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A colour photograph of an iron firedog from the Iron Age in Cambridgeshire

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A brand new, fully-searchable online catalogue of the object, photograph and document collections cared for by MAA was launched in August 2020!

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Lost-wax cast commemorative head of an Oba, used to support a tusk on an ancestral altar

Our approach to the return of Benin bronzes

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Small, ivory pendant in the form of a pregnant woman, from Ryder Island, Arctic

The new Centre for Material Culture

The largest stores move in MAA history is now underway. Hundreds of thousands of objects are being moved to a new state-of-the-art location.

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Steatite discs from New Kingdom Egypt, collected by Joseph Acworth

Our latest blog

Check out MAA's latest blog post on Joseph John Acworth, who influenced the Egyptian collections at MAA, by Archaeology Collections and Teaching Assistant Eleanor Wilkinson.

MAA blog post

Voyagers

A new book from MAA Director Nicholas Thomas on epic histories of Pacific settlement

Nicholas Thomas (2021) Voyagers

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Two million years of human history. One million artefacts. Countless astonishing stories.

Welcome Back! We are so happy to be opening again and welcoming visitors through the doors.

Join us soon by booking your timed ticket: HERE

We are re-opening on Tuesday 18th May.

We will be open Tuesday to Saturday 10am–5pm, and Sunday 12pm-5pm.

Entry is free but you will need to pre-book your ticket to visit the museum.

If you would like to visit the shop only, you will not need a ticket but may have to wait a short time as we are covid-safe and allowing only two ‘groups’ in the shop at a time.

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