Melanie Pitkin is Senior Curator of the Nicholson Collection of antiquities and archaeology at the Chau Chak Wing Museum. She has extensive experience working in museums in Australia and the United Kingdom, and providing support to colleagues at museums in Egypt.
Melanie holds a PhD in Egyptology and an honours degree in ancient history from Macquarie University, and a Masters in Museum Studies from the University of Sydney.
Prior to joining the Museum in February 2022, Melanie worked as a聽Postdoctoral Research Associate (Egyptian Antiquities) at the Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, playing a key role in the Museum鈥檚 cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research into its ancient Egyptian coffins. Prior to this she worked for more than a decade at the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney.听
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Melanie supervises student internships for the University of Sydney鈥檚 Museum and Heritage Studies programme and related degrees.
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