Objects from Chiddingstone Castle's collection of ancient Egyptian artefacts, including this lotus amulet, have been transported to the Houston Museum of Natural Science in Texas.
The Hall of Egyptian Antiquities is showing items from around the world,. The objects from the castle, which is near Edenbridge in Kent, including this cup naming Nesi-Khonsu - the wife of a high priest, have been loaned for five years.
Denys Bower started buying ancient Egyptian objects at the age of 17. He bought Chiddingstone Castle in 1955 as a home for his collection, paying £6,000.
Ali Ditzel, Director of Chiddingstone Castle, said: "Denys Eyre Bower wanted as many people as possible to see the objects. This loan presents a unique opportunity for over two and a half million visitors each year to do just that."
Chiddingstone Castle has opened its own exhibition displaying some previously unseen objects which have been in storage.
Bower was first inspired to start his collection at the age of 17, after the discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb in 1922.
Many of the objects came from large 19th Century and 20th Century collections, including those of Lord Amherst of Hackney, Lady Grenfell and The Rev William McGregor.
Bowers corresponded with many scholars on the subject, but travelled to Egypt only once, in the 1970s.
