By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) I’m continuing my research into the origins and history of the Ure Museum, and thanks to archivist Sharon Maxwell, the University History Collection…Read More >
#CollCurCat
By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) The "Collectors, Curators and Cataloguers" workshop held on 12 June at the Museum of English Rural Life and the Ure Museum at the...Read More >
On Museum Beginnings
By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) This month, the Ure Museum posted a new film on its YouTube channel, “On Museum Beginnings“. I put together this short film taking…Read More >
Bibliography: Collectors, Curators and Cataloguers
This bibliography is a running list of publications relevant to the themes of the Collectors, Curators and Cataloguers Workshop. It represents both research published by workshop speakers, and by the…Read More >
Programme: Collectors, Curators and Cataloguers Workshop
WORKSHOP: Collectors, Curators and Cataloguers: Hidden Women in Archaeology in the 19th and 20th Centuries 12 June 2019, University of Reading Funded by the Heritage and Creativity Institute for Collections…Read More >
A Suffrage Sequence
By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) If any readers have been following my activities on Twitter, they’ll know I’ve been spending some time recently listening to an excellent archive…Read More >
Call For Papers: Collectors, Curators and Cataloguers Workshop
Collectors, Curators and Cataloguers: Hidden Women in Archaeology in the 19th and 20th Centuries Research in the history of archaeology has included women; but it has often emphasised archaeological field-work…Read More >
Reports from Reading
By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) It’s amazing what you can discover in an Annual Report. The phrase sounds distinctly uninspiring, but in Annual Reports – historical ones, anyway…Read More >