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.
Spiral repair on a Naga body cloth decorated with cowrie shells and red dog’s hair. MAA 1947.225

Make Do and Mend, Museum Edition

by | 23.08.24

Here’s how a repaired Naga body cloth from India can provide inspiration for mending your own socks. As part of the Stores Move Project, the team at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (MAA), the team has recently been processing textile collections from India, preparing them to move to our new store. You can learn a lot about the way… Read full article

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