Curating North Sea Oil
Resource type
Lecture
Abstract
An exploration of the place of oil in the collections and displays at National Museums Scotland. The talk looked at how oil has been collected over the last half century, how it is currently represented in the public galleries and how the collections and exhibitions are used to engage audiences with a complex and sensitive subject.
Event title
A Place for Oil: memory of oil and place in museums across the world workshop
Publisher
University of St Andrews
Rights statement
In Copyright
Additional information
This talk was given as the keynote lecture on day one of a five day workshop, "A Place for Oil: Memory of Oil and Place in Museums Across the World", hosted by the Centre for Energy Ethics at the University of St Andrews, 26-30 April, 2021