Katrina Dring

Collections Assistant, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology


Katrina has a background in both archaeology and anthropology. She helps to care for and document the anthropology collection at MAA, including facilitating research visits and accompanying loans to other museums. Outside work she enjoys dancing, doing beadwork and getting outside in nature.

A pair of purple-gloved hands lifts a brightly coloured face-like Sri Lankan mask from its storage box.

Making an exhibition – Spotlight on Stores Move

by | 19.08.22

There’s a new show in town and we’re excited! Spotlight on Stores Move at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (MAA) is a mini-exhibition with a behind-the-scenes twist. We wanted to show you some of the objects which have become close to our hearts over the past couple of years as we prepare them to move to their new home…. Read full article

Model of a skeleton sitting in a blue cart, used as part of the Day of the Dead celebrations

(Please don’t) Shake, rattle and roll

by | 18.02.22

It’s the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (MAA) Stores Move team here again. We’ve been busy packing all kinds of fascinating and surprising objects, including some rather animated Mexican artefacts from the 19th and 20th century. Our goal is to keep them safe during their trip across Cambridge to the Centre for Material Culture (CMC), and to ensure that they… Read full article

Where Chemistry and Anthropology meet

by | 16.09.20

Fourteen objects held at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and originating from the First Nations people of the Northwest Coast of North America were analysed as part of a PhD research project by Lenore Thompson. Using a handheld XRF machine (also known as an XRF gun) she determined the elemental composition of pieces of copper used in several types… Read full article