About Museum Books

Following the closure of The Museum Bookshop in December 2003, Museum Books was set up in 2004 to supply books in the fields of Egyptology, the Ancient Near-East, the Classical World and selected Archaeology.

The Museum Bookshop operated in Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London, for nearly 25 years. Founded by Ashley Jones and David Mezetti it became, particularly in recent years, a much valued resource for Egyptologists and all those fascinated by ancient history. Close to the British Museum, it attracted visitors from all over the world and became a favourite stopping off point.

Here are a few photographs of the shop and one of the many book launches held there.

Shop front of The Museum Bookshop, 36 Great Russel Street.

Shop front of The Museum Bookshop, 36 Great Russell Street.

Front room of shop.

Back room of shop.

Shirley Lancaster - previous manager and book buyer of new/secondhand and out-of-print books.

George Hart (left) from the British Muesum and Egyptologist Dr Robert Morkot at the book launch for Black Pharaohs

Peter James and co-authors (Nikos Kokkinos, Robert Morkot, I J Thorpe and John Frankish) promoting their publication Centuries of Darkness

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