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The ‘Pre-Disciplinary’ Early African Collections of the National Museums Scotland

The African collection of the National Museums Scotland (NMS) is one of the oldest in Britain, because it contains assemblages from two other Edinburgh institutions that were founded well before NMS’ own launch in 1854 as The Industrial Museum of Scotland. The earliest of these contributing institutions was the University...

Kingdon, Zachary
Captain Corran, African collections, University of Edinburgh Natural History Museum, Harriet Astley collection, Colonial histories and Legacies, National Museums Scotland, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, and Industrial Museum of Scotland
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Entangled Knowledges: Kaartdijin, Science and History in the Robert Neill collection

Taking a multidisciplinary cross-museum collection as its starting point the Entangled Knowledges project aims to highlight Menang Nyungar knowledge embedded in a historic collection of fishes, mammals and artefacts held at National Museums Scotland and a portfolio of sketches of fishes held by the Natural History Museum, London, by returning...

Shellam, Tiffany ; Blight , Larry ; Chadwick, Ross ; Clark, Alison ; Coyne, Shona …
knowledge transfer, fish, Colonial histories and Legacies, Biocultural collections, Robert Neill collection, cultural associations, and Menang community, Western Australia