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Technology and the Future of Museums

Posted on March 17, 2021 by shinealightproject

By Hanley Quintrell, Collections Management (Digitisation) Trainee I never considered myself a tech-head. This is a museum, after all – not an industry which springs to mind when most of us consider technology. Yet technology is in everything we do; … Continue reading →

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So, what’s the low down with Arsenic?

Posted on March 3, 2021 by shinealightproject

By Hemali Chudasama, Collections Management (Hazards) Trainee Arsenic was one of the hazards that I didn’t have any prior knowledge of. All I knew about arsenic was what I was taught in science class, its elemental symbol is ‘As’ and … Continue reading →

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Historian’s Creed: Valhalla (Part Two)

Posted on February 24, 2021 by shinealightproject

By Hanley Quintrell, Collections Management (Digitisation) Trainee We can’t expert our art to be historically accurate, even when it rewrites events in the common mind – Richard III is an evil hunchback villain thanks to Shakespeare, but his actual skeleton … Continue reading →

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Mesmerising Mercury

Posted on February 10, 2021 by shinealightproject

By Hemali Chudasama, Collections Management (Hazards) Trainee One thing that always come to mind when I think about Mercury is a video I watched in science class where someone had put liquid mercury on their hand. If I recall properly, … Continue reading →

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LGBT+ Collections

Posted on February 3, 2021 by shinealightproject

By Hanley Quintrell, Collections Management (Digitisation) Trainee It’s LGBT history month in the UK right now, prompting me to think about aspects of identity in the collection. There aren’t many obviously LGBT objects at the moment, which is a signal … Continue reading →

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Hazards in pharmaceutical collections

Posted on January 26, 2021 by shinealightproject

By Hemali Chudasama, Collections Management (Hazards) Trainee From volunteering at the science museum, I was no stranger to the hazards that are present in historical medication. As a volunteer I didn’t get to work with medicines directly, but I was … Continue reading →

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Hazards: Asbestos(sed)

Posted on December 14, 2020 by shinealightproject

By Hemali Chudasama, Collections Management (Hazards) Trainee Asbestos was one of the first hazards I came across in the collection which was during my time volunteering at the Science Museum. As a volunteer I was only allowed to handle low … Continue reading →

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Historian’s Creed: Valhalla (Part One)

Posted on November 25, 2020 by shinealightproject

By Hanley Quintrell, Collections Management (Digitisation) Trainee In a roundabout way, video games brought me into museums. Sure, I was dragged to a few as a kid, and used to pop into free galleries while killing time as a teenager, … Continue reading →

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The Wonderful World of Hazards

Posted on November 19, 2020 by shinealightproject

By Hemali Chudasama, Collections Management (Hazards) Trainee It’s been a whirlwind these past few months since I started the traineeship. What has it been, 7 months since I stepped into the world of hazards? I’m getting ahead of myself, I’m … Continue reading →

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Say Hello to the 2020 Collections Trainees

Posted on November 9, 2020 by shinealightproject

This year was always going to be interesting for the Collections Department of Norfolk Museum Service, with a major transformation of Norwich Castle set to begin, but nobody could have predicted how different this year truly has been! Following another … Continue reading →

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