum on 21 October. I went along with my girls in its first week to have a nose and see how it’s worked out.

Update from the Garstang: two pots and the Festival of Archaeology

by Tetisheri on 10 August 2017 with No Comments

My last session at the Garstang was another busy one. As well as getting on with more artefact photography, the museum was hosting a talk by Roland Enmarch on the Book of the Dead as part of the UK’s annual Festival of Archaeology.

Update from the Garstang: tiny amulets and a visit from Bob Brier

by Tetisheri on 4 July 2017 with 1 Comment

Having had a bit of a break from photographing artefacts while the Book of the Dead exhibition was being put together, I started back at the Garstang a couple of weeks ago.

Whilst having a bit of an explore of the storerooms, I happened upon some boxes of amulets; I knew immediately these tiny little objects could be great fun to photograph.

Light Night opening of the Book of the Dead exhibition

by Tetisheri on 20 May 2017 with 4 Comments

After numerous hours in the photographic suite, many more vying with Photoshop, followed by several weeks of nail biting, hoping my photos would make the grade, finally, we got there. The Book of the Dead exhibition opened at the Garstang on 19 May 2017 as part of Liverpool Light Night.

The new Egyptian galleries at the World Museum

by Tetisheri on 3 May 2017 with 2 Comments

On Friday, 28 April 2017 at 9.45 am, I was sitting outside the World Museum in Liverpool waiting impatiently for it to open. Why? It was the official opening of the newly refurbished and expanded Egyptian galleries we’d been waiting nearly two years to see.

I headed straight up to the third floor with my trusty camera in hand. Even before getting into the galleries, I was impressed.

‘Animal Mummies Revealed’ at the World Museum: behind the scenes

by Tetisheri on 1 November 2016 with No Comments

Having completed its stint at Glasgow, the Animal Mummies Revealed exhibition opened on 14 October 2016 at the World Museum in Liverpool. I visited the exhibition when it was on at the Manchester Museum last year, and was really looking forward to following it up again at the World Museum and seeing how it looked in a different exhibition space.

Curator Ashley Cooke very kindly arranged for me to come in for a couple of hours while the exhibition was being set up to get a few behind-the-scenes photos to share with you all. It really was just a snapshot of a small part of a process that had taken several weeks, but what I saw was just fascinating.

Mrs Goodison’s House: a most fun and imaginative exhibition

by Tetisheri on 31 August 2016 with No Comments

When I first read about an exhibition at The Atkinson in Southport, recreating Egyptologist Anne Goodison’s house out of paper, I thought it would be a fairly small affair. But, when we visited The Atkinson this summer, I was pleasantly surprised by what I saw.

‘Meroë: Africa’s Forgotten Empire’ exhibition at the Garstang Museum

by Tetisheri on 3 July 2016 with 1 Comment

Friday, 13 May 2016 was Light Night in Liverpool; a night when the city of Liverpool comes to life with family events, late-opening museums, libraries and galleries, and a whole host of arts-based fun. For the past two years, the Garstang Museum of Archaeology taken part in Light Night. Last year, they welcomed the Garstang Mummy back to the museum after a sixty-year sojourn in the Department of Anatomy. This year, Light Night was the opening night of the exhibition, Meroë: Africa’s Forgotten Empire.