By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) This summer, the Ure Museum team embarked on a wholesale sort through the archives. It was an interesting and enlightening exercise, and it…Read More >
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Ure Museum Archives: An initial description
By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) Preliminiary information on the Ure Museum’s archive holdings can be found below. For more information or research access enquiries, please email ure@reading.ac.uk. The…Read More >
Introducing Annie’s Box
By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) This month we launched our research and outreach project “Annie’s Box”. It came to fruition through a generous grant from Friends of the…Read More >
Allen Seaby and Archaeology
By Amara Thornton (Research Officer, Ure Museum) The Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology has just installed a new exhibition. The subject? Archaeology books for children. Specifically three books published by…Read More >
A Wartime Interdisciplinary Vision
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 >