About 35 books, documents and artefacts on Egyptology, including a number from private collections, are on show. The artefacts contain examples of major pre-Arab languages and scripts as well as the ancient language of Egypt, ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Coptic. The development of Egypt's various languages is illustrated by several rare books and antiquities loaned from private collections. There is a detailed catalogue available free. This exhibition displays material from the Rare Book Collection covering the fields of witchcraft, spiritualism, alchemy and mesmerism.
Objects are on display as well as books.
The objects come from private collections. There is a detailed catalogue available free. You may also read the text of the catalogue online. This exhibition displays material from two AIDS-related books and ephemera donated to Monash over the past two years. One collection was put together by the late Ian Goller, the other by Dr. Richard Travers.