Who are the Friends of the Petrie Museum?

About Us

The vision of the Friends of the Petrie Museum is to create a welcoming learning community, supporting the Petrie Museum in partnership with its staff, management and researchers to enhance the physical, social and intellectual space of this world-class collection.

The Friends of the Petrie Museum (PMF) was formed on 1st June 1988 under the Chairmanship of George Hart, Staff Lecturer at the British Museum, and the Presidency of Harry Smith, Emeritus Professor of Egyptology at University College London, and holder of the Edwards Chair in Egyptology for many years. The driving force behind the formation of the Friends was Barbara Adams, Curator of the Petrie Museum at that time, who recognised the need to channel the goodwill and interest of so many visitors and donors to the Petrie Museum. The Friends of the Petrie Museum became a UK Registered charity, number 1192201, on the 6th of November 2020.

The Friends now number over 700 members, mostly resident in the UK, although our Friends overseas are also active on behalf of the Museum. The high number of Friends for such a small museum as the Petrie reflects the outstanding nature of the collection. Its status as one of the world’s finest teaching collections has been recognised in its designation by government as a collection of national importance.

Lectures and Special Events

Events

All lectures take place in Lecture Theatre G6, UCL Institute of Archaeology, 31 – 34 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PY, and will also be streamed on Zoom for those unable to attend in-person. Occasionally, and where noted, the event is Zoom only (in which case they will only be accessible over Zoom). Links will be sent out around a day in advance.

If you are a member and do not currently receive the emails containing the links, please contact pmf@friendsofpetrie.org.uk

The 2023-24 Lecture Series has now concluded – stay tuned for next year’s series! You can see the previous talks held here – click here for the full programme.

News, Articles, and Reports

News

Lectures

2023-24 Lecture Series

All lectures take place in Lecture Theatre G6, UCL Institute of Archaeology, 31 – 34 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PY, and will also be streamed on Zoom for those unable …

Articles / Lectures / PMF Magazine

PMFExtra 2

This issue presents two lecture reports and an article kindly supplied by three different sources: a PMF trustee; a former member of the Petrie Museum staff; one of our most regular PMF member reporters. …

Become a Friend

You can join the Friends by contacting the Secretary using the contact form or the contact links below. Selecting the option to pay now via PayPal will take you directly to PayPal checkout.

Your support, in the form of a commitment to the Friends of the Petrie Museum, will enable our conservation projects to go ahead, helping to preserve a priceless collection for the future enjoyment of all, and ensuring its use as an unrivalled teaching medium.

Not only will you have the satisfaction of supporting such a worthwhile effort but as a Friend of the Petrie Museum you will also gain the following benefits:

• An invitation to apply for places on seminar sessions with leading Egyptologists in the Museum
• An opportunity to attend lectures, special events and social occasions organised throughout the year
• An opportunity to join PMF tours to places of Egyptological interest. For example, in recent years members have visited Egyptian sites of particular relevance to the work of Flinders Petrie and museums in Paris, Berlin, Leiden, Stockholm, Brussels and Turin as well as a number of collections in Britain and the USA
• A regular Friends Magazine with feature articles and news about the Museum, recent events, and lectures
• A 10% discount on books and other items sold in the Petrie Museum

Already a member or wish to make a donation? Click here to donate via PayPal. You can choose to intended purpose of your donation (e.g. research, conservation), just select the option that fits your donation best.

Individual Membership  Family Membership
(up to 2 adults and 2 children under 16yrs at the same address)		 UCL Student Membership
(mailings will be sent by UCL internal mail)		 Student Membership at other British educational establishments
(proof of full-time student status required)

£35.00

Pay by PayPal

£50.00

Pay by PayPal

£5.00

Please email pmf@friendsofpetrie.org.uk from your UCL student email to join us

£10.00

Pay by PayPal (proof of student status must be emailed to pmf@friendsofpetrie.org.uk)


Membership Secretary, Friends of the Petrie Museum, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT
020 7679 2369 (voicemail line - please leave your contact details)
pmf@friendsofpetrie.org.uk