Tag: Wunderkammer

Misunderstanding Museums: How criticism of the Pitt Rivers Museum reveals public misunderstandings about how museums work.

On By hannahpethenIn Public archaeology, Traditional and Social Media2 Comments

How do museums work? What proportion of their collection can you see as a visitor? How much is online? And what do changes to the museum mean for physical and digital visits?

Photograph of the Pitt Rivers Museum from Wikimedia Commons, taken in 2015.

Masking masks: Does the Pitt Rivers Museum really ‘hide’ objects from women?

On By hannahpethenIn Blog, Public archaeology, Traditional and Social Media2 Comments

Has the Pitt-Rivers Museum really started hiding objects from women?

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Wunderkammers, colonial hangovers and multivocality.

On By hannahpethenIn Museum collections, Public archaeology4 Comments

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

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Alan Sorrell: Archaeological illustrator of Nubia and illustrator of archaeologists.

On By hannahpethenIn Egyptology3 Comments

Famous Southend painter and archaeological illustrator Alan Sorrell, drew the monuments of Nubia and the campaign to save them from Lake Nasser.

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Wunderkammer: Southend’s Cabinet of Curiosities

On By hannahpethenIn Blog, Exhibition review9 Comments

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