How to read a Japanese print
The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge has a collection of around 1,500 Japanese prints. I investigated how we can ‘read’ these pictures to understand more about the cultures that produced them. Japan had a flourishing print culture in the 18th and 19th century. Japanese prints became objects of fascination for Europeans in the 19th century, but the stories the pictures told…
Calculators, Calculators, Calculators!
The Whipple Museum of the History of Science holds the largest (probably!) collection of electronic handheld calculators in the United Kingdom. This summer, I have had the opportunity to audit, rehouse, and construct a new case of these devices. Technology has developed so quickly over the past decades that we think of calculators as much as apps on our phones…
Make Do and Mend, Museum Edition
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…
