Shefton Museum

Infobox Museum
name = Shefton Museum


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latitude = 54.9797
longitude = -1.6160
established = 1956
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location = Newcastle upon Tyne, England
type = Archaeology museum
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director = Miss Lindsay Allason-Jones
curator = Prof. Tony Spawforth
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website = [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/shefton-museum/ www.ncl.ac.uk/shefton-museum]

The Shefton Museum of Greek Art and Archaeology is an archaeological museum at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England which opened in 1956cite web |url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/shefton-museum/museum.html |title=About the Museum |publisher=Shefton Museum (Newcastle University) |accessdate=2008-04-24] .

The museum is located in the Department of Classics in the Armstrong Building of the main University campus. It was founded in 1956 by Professor B.B. Shefton with a grant from the University of £20. Since then the collection has grown to over 800 objects. Professor B.B. Shefton was the curator until 1984 and since Professor Tony Spawforth has taken this responsibility.

As part of the Great North Museum Project the museum, along with Museum of Antiquities is to be moved to the Hancock Museum. On 18 April 2008 the museum closed in preparation for the relocation to the newly renovated Hancock Museum, which should reopen in 2009Cite web |url=http://www.ncl.ac.uk/press.office/press.release/content.phtml?ref=1208183792 |title=Last chance to visit University Museums |publisher=Newcastle University |date=2008-04-14 |accessdate=2008-04-24] .

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External links

* [http://www.ncl.ac.uk/shefton-museum/ Museum website]