Re-framing Mary: audience-focused collecting and display
Resource type
Lecture
Creator (person)
Groundwater, Anna
Abstract
During the life of the RSE project, and following the acquisition of the Mary Queen of Scots casket, National Museums Scotland re-framed the narrative it tells of Mary in the Chambers Street museum. This talk explores the museum’s role in mediating narratives of Mary’s life and impact, to argue that the stories that visitors ascribe to objects relating to Mary are as relevant as scholarly research in understanding the multiple Marys of the twenty-first century. Going forwards, this will continue to shape collecting, interpretation and display.
Project(s)
The Memorialisation of Mary Queen of Scots
Funder
| Funder name | Awards |
Royal Society of Edinburgh | |
Event title
The Afterlife of Mary Queen of Scots Symposium
Publisher
The Hunterian @ The University of Glasgow
Place of publication
Glasgow
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