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• W1998105448 abstract "Twenty-five years ago the University of Durham moved its collection of oriental art into a purpose-built museum. In this new setting the antiquities and works of art could be appreciated for their true worth as one of the major oriental collections in the United Kingdom, and a fresh point was added to the itinerary of those art-lovers daring to venture north of Watford. Such has been their interest and the growth of the collections that additional space is now urgently necessary to present the objects to their best advantage and to provide visitors with the facilities that the museum-going public have rightly come to expect. The history of the Museum begins in the late 1940s when academics returned from their wartime postings and Professor T. W. Thacker began to develop the teaching of oriental subjects. Although his prime interest was Semitic philology, he was fully aware of the importance of the cultural background in a proper study of any language, and when it became evident that the Duke of Northumberland was contemplating the sale of the collection of Egyptian antiquities formed by the Fourth Duke, he acted quickly to acquire it for the University. The Duke was keen to see the collection stay as near as possible to the family seat at Alnwick and stoutly resisted both the ploys of the British Museum and the proffered dollars of the Brooklyn Museum. After the usual eleventh-hour crisis Professor Thacker was able to raise the necessary funds and the pieces were moved to temporary accommodation in Hatfield College in Durham. During the next few years events moved quickly: the Scarbrough Commission recommended Durham as one of the universities where oriental studies should be encouraged, and the School of Oriental Studies was set up with Thacker as its first Director, offering courses in subjects ranging from Ancient Egyptian to modern Chinese. The School was installed in Elvet Hill House, an 1840s house built by the architect Ignatius Bonomi for his own use in what was known, prophetically perhaps, as Rising Sun Field on the southern outskirts of Durham. Even in this new home there was insufficient room for the rapidly growing collections. Several small additions had been made by this stage, mostly of Egyptian and Near Eastern items, but in 1956 the Rt Hon. Malcolm MacDonald offered on permanent loan his important collection of Chinese ceramics. With its arrival the problem of space became critical and plans were made for the construction of a purpose-built museum. A firm of architects from Middlesbrough was appointed by the University and briefed by Professor Thacker, advised by Mr H. N. Spalding whose generous financial contributions had helped the School in many ways-not least in the initial purchase of the Duke of Northumberland’s collection. The capital cost of the building was met by a donation from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, and it was formally opened in May 1960. The building lies on a slope in front of Elvet Hill House. It is only some 8 metres from the house and completely obstructs its view. It had been intended at this stage to replace the house with a tower block, so" @default.
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• W1998105448 title "A new gallery for the Oriental Museum, University of Durham" @default.
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