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'Death Magic'
University of Sydney
Location
The Nicholson Museum, Quadrangle, the University of Sydney NSW
Designer
Loose And

Designcase supplied a series of proprietary Vision, Prism, top‐hinged Prism and powered vertical rise Opal1 showcases, along with custom‐made showcases, plinths and exhibition furniture.  A complex and exceptionally valuable and fragile collection required the highest performance showcases possible in relation to conservation and security, whilst the exhibition design required 6 different showcase types, all of which were achieved using proprietary ClickNetherfield showcases.

Curator Michael Turner writes: Death Magic explores and discovers the artefacts and stories of the ancient past. Death in ancient Egypt was a magical experience; there were gods to judge and guide, amulets and spells to protect, mummification to preserve, even shabtis to do your work for you in an idyllic afterlife. As well as ancient artefacts, Death Magic features natural history specimens: snakes, scorpions and scarab beetles, a human heart and brain, and the preserved head of a bull.

Photography by Katherine Lu, courtesy of Sydney University Museums

Curated by Michael Turner

 

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