A piece of wonder, or what four fragments of the Taj Mahal can tell us about monuments in India
What is a piece of the Taj Mahal doing in a case with a Sumerian tablet, an Ostrich shell necklace, and an amulet from ancient Egypt? What can it tell us about monuments and conservation practices in India?
26 March 2024
La historia de los juegos en México, el arte y los diseños artísticos en realidad aumentada para Cambridge Encuentros Creativos
Un juego de mesa mexicano del siglo XIX en el MAA cobra vida a través del arte y las tecnologías digitales. ¡Ven a jugar en el West Hub en Cambridge, del 14 al 28 de marzo de 2024!
21 March 2024
Mexico’s History of Gaming, Art, and AR-tful Designs for Cambridge Creative Encounters
A nineteenth-century Mexican boardgame at MAA is brought to life through art and digital technologies. Have a play at the West Hub in Cambridge, from 14th–28th March 2024!
21 March 2024
Objects as Windows into Colonial Relationships: The Bonney Collection and Pastoral Australia
Nineteenth-century pastoral properties were sites for rich and diverse social interactions where objects played a key role in station life and its cross-cultural and inter-colonial dimensions.
19 March 2024
The Qianlong Emperor and a Yellow Teacup
In the Tibet case in the ground floor gallery of MAA is a small yellow teacup, more Chinese than it is Tibetan. At one point in time, and in a certain place, it could have been very dangerous to drink from.
12 March 2024
Beneath Our Feet: Medieval Cambridge
As workmen dug in 1908 to build new lecture rooms for the University, the remains of buildings became exposed, revealing the existence of a thriving monastical community in medieval England.
5 March 2024
Continuity and Change in the Durbar Square at Bhaktapur, Nepal
MAA cares for a few photographs of Bhaktapur's famous Durbar Square. Devi Chakrabarti juxtaposes these with some recent ones, exploring patterns of continuity and change in a vulnerable city.
27 February 2024
Bed Burials and Mobility in the Early Middle Ages
Bed burials were rarer in England than in Europe. Unearthed in 2011, the Trumpington bed burial unveils a fascinating narrative of mobility, femininity, and Christianity in the Early Middle Ages.
13 February 2024