Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology (Reading)

A collection of material from Greek and other Mediterranean civilisations.

Summary Free admission Art and sculpture

Introduction

The Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology forms part of the Department of Classics at the University of Reading and is on the university's Whiteknights Campus in the town of Reading, England.

The museum houses a collection of material from the Greek and other civilisations of the Mediterranean, most notably Greek and Etruscan ceramics and terracottas. Other exhibits include prehistoric pottery, metal and stone artifacts of Greek and Roman dates, and a collection of Egyptian antiquities, ranging from the Pre-dynastic to the Roman period.

The museum is open, on weekdays between 9am and 4.30pm, to the public, schools, and researchers.
 

History to the present day

The Ure Museum started life in the 1920's as a small collection of fragmentary pottery by the first Professor of Classics at the University, Percy Ure. It has now grown due to the generosity of various donors, and is recognised as the fourth largest collection of Greek ceramics in Britain.

The museum has recently undergone a massive renewal and artefacts are now displayed thematically.

It is located on the Whiteknights campus at the University of Reading, where there are also several other important museums.