Winchester, England.
Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology
![Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology](https://aumuseums.com/sites/default/files/museum/Q131.gif)
The Museum is derived from Britain's first social history museum. It was founded in 1934 in England and was brought to Australia after World War II. After nearly 40 years of storage, it now occupies a new building opened in 1986 near Bribie Island, 40 kilometres North of Brisbane. A fine arts and archaeology museum, the museum's collections cover the history of humankind over the last 500,000 years with original artefacts from Europe, Asia, America and Africa and limited collections from Australia. They include works of art, ceramics, glass, metalwork, textiles, sculpture and paper. Each year, the Museum hosts a Medieval Tournament, which attracts thousands of visitors to watch armoured knights in combat and spectacular costuming. The museum has re-created an archaeological dig of an Egyptian tomb, where pre-booked groups can obtain a hands-on experience of excavation techniques and recording data. Several Environmental Heritage Trails are conducted in the local district, looking at archaeology, history and natural history of the Glass House Mountains and the Pumice stone Passage. The Friends of the Abbey Museum are a support group who participate in a wide range of activities and assistance to the museum.
Subject:
- Art Gallery
- Social History Museum
- Art
- Decorative Arts
- Drawings and Prints
- Glass
- Illuminated Manuscripts
- Jewellery
- Leatherwork
- Metalwork
- Painting
- Paper
- Pottery and Ceramics
- Sculptures
- Textiles, Spinning and Weaving
- Woodwork
- Archaeology or Antiquities
- Numismatics, Coins and Currency
- Domestic Items
- Ethno-specific
- Genealogy
- Historic People
- Medals and Badges
- Militaria
- Social History
- Weapons Arms and Armor
- Clocks
- Clothing, Fashion, Costume
- Lighting
- Medicine and Health
- Tools
- Aboriginal Art
- Aboriginal Artefacts
- Anthropology
- Asian Cultures
- Music
Items
Stained glass
Angel head in Stained Glass
![Stained glass Angel head in Stained Glass](https://aumuseums.com/sites/default/files/items/Q131-5.jpg)
Flint handaxe
Swamscomb Acheullian Hand Axe
![Flint handaxe Swamscomb Acheullian Hand Axe](https://aumuseums.com/sites/default/files/items/Q131-4.jpg)
From the middle gravels. Typical of hundreds found at Barnfield Pit at Swanscomb during gravel-digging operations in the 1800s.
Painting
Mystical Marriage of St Catherine of Siena
![Painting Mystical Marriage of St Catherine of Siena](https://aumuseums.com/sites/default/files/items/Q131-3.jpg)
Shoe
Shoe of Mary Queen of Scots
![Shoe Shoe of Mary Queen of Scots](https://aumuseums.com/sites/default/files/items/Q131-2.jpg)
Found in Sheffield Castle
Funerary mask
Cartonnage Mask of a Woman
![Funerary mask Cartonnage Mask of a Woman](https://aumuseums.com/sites/default/files/items/Q131-1.jpg)
Cartonage masks, made of papyrus or linen soaked plaster similar to papier mache, with a painted of gilded surface, were placed over the head of a mummy.