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Uncovering the Students Behind the New Exhibition
On June 11th a new exhibition titled “Objects Uncovered – Questioning Authenticity” curated by the students of the course ‘Curating An Exhibition’, in association with Museums and Special Collections staff will be opening. With objects exclusively from the University collections … Continue reading
Uncovering the Title
In this blog ‘Curating an Exhibition’ student, Pete, tells us about the process and difficulties of choosing an exhibition title! ‘Picking a title was problematic; before we started the task of naming our exhibition we were acutely aware of how … Continue reading
Is there an object missing?
In this blog, ‘Curating an Exhibition’ student, Melanie de Visser, uncovers a perspective about the display of sacred museum objects: ‘In this year’s exhibition created by the ‘curating an exhibition’ students of the University of Aberdeen, the visitors will encounter … Continue reading
Uncovering Hidden Objects
In this blog, Zelia Bukhari of the ‘Curating an Exhibition’ course tells us about some of the objects that didn’t make it into the exhibition: ‘While creating this exhibition so far our team had some disagreements, as many teams do, … Continue reading
Setting the Scene
Jihahuan of the ‘Curating an Exhibition’ course tells us about a new exhibition by Students in Sir Duncan Rice Library in this blog: ‘We are fifteen students taking the course ‘Curating an Exhibition’. Our main task this semester is to … Continue reading
Exhibition close-up: Wellbeing, Equity and Education
In response to the academic book ‘Wellbeing, Equity and Education: A critical analysis of policy discourses of wellbeing in schools’, the latest exhibition in MacRobert ArtSpace displays a series of lino cut prints inspired by the ideas emerging from the … Continue reading
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An Ancient Egyptian North-American tour
In 2019 over 150 objects from the University of Aberdeen Museum’s Ancient Egyptian archaeology collections are going on tour across North America; In February 2019, Egypt: The Time of the Pharaohs will open at the Cincinnati Museum Centre in Ohio, … Continue reading
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Exhibition Close Up – ‘Growing Up: different journeys’
Everyone grows up, but what makes an individual a child, an adolescent, or an adult? If there is a common theme it is that everyone gets older and that everyone does it differently. The latest exhibition in King’s Museum, curated … Continue reading
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Tracing Lines (both Metaphorical and Actual) in Neolithic Aberdeenshire
Mike Copper from the University of Bradford tells us about a current project he is working on that made use of the University Museums’ collections. During the Late Neolithic, roughly between 3000BC and 2450BC, communities across Britain and Ireland became … Continue reading
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World Wars Warrior
Hello! We are Amanda, Emily and Miranda of the 20th Century and World Wars team. We were given the task of looking at the last sub-topic of the exhibition. Similarly to other groups, we had to prioritise which portions of … Continue reading
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