COLL MY
Reference code
COLL MY
Title
Myers Museum [Eton Museum of Antiquities]
Level
Series
Administrative / Biographical history
Major William Joseph Myers (at Eton 1872 - 1875), returned to the school as adjutant, having served in the Army in Egypt. He came back with a remarkable collection of artefacts. He kept these in his home which he opened up to the boys on Sunday afternoons. On his death in 1899, he left his collection of Egyptian artefacts to the Head Master of Eton College, forming the Myers Museum.
The collection of antiquities was added to over the years, and when School Hall was built, a dedicated space was provided for them. After two more moves, in 2015 a purpose-built museum was provided in the Jafar Gallery, part of the Bekynton Fields complex. The collections are now part of the Eton Museum of Antiquities.
The collection of antiquities was added to over the years, and when School Hall was built, a dedicated space was provided for them. After two more moves, in 2015 a purpose-built museum was provided in the Jafar Gallery, part of the Bekynton Fields complex. The collections are now part of the Eton Museum of Antiquities.
Date
1944 - 2015
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- College records, COLL, (1440 - present)
- Royal Patents, ECR 39, (1440 - 1686)
- Papal Bulls, ECR 05, (1441 - 1498)
- Will of Henry V, ECR 59, (10 June 1421)
- Central governing records, ECR 60, (1440 - 2019)
- Accounts and accounting records, COLL ACC, (1440 -)
- Bursar, COLL B, (1440 - 2011)
- Benefactions, gifts and obits, COLL BEN, (1730 - 1984)
- Buildings, COLL BU, (1441 - 1983)
- Buildings Bursar, COLL BB, (c.1967 - 2000)
- Collections, COLL C, (1800 -)
- Companies, COLL CO, (1960 -)
- Choir School, COLL CS, (1922 - 1968)
- Records of College officers and departments, COLL D, (1800 - present)
- Estates, COLL EST, (1440s - present)
- ECR Estate Records, ECR 01 - 65, (12th century - 19th century)
- Fellows' papers, COLL FELL, (c.1648 - 1952)
- Finance, COLL F, (1800 -)
- College Livings, COLL LIV, (1706 - 1963)
- Registrar, COLL REG, (1707 - 1896)
- School Bursar, COLL SB, (1998 - 2012)
- Estates Manager, COLL EM, (1947 - 2004)
- Junior Bursar, COLL JB, (1800 - 1970)
- Provosts' papers, COLL P, (1528 - present)
- Provost and Fellows papers, COLL PF, (1986 - 2013)
- Vice-Provosts' papers, COLL VP, (1750 -)
- Letters, GB/1472/LTR, (1794-1963)
- Legal and title, COLL LT, (1744-1999)
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Beneath this record in the archive hierarchy
- Myers: Article in Museums Journal, COLL MY 01, (February 1944)
- Myers: Exhibition programme for new museum, COLL MY 02, (2015)
- Myers: Exhibition catalogue for funerary items loaned to John Hopkins University, COLL MY 03, ([2018])
- Myers: Brochure for John Hopkins Archaeological Museum, COLL MY 04, ([2008])
- Myers: Borrowers' book, COLL MY 05, (1962 - 1971)