Amazing Egyptian Museum in 4K in San Jose, California (Rosicrucian)

I hadn't been to the Egyptian Museum in over 25 years. My mom would bring me here a lot when I was a kid. This was a lot of fun revisiting the museum and looking at everything again.
The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum (REM) is devoted to ancient Egypt, located at Rosicrucian Park in the Rose Garden neighborhood of San Jose, California, United States.
It was founded by the Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis (AMORC). The Rosicrucian Order continues to support and expand the museum and its educational and scientific activities. The museum holds the largest collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities in the Western United States, and is located next to the Rosicrucian headquarters.
The founder of AMORC, Harvey Spencer Lewis, was a collector of various artifacts with mystical symbolism, some of them from the East. His very first artifact was a small Sekhmet statue. In 1921 he contributed financially to the archaeological excavations at Tel el Amarna (Akhetaten, the capital city of the 18th dynasty pharaoh Akhenaten) of the Egypt Explorations Society of Boston by receiving donations from AMORC members. In return, the Egypt Explorations Society donated several Egyptian antiquities to AMORC.
In 1928, he presented to the public a collection named "The Rosicrucian Egyptian Oriental Museum", located at the administration buildings of AMORC at San Jose, California. Supposedly, the San Jose location was chosen because of the affordability of the land back then. After Lewis' tour in Egypt in 1929, AMORC received many more artifacts and donations, and as a result the collection grew significantly, with more than 2000 exhibits.
The second Imperator of AMORC, Ralph Maxwell Lewis, son of H. Spencer Lewis, built new buildings for the museum, which opened in November 1966.
By that time the museum was unique in:
Having the largest exhibition of Ancient Egyptian antiquities in the Western US.
Being the only such museum in the world with buildings constructed in Ancient Egyptian architectural style.
Having a purpose-built planetarium adjacent to the museum, the fifth opened in the United States, and the first with a Star Projector built in the country, constructed by H. Spencer Lewis.
Having its buildings set in an Egyptian Revival park.
In 1995, Julie Scott, M.A., S.R.C., who is a practicing Rosicrucian, became director of the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum.
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[@Cerebro13]

I went there in 1980,I was just a kid on a field trip and it helped spark a life long obsession with ancient civilizations.The day I went I remember seeing King Tuts outer sarcophagus and a very well known bust of Queen Nefertiti. That visit has been burned into my brain for eternity.

[@Bayareaandbeyond777]

Thanks for the great memory. I started going in the 70s.

[@jarquaviosdinglenut320]

I actually went there today. It was really fun to see all the artifacts.

[@Bayareaandbeyond777]

When I was a kid my mom would take me here once a year. I loved the tomb.

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[@Bayareaandbeyond777]

Wow, what a great commit! I really enjoyed going here and plan on going back soon. Thank you for watching.

[@SheldonHelms]

An ushabti (the little humanoid figurines, often buried with important people) what is believed to come to life, after the dead had been judged, and perform the role of servant to the person they were buried with.

[@Bayareaandbeyond777]

Wow, thank you for your knowledge. I had no idea.

[@jmars309]

Thanks for sharing , yes as a Kid I was going there once a year & with a school field trip .

[@Bayareaandbeyond777]

I'm glad you enjoyed my video. Yes my mother loved going here when I was a kid. I later found out that my dad joined them for awhile and got monthly letters in the mail.

[@eviltaco18]

I went to Rosicrucian Egyptian museum today as a field trip

[@Bayareaandbeyond777]

What did you think?

[@kenwapnicksson7915]

Thank you so much for uploading this! I loved the footage of the grounds.

[@Bayareaandbeyond777]

My pleasure! It was great to go back after all these years. Thanks for watching!

[@shayvajasjeet6804]

Egyptian carnival .....

[@dottiealt4167]

Thanks! D. Alt

[@Bayareaandbeyond777]

I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching.