Tag Archives: Fiji

Couriering Fijian Loan

Our Assistant Curator, Louise recently went on a couriering trip to Norwich to install some of the museums most impressive Fijian objects into the UK’s largest exhibition of Fijian material, created by the Sainsbury Centre. Here’s what she has to … Continue reading

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Objects on Loan for Fijian Art Exhibition

At the University of Aberdeen Museums we look after vast and impressive collections from the Pacific, some of which are now going to be on display in the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts. The exhibition, ‘Fiji: Art and Life in the … Continue reading

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Connections- Past and Present

In the last two blogs we have learned more about Fiji in the 19th century and its connection to Scotland. This week Neil Curtis, head of museums and co-curator of ‘Fiji, Scotland and the Making of Empire’, tells us more about the connections between Fiji’s colonial … Continue reading

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Meet the Gordons

Leading on from our last blog post Dr. Nicola Mills, a freelance archivist who has recently completed a revision of the muniments catalogue for the Haddo Estate, tells us more abut the intricate connections between the Gordon clan. The Gordons were among the first … Continue reading

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Connections- Fiji and Scotland

King’s Museum exhibition ‘Fiji, Scotland and the Making of Empire’ has been open for just over a month. Neil Curtis, Head of Museums and co-curator of the exhibition, tells us more about the connections between the North East of Scotland and Fiji and how … Continue reading

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Fiji is Coming to Aberdeen- Exhibition Preparation

An update about our next exciting exhibition at King’s Museum. Blog written by Neil Curtis, Head of Museums.   Almost there! The previous exhibition, Nunalleq, is being dismantled today, it has been very well received, displaying a combination of items from the museum collection … Continue reading

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It’s bigger on the inside!

No, we didn’t have a visit from the TARDIS, but we did unfold a deceptively small textile.  The unfolding took place when we recently welcomed Eve Haddow, Assistant Curator for the Scottish Pacific Collections review, to the University Museums’ Collections … Continue reading

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