A small but interesting collection of Egyptian antiques can be found at Cyfarthfa Castle Museum in Merthyr Tydfil, Mid Glamorgan. This 1825 property houses a number of collections from different periods and representing several different subjects. The Egyptian display was acquired by Major Harry Hartley Southey, a member of a local newspaper family. His army career took him to Egypt where he was able to acquire a number of objects which were donated by his family after his death. The collection includes small statues, amulets, canopic chests and jars, sections of coffins, head rests and a mummy mask.
Cyfarthfa Castle Museum and Art Gallery Site
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This is a great little collection. Being a Merthyr boy, I ended up going here a lot to see the Egyptian collection (they usually have an oversized Senet board or "stuff your own mummy" doll, which is nice). It's a very good collection for funerary statues, especially of Ptah-Sokar-Osiris. They did have a coffin fragment with the Wadjet Eye that was displayed upside down for years (I made sure to tell them eventually :P)
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