A student post by Cameron Maclean, PhD Candidate at the University of Glasgow and Numismatic Volunteer at The Hunterian. Throughout history, monarchs have produced coins for the purpose of showing their personal favour to a recipient, rather than just being made for general circulation. This post will showcase some of The Hunterian’s Scottish coins that… Continue reading →
A guest post by Hazel Neill. Hazel is a freelance painting conservator with over 25 years’ experience working in private practice and for national, local authority and independent institutions throughout Britain. Before treatment: The painting hanging in the Gallery and my notes on the 24 March 2021. Sometimes conservators must assess the condition of paintings… Continue reading →
A student post by Angela Robb, MSc Museum Studies student at the University of Glasgow. Angela previously studied Zoology at the University of Glasgow. Her work placement project focuses on The Hunterian’s snake collection, including updating database records and learning about specimen conservation. In 1962, The Hunterian’s zoology section decided that one of its displays… Continue reading →
A staff post by Kyle Steele, Education Trainee at The Hunterian. Hello to everyone, my name is Kyle and I was recently given the position of Education Trainee at The Hunterian. Having completed my first month out of a six-month position, my experiences here have been like a dream come true. It is not every… Continue reading →
A student post by Annie Egerton, MSc Museum Studies student at the University of Glasgow. As part of the 2020-2021 MSc Museum Studies programme, the student cohort worked in small groups to produce an exhibition proposal for The Hunterian. When our group was coming up with ideas for our exhibition proposal in January 2021, in… Continue reading →
A guest post by Allan Madden, Lecturer in History of Art, University of Glasgow. Introduction by Ruth Fletcher, Education Manager Allan Madden, Lecturer in History of Art, has written this blog in his capacity as contributor and Working Group member of the partnership project: LGBTQ+/Queer Collections. The Hunterian, Archives & Special Collections, student volunteers and… Continue reading →
A student post by Carter Lyon, doctoral student in History of Art and Hunterian MuSE. When the Hunterian Art Gallery unveiled its re-hang in 2019, I was pleasantly surprised to see the familiar face of Anne of Austria (GLAHA:43810) in the heart of the gallery. Although at the time it had not recently been on… Continue reading →
A student post by Pigi Sakellaropoulou, PhD researcher of Early Modern Art History at the University of Edinburgh and Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities (SGSAH) Intern at The Hunterian on the project ‘Bridging Collections’. During these first three weeks of my SGSAH internship (1) at The Hunterian, I often wonder: “What could a beetle,… Continue reading →
A student post by Matilda Eriksson, Belén Hernáez Martín, Miyuki Sakai and Charlotte Swindell, History of Art postgraduate students at the University of Glasgow. History of Art postgraduate students at the University of Glasgow have the opportunity to work with The Hunterian to develop proposals for the Object in Focus exhibition space in the Hunterian… Continue reading →
A student post by Rose Berry, 3rd year History of Art student on work placement at The Hunterian. As a third-year English Literature and History of Art student, I had the opportunity to complete a work placement with Lecturer and Curator in Whistler Studies, Dr. Patricia de Montfort. I spent the semester researching the unrealised… Continue reading →
