Is it or isn’t it?: authenticating a souvenir from Scott’s last journey
Being asked to authenticate an artefact is like being given a mystery to solve. You have to piece together lots of different clues from the way it is made, where it comes from, what has been written about it and how it has been used to work out whether it is what it claims to be. The process can be…
When is a fish not a fish?
Continuing our series on pests, we are now turning our attention to the silverfish. These are often found lurking in the corners of the Fitzwilliam Museum, and, if left undisturbed, they can cause significant damage to a lot of our collections. Conversation with…a silverfish You’re not in water… True. Can you see why I would be called a silverfish though?…
“Visiting museums isn’t half as fun as running them!”: summer work experience at the Museum of Classical Archaeology
Each summer the Museum of Classical Archaeology offers work experience placements to two students in order to give them a taste of work in a small museum (the students also get to spend a week in the Classical Faculty Library in the second week of their placement). This summer we were joined by two eager students: Holly, a Classical Archaeology…
