Connecting with Culture–thoughts from a UK-based youth
A UK-based Fijian intern shares her experiences of diving deep into culture and tradition through her research and ultimate performance of two Tongan dances, Lakalaka and Tau’olunga .
1 August 2023
An Unbecoming King: Making Mighty Chessmen in Porfirian Mexico
What can we learn about the social and political past of a nation through their games? Join us as we explore this through games from Mexico’s tumultuous Porfirio Díaz era.
25 July 2023
‘I am writing this waiting for the pageant to begin’
A message on the back of a postcard issued for an exhibition organised by the London Missionary Society leads to an examination of the phenomenon of ‘human zoos’ typical of exhibitions at the time.
18 July 2023
Anthropologists and Photographers: The Poignant and Elliott Collections
A team of four Photographic Collections Assistant reflect on their journey of digitising the Poignant and Elliott collections, featuring photographs of the Pacific, Southeast Asia, and Europe.
11 July 2023
Rapid 3D Scanning: Is this the Future?
3D scanning was once reserved for experts, but now anyone with a smartphone can create good-quality digital versions of objects around. Is this the future of creative and collaborative museum practice?
4 July 2023
Bellarmine or Bartmann Jugs from a Ceramic Maker’s Point of View
How can recreating museum objects enhance our understanding? A ceramic maker explores this through her creative practice, which seeks to enable haptic engagements with museum collections.
27 June 2023