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Conference paper (unpublished)
“The best South Asian holdings outside London”: Opportunity and Challenges in a dependent relationship, 1854 to 2023
The paper compares the life and significance of the South Asian collection at the Scottish National Museum in the second half of the 19th century and in the 21st century. From its founding and over the first thirty years, the Edinburgh Museum, similarly to Dublin, experienced a largely dependent relationship...Voigt , Friederike
National Museums Scotland, South Asian collections, material culture, colonial histories and legacies, relevance , South Kensington Museum, and Imperialism
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Magazine article
COLLECT 2024 - Ceramics with a Message
Whilst traversing the halls of Somerset House during COLLECT, the UK's leading international fair for contemporary craft and design, you can't help but be dazzled by the array of beautiful craftsmanship from the domestic to the sculptural. But for me, the works that always catch my eye the most, are...Rothwell, Sarah
international fair, Anne Athena, ceramics, Katrine Moye, COLLECT, and contemporray craft and design
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Exhibition catalogue
Introduction text for Andrea Walsh exhibition catalogue
Beautifully crafted and highly technical, Walsh creates sublime encounters in glass and ceramic that have long captivated me. From he jewel-like Faceted Boxes to her Contained Boxes and their secret interior elements, these works encourage engagement, drawing you in to discover them intimately, whilst also exuding a sense of calmness...Rothwell, Sarah
curatorial review, glass vessels and wall-pieces, Andre Walsh, exhibition text, and exhibiiton catalogue
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Journal article
Insights into the Dan Klein Conservation Project
The British Museums Object Conservator Stefka Bargazova and National Museums Scotland Senior Curator of Modern & Contemporary Design Sarah Rothwell join us to discuss the Dan Klein Conservation Project, a wonderful collaborative project that they initiated in 2017 that brought conservators, curators, and practitioners together to share their knowledge to...Rothwell, Sarah ; Bargazova, Stefka
Conservation , Sculpture, Dan Klein & Alan J Poole Collection , Glass , and Dan Klein Glass Conservation Project
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Presentation
Insect Week: Women in Entomology panel discussion
In celebration of Insect Week 2024, join us for a panel discussion highlighting some of the inspirational women in entomology. Inspired by the work of Scottish entomologist and moth collector Alice Blanche Balfour, we’re celebrating moths and some of the impressive women of entomology who passionately dedicated their time to...Whiffin, Ashleigh ; Opitz, Don ; Baird, Katty ; Doherty, Holly
women entomologist , science communication, entomology, moth collecting , Alice Blanche Balfour, Insect Week, and panel discussion
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Doctoral thesis
British collecting in Ethiopia, 1769 to 1972: travellers, military expeditions, museums and royal gifting
The Ethiopian objects found in Britain’s museums and cultural institutions today reflect over two centuries of interconnected history, and multiple shifts in the political, diplomatic, and cultural relationships between the two countries. Through an interdisciplinary approach which draws on Ethiopian Studies, African Art History, Histories of Collecting, Anthropology, and Museum...Watson-Jones , Alexandra Marie
Ethiopia , Colonial collecting , Collecting, Museums , Maqdala , African art , Indigenous agency, Abyssinia , Looting , and Histories of collecting
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Conference paper (unpublished)
From practice to policy: how open research is changing research culture in cultural heritage
The role of the museum (to preserve, interpret and make accessible collections and heritage) means that open access, in the broadest sense, has always been part of our purpose. Organisational research culture at National Museums Scotland has been guided by a longstanding academic tradition, the Nolan principles of public life... -
Presentation
The Re-matriation of the House of Ni’isjoohl Memorial Pole to the Nisga’a Nation: A Conservation Perspective
Charles Stable will describe from a conservation perspective the Re-matriation of House of Ni'isjoohl Memorial Pole from National Museums Scotland to the Nisga’a Nation, looking at the practical logistics of physically lowering , removing the pole from its permanent display, transportation and meeting the requirements and understanding sensitivities for both... -
Lecture
Furniture history in Dumfries and Galloway
Stephen Jackson is Senior Curator, Furniture and Woodwork, at National Museums Scotland and the author of Scottish Furniture, 1500-1914. This new book charts the development of furniture making in Scotland and includes several items made in Dumfries and the wider region between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. Stephen’s lecture will...Jackson, Stephen
Dumfries and Galloway, Scottish furniture, material culture, and furniture making
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Book
Scottish Furniture: 1500 - 1914
Scotland's furniture evolved against a background of social and cultural change that included religious reformation, civil war, union with England and participation in rapidly expanding commercial empire. The contribution of the country's finest workshops has been overlooked in general histories of British furniture and sever decades of scholarly research is...