User:Fork99/Library/History library

List of history and other miscellaneous museum related books that I own. Sorted by author(s) first name(s), in alphabetical order. If a title has multiple authors, they are listed in the order in which they first appear on the book cover or otherwise. Titles sorted by alphabetical order.
Key: ISBN: Title (year of publication)

Australian Museum

• 9780734723239: Alexander the Great: 2000 years of treasures (2012)
  • Note: Self-published comprehensive paperback exhibition catalogue for an exhibition which toured at the Australian Museum (Sydney) between 24 November 2012 and 28 April 2013, with the collection of 400 objects that were displayed coming from the State Hermitage Museum (St Petersburg). It was about the myths, legends, campaign and Hellenistic influence of Alexander the Great through an exploration of artefacts from Alexander's time to the present day from throughout the areas he conquered, and both of Western and non-Western origins. Lots of contextual information and essays, along with the catalogue on the exhibition's objects itself.

Australian War Memorial

• 9781921353277: Australian War Memorial Guide (2021)
  • Note: Self-published small souvenir booklet visitors' overview/guide of the Australian War Memorial (Canberra).

British Museum

• 9780714151069: The British Museum: English Guide (2016)
  • Note: Self-published concise paperback overview of the British Museum (London) and various artefacts from Africa, the Americas, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece and Rome, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and various miscellaneous Themes.

Cockington Green Gardens

• 0858581655: Cockington Green Gardens: Miniature Buildings from Around the World (2019)
  • Note: Self-published small souvenir booklet about the Cockington Green Gardens (Canberra) and its miniature buildings.

David Ellis

• 9781785513060: Director's Choice: Chau Chak Wing Museum: The University of Sydney (2020)
  • Note: Neat paperback (there is also a paperback version with the ISBN of 9781785511134) overview of some of the objects in the various galleries and collections of the Chau Chak Wing Museum of the University of Sydney. Published by Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers (London), and is part of their "Director's Choice" series which features various museums and other similar institutions around the world. It includes analysis of some objects from its ancient history (Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Ancient Near East), natural history, and art from around the world, along with Indigenous Australian and Pacific collections, along with contextual information. In addition, these are not technically part of the book, however these online exhibition catalogues published in the University's Sydney eScholarship Repository/Library are a good read as well (click through on the relevant link to download the relevant PDF file): Pharaonic Obsessions: Ancient Egypt, an Australian Story, Roman Spectres, Crossroads: Ancient Cyprus, Mediterranean Identities: Across the wine-dark sea, Hercules: Myth and Legacy, Coastline, Animal Gods: Classics and Classification, Instrumental: Collections from Science. Calculating and Computing, and Pacific Views. Some of these are permanent exhibitions, whereas others were temporary exhibitions. As of December 2023, these are the catalogues I could find on the university's website, and it appears that not all of the museum's exhibitions have a corresponding catalogue. There may have been more exhibition catalogues published for exhibitions held by the university's former museums prior to the Chau Chak Wing Museum opening/consolidation in 2020.

James Fraser, Conni Lord, John Magnussen

• 9781743328477: Speak My Name: Investigating Egyptian Mummies (2022)
  • Note: Self-published e-Book by the Sydney University Press, the paperback ISBN is 9781743328460. A comprehensive exploration of The Mummy Room and its history, mummy collection and research, part of the University of Sydney's Chau Chak Wing Museum. It also has some information about other Egyptian mummies elsewhere in Australia.

John H. Taylor

• 9780987055590: Mummy: Secrets of the Tomb (2012)
  • Note: Self-published (by the Queensland Museum; a previous edition was published by the British Museum in 2011) paperback exhibition catalogue for an exhibition that toured at the Queensland Museum (Brisbane) between 19 April 2012 and 21 October 2012. It was organised by the British Museum (London), with the catalogue containing some information about the mummy of Nesperenub who was the centrepiece of the exhibition, other artefacts displayed alongside the mummy at the exhibition, along with some contextual information about the time period/Ancient Egypt.

Liu Yang, Edmund Capon

• 9781741740622: The First Emperor: China's Entombed Warriors (2010)
  • Note: Self-published paperback exhibition catalogue for an exhibition that toured at the Art Gallery of NSW (Sydney) between 2 December 2010 and 13 March 2011. The catalogue is an in-depth overview of the exhibition's 129 objects that were on display about Qin Shi Huang, his Terracotta Army, and the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, along with contextual information. The objects came from 13 institutions in China's Shaanxi province.

Museum Victoria

• 9780980619003: A Day in Pompeii (2009)
  • Note: "Museum Victoria" changed its name to "Museums Victoria" in 2016. Self-published paperback exhibition catalogue for a Melbourne Winter Masterpieces exhibition which toured at the Melbourne Museum between 26 June 2009 and 25 October 2009. It also toured at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, according to the catalogue. It may have toured elsewhere as well, but I'm not bothered to do any additional Googling. It was organised by the Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei and with the catalogue overviewing the exhibition's 270 objects that were on display that reveal daily life in Pompeii. However, there is a notable lack of any information about the actual context regarding Pompeii's social structure nor its role as part of the Roman Empire.

MuseumsPartner

• 9783950466454: Egypt: The Time of Pharaohs (unknown but I bought the book from Auckland Museum's gift shop in November 2023)
  • Note: Self-published and concise paperback exhibition catalogue by the exhibition organiser for an exhibition that toured at the Auckland War Memorial Museum between 15 June 2023 and 12 November 2023. It visited various North American museums prior to Auckland, according to Google. Concise amount of contextual information and exploration of possibly just a selection of the exhibition's 350 objects that were on display about daily life, religion, and the pharaoh in Ancient Egypt. The objects came from various smaller/less-well known museums in Europe.

National Museum of Australia

• 9781921953385: Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors and Heroes (2021)
  • Note: Self-published comprehensive paperback exhibition catalogue for an exhibition that toured at the National Museum of Australia (Canberra) between 16 December 2021 and 1 May 2022. It also toured at the Western Australian Museum (Perth) and Auckland War Memorial Museum, according to the catalogue. It may have toured elsewhere as well, but I'm not bothered to do any additional Googling. It was organised by the British Museum (London), with the catalogue containing a few essays and then it explores the exhibition's 170 objects that were on display about daily life, art, drama, politics, music, warfare, sport, etc in Ancient Greece, along with contextual information.
• 9781921953569: Discovering Ancient Egypt (2023)
  • Note: Self-published comprehensive hardcover (there is also a paperback version, of which I don't have a copy of, however it appears to be the same as the hardcover) exhibition catalogue for an exhibition that is still currently (as of writing) at the National Museum of Australia (Canberra) between 14 December 2023 and 8 September 2024. It also toured at the Western Australian Museum (Perth), and will tour at the Queensland Museum (Brisbane) after Canberra, according to the catalogue. It was organised by the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden/National Museum of Antiquities (Leiden), with the catalogue containing a few essays and then it explores the exhibition's 220 objects that were on display about daily life, religion, and funerary practices in Ancient Egypt, along with analysis of contemporary Egyptology and contextual information.
• 9781921953330: Rome: City and Empire (2018)
  • Note: Self-published comprehensive paperback exhibition catalogue for an exhibition that toured at the National Museum of Australia (Canberra) between 21 September 2018 and 3 February 2019. It was organised by the British Museum (London), with the catalogue containing a few essays and then it explores the exhibition's 200 objects that were on display about how Rome became an empire (Roman Republic) and daily life, along with contextual information.

Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Musée du Louvre Editions

• 9782711845927: A Guide to the Louvre (2005)
  • Note: Self-published by the Réunion des Musées Nationaux. A fairly comprehensive paperback guide to the Louvre (Paris), a brief history and its collections from 576 selected objects (Near Eastern antiquities, Egyptian antiquities, Greek/Etruscan/Roman department, Islamic art, sculptures, decorative arts, paintings, prints/drawings, Africa/Asia/Oceania/Americas arts). Note that the Louvre continues to directly sell this book, in addition to more recently published guide books, however they appear to be less comprehensive than this one; some of which are available for borrowing at the Internet Archive library: [1] [2] [3].

Sarah Collins

• 9781921833144: The Wonders of Ancient Mesopotamia (2012)
  • Note: Self-published (by Museum Victoria; hence known as "Museums Victoria" since 2016) paperback exhibition catalogue for an exhibition that toured at the Melbourne Museum between 4 May 2012 and 7 October 2012. It was organised by the British Museum (London), with the catalogue overviewing the exhibition's 170 objects that were on display from the Sumerian, Assyrian, and Babylonian civilisations, through an exploration of the invention of cuneiform writing/record-keeping through tablets/stelas/reliefs/etc, funerary practices, kingship, religious beliefs/practices, remnants of the Epic of Gilgamesh / Enuma Elish, and the legacy of the sexagesimal (base 60) numeral system for modern timekeeping/measuring angles/coordinates, along with some contextual information.

South Australian Museum

• N/A: South Australian Museum: Souvenir Guidebook (unknown but I bought the book from the museum's gift shop in January 2018)
  • Note: Self-published small souvenir booklet about the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) and selected objects from its collection from various galleries. It doesn't appear to have an ISBN.

Wayne Crothers, Tonia Eckfeld, Zhang Weixing

• 9781925432633: Terracotta Warriors: Guardians of Immortality (2019)
  • Note: Self-published by the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) for an exhibition that toured at NGV International (Melbourne) between 24 May 2019 and 13 October 2013. The exhibition's 160 displayed objects came from various museums in China's Shaanxi province. The catalogue is an in-depth overview of the exhibition's 129 objects that were on display about Qin Shi Huang, his Terracotta Army, and the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, along with contextual information.

Zahi Hawass

• 9788894647860: Ramses and the Gold of the Pharaohs (2021)
  • Note: Written by Zahi Hawass and published by Laboratoriorosso (Viterbo, Italy), with involvement with the exhibition organisers, including Cityneon Holdings and Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities. Comprehensive hardcover exhibition catalogue which accompanied my visit to its run at the Australian Museum (Sydney) between 18 November 2023 and 19 May 2024. There is also a much smaller and concise paperback version, which I don't have a copy of. It first toured at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, then at de Young Museum (San Francisco), then at Grande Halle de la Villette (Paris) before visiting Sydney. Contains a few essays and then it explores the exhibition's 182 objects that were on display about Ramses II's rule and power, some aspects of pharaonic/royal daily life, and the exhibition's focus on the afterlife, along with a lot of contextual information; mostly during the New Kingdom period in which Ramses ruled. The objects came from various museums in Egypt.

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