Tag: Exhibitions

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Wunderkammers, colonial hangovers and multivocality.

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Is the Wunderkammer just a colonial hangover or does it have more to teach us?

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Egyptian Artefacts in the Southend Museum

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Did you know that Southend Museum has a small collection of ancient Egyptian objects? Here I look at some on display in the recent Wunderkammer exhibition.

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Wunderkammer: Southend’s Cabinet of Curiosities

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A review of the 2021-2022 Wunderkammer Exhibition at Southend Museum.

Essex’s Tutankhamun? Learning from seemingly incongruous comparisons.

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What do we learn from comparing an Anglo-Saxon burial in Prittlewell with Egypt's famous Tutankhamun?

A Review of the Garstang Museum’s ‘Before Egypt: Art, Culture and Power’ exhibition at the Victoria Gallery and Museum at the University of Liverpool

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The Garstang Museum's 'Before Egypt' exhibition reviewed! Pots, palettes, some stunning artefacts and a female Pharaoh.

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Artefacts from the Anglo-Saxon burial at Prittlewell exhibited in Southend Museum.

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A Review of the new exhibition of the Prittlewell Princely burial in Southend Museum

Animal Mummies at the World Museum, Liverpool

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A great exhibition of Egyptian animal mummies is on at the World Museum, Liverpool.

Review of the British Museum’s Sunken Cities Exhibition

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A great exhibition, thoroughly enjoyable. Both artistic and informative.