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Wah-ib-ra-em-akhet: an immigrant in ancient Egypt
By Faye Kalloniatis, Research Associate In my recent work on the Egyptian collection, and in preparation for publishing a catalogue of it, I looked closely at the shabtis and ushebtis – funerary figurines which were buried with the dead. These … Continue reading
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Conservation, Collections & Collaborative Working for Loans
By Deborah Phipps – Textile Conservator In May the Conservation Department fulfilled a loan to Anglesey Abbey, a National Trust property in Cambridgeshire, historic home of Lord Fairhaven. Lady Fairhaven, Cara Leland Broughton, was a fashionable woman and, after her … Continue reading
A Week in the Life of the Collections Management Trainee
By Wednesday Batchelor, Collections Management Teaching Museum Trainee Because my role is so very diverse, I thought that I would share with you an idea of the things that I get up to day-to-day. For instance, Monday was spent in … Continue reading
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The Norwich Snapdragon
Over the past few weeks we have gradually been removing objects from Norwich Castle keep, in order to clear the space for the next phase of our exciting project: Gateway to Medieval England. This meant the transportation of one of … Continue reading
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Tracking down an ancient Egyptian artefact
By Faye Kalloniatis, Research Associate This rectangular coloured-glass plaque was ‘re-discovered’ recently while I was working on cataloguing the museum’s Egyptian collection. In a booklet, ‘Curios from Egypt’, which belonged to the donors of this item (the Colman family, of … Continue reading
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Common Sense
By Caleb Laster, Collections Management Intern THEHM : 2009.2.1 The above image of James Gillray’s Caricature of Thomas Paine, entitled ‘The Rights of Man; or Tommy Paine the Little American Taylor, Taking the Measure of the Crown for a New … Continue reading
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A Collection of Pubs
By Wayne Kett, Collections Development Officer This week Norwich enjoys the third and final Norwich Winter Ale Festival at St Andrews Hall and to celebrate I thought a blog about pubs would be appropriate. I decided to focus on ten objects … Continue reading
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