COLLECTION
RESEARCH PROJECT
In 2002, the museum initiated a long-term Egyptian
collection research project, which will result in 4 exhibitions
accompanied by comprehensive, scholarly catalogs. The first exhibition
dedicated to Predynastic Egyptian pottery, had been on view at the
museum from October 2005 until February 2006. Its meticulously researched
and handsomely designed catalog, written by Dr. Julius Kaplan, professor
emeritus in the CSUSB department of art, in consultation with Dr.
Diana Craig Patch, curator from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in
New York, was published in September 2005. It has been well received
by Egyptologists and general public. Dr. Kaplan and the museum director,
Eva Kirsch, are now working on the second exhibition and catalog
dedicated to the Dynastic Period of Egyptian history (Early Dynastic
through New Kingdom). The exhibition and publication are planned
for 2008. Dr. Patch visited the museum in April to personally assist
with the second phase of the project – careful examination
and dating of objects planned for the catalog inclusion. The catalog
will have more than 100 entries encompassing a large variety of
objects types and mediums, including stone stelae, burial masks,
jewelry, amulets, wood, stone, and bronze statues, as well as all
kinds of vessels including ceramic and stone ones.
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