We are currently experiencing IT issues with the Griffith Institute Archive online catalogue search option. We recommend using the weblinks on this page to navigate the catalogue. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause users and hope to have the site search back online soon (20/09/2024).
The Griffith Institute Archive's Online Catalogue contains collection-level descriptions of its holdings. In addition, the following collections have been fully listed thanks to generous funding from different sources:
- John Wintour Baldwin Barns Collection
- Myrtle Florence Broome Collection
- Howard Carter Collection NEW
- Sarah Joanne Clackson Collection (The Sarah J. Clackson Coptic Fund)
- Walter Ewing Crum Collection (The Sarah J. Clackson Coptic Fund)
- Raymond Oliver Faulkner Collection NEW
- Vladimir Semionovich Golenishchev Collection
- George Alexander Hoskins Collection NEW
- Jenny Lane Journals (Friends of the National Libraries & Friends of the Petrie Museum)
- George Lloyd Album (Friends of the National Libraries)
- Percy Edward Newberry Collection (The National Archives)
- Thomas Eric Peet Collection
- William Matthew Flinders Petrie Collection (Friends of the Petrie Museum)
- Tutankhamun Archive NEW
We are continually working on uploading more detailed catalogues and are currently actively working on the following collections:
- Joseph Bonomi Collection
- Jaroslav Černý Collection (Anglo-Czech Educational Fund awarded to H. Navratilova)
- Amelia A. B. Edwards Collection (Town Web Archiving grant)
- Alan Henderson Gardiner Collection
- Francis Llewellyn Griffith Collection
- Edward William Lane Collection
- Arthur C. Mace Collection (journals available)
- Wilhelm Spiegelberg Collection
- The Graffiti Archive Roger O. De Keersmaecker (published graffiti volumes available)
About the Archive
The Griffith Institute Archive houses a diverse and significant collection that explores the wealth of ancient Egypt. The jewel is Howard Carter's complete excavation records for the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb.
Born out of the personal collection of Francis Llewellyn Griffith, the first Professor of Egyptology at Oxford, the Archive has grown to be a highly respected and internationally recognised resource for Egyptologists, as well as scholars across a wide range of disciplines, including archaeology, architecture and the history of art and science. There are more than 170 substantial groups of material, from complete excavation records to watercolours, photographs and correspondence. The scope of our records ranges from Egyptology's infancy at the beginning of the 19th century to the plethora of new media amongst our most recent accessions.