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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”32692″ img_size=”large”][vc_column_text]Thank you for listening to our talk at the 2026 Centenary Community Festival.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Find out more about The Ure Museum<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_cta h2=”Museum Beginnings”]Read this blog<\/a> about the origins of the Ure Museum.[\/vc_cta][vc_cta h2=”Annie\u2019s Box”]Find out more<\/a> about our research and outreach project \u201cAnnie\u2019s Box\u201d.[\/vc_cta][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_cta h2=”Egypt in Reading”]Find out more<\/a> about our exhibition of Egyptian artefacts.[\/vc_cta][vc_cta h2=”Letters from Greece”]Read about letters<\/a> sent from archaeologist\u00a0Semni Papaspuridi\u2013Karouzou to Percy Ure and his wife Annie.[\/vc_cta][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B28fyoKnaUQ”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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