Hadrian, Antinous and Me
The Museum of Classical Archaeology‘s Bridging Binaries tours seek to unearth some of the many LGBTQ+ themed stories from antiquity. But for tour guide, Colin, it’s not just about storytelling. There’s a personal resonance too. I first started visiting the Museum of Classical Archaeology some ten years ago, to practice my drawing skills. The range of statues, busts and friezes…
Bridging Binaries LGBTQ+ Tours – where are we now?
The University of Cambridge Museums (UCM) have been running volunteer-led LGBTQ+ tours, Bridging Binaries, since December 2018. The tours are delivered by a team of brilliant volunteers and explore the spectrum of identities that exist across time, place and culture in our collections. In late 2019, after great audience responses to the pilot tours at the Museum of Classical Archaeology,…
Museum Remix at the Museum of Classical Archaeology
In February 2020, the Museum of Classical Archaeology (MOCA) installed an exhibition with an unusual origin. The artworks had been created in just two days. To find out why, we need to go back to September 2019, when MOCA, along with four other University of Cambridge Museums (UCM) invited museum activists, students, volunteers and artists to take part in Museum…
