Durham University Oriental Museum

The Oriental Museum, formerly the Gulbenkian Museum of Oriental Art and Archaeology, is a museum of the University of Durham in . The museum has a collection of more than 23,500 , Egyptian, , , and other Far East and artefacts.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in England, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Durham University, Oriental Museum” and “Oriental Museum”
  • Address: Durham, DH1 3TH
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Durham Castle and Durham School.

University building
Photo: Carla Brain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a Norman castle in the city of , which has been occupied since 1837 by University College, Durham after its previous role as the residence of the Bishops of Durham. is situated 1 mile north of Durham University Oriental Museum.

School
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is a fee-charging boarding and day school in the English public school tradition located in , . Since 2021 it has been part of the Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation. is situated 2,400 feet north of Durham University Oriental Museum.

University building
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The is an educational building of Durham University in , . It is intended to blend into the Durham area, including views of the and World Heritage Site, with a design that breaks up the bulk of the building. is situated 1,600 feet northeast of Durham University Oriental Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Houghall and Neville’s Cross.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet in , in . It is situated approximately 1.5 miles to the south of city centre. It is also the location of the Campus of , associated gardens, a small number of houses and a restaurant.

Suburb
Neville's Cross is a place in the civil parish of the City of Durham, in , England. It is also a ward of with a population taken at the 2011 census of 9,940.

Suburb
Photo: John Sutton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small area of housing that sits above North Road but below the area of , in , England. It is predominantly occupied by students at Durham University who favour the area due to its proximity to the university departments in the and areas of the city.

Durham University Oriental Museum

Latitude
54.76385° or 54° 45′ 50″ north
Longitude
-1.58131° or 1° 34′ 53″ west
Open location code
9C6WQC79+GF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 32495798
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Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q5316587
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In Other Languages

From French to Ukrainian—“Durham University Oriental Museum” goes by many names.

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