A staff post by Jesper Ericsson, Curatorial Assistant at The Hunterian. Some years ago, a gold University of Glasgow prize medal for ‘Hebrew Class’ was found in an antiques shop in north Wales. On the edge, the inscription revealed that the recipient was Vernon C Clarke, and that he had been awarded the medal in… Continue reading →
A student post by Lorna Mackenzie, MSc Museum Studies student. Few people in Glasgow today are aware that over 130 years ago a bank based in the city collapsed, changing banking forever and causing devastation to many investors. Its name was the City of Glasgow Bank and The Hunterian now looks after five banknotes it… Continue reading →
A staff post by Jesper Ericsson, Curatorial Assistant at The Hunterian. The production of aluminium in Scotland stretches back more than a century. Harnessing hydroelectric power, it beckoned a new era of industry for the Highlands, seen previously as a remote and inaccessible part of the country. A lightweight and versatile metal, Scottish aluminium was… Continue reading →
A staff post by Harriet Gaston, Communications Manager at The Hunterian. Moving office can be almost as bad as moving house. It does, however, make you get round to tasks previously avoided. One of the major tasks I had to undertake before we moved to our lovely new offices at Kelvin Hall was the sorting… Continue reading →
A staff post by Lizzie O’Neill, Digital Collections Manager at The Hunterian and Harriet Gaston, Communications Manager at The Hunterian. This week, we were delighted to welcome Dr Michaela Appel from The Museum Fünf Kontinente in Germany and Ngaa Kitai Taria Pureariki from Aitutaki in the Cook Islands. They visited the Hunterian Museum and our… Continue reading →
A student post from Jade Scott, former Hunterian Associate. Jade has recently submitted her PhD in English Language and is preparing for her viva. Her thesis examines the exile experience and agency of a sixteenth-century noblewoman, Lady Anne Percy, through her surviving letters. She also works as a Graduate Teaching Assistant in the department of… Continue reading →
A staff post from the University of Glasgow EMOTIVE team. If you happened to wander into the Hunterian museum at the University of Glasgow on a snowy Thursday afternoon in late February, you would have been witness to the first EMOTIVE user prototype workshop in action. You would have encountered 30 adults wrestling with bits… Continue reading →
A student post from Sara McQueen and Liam White. In October 2016, Sara McQueen and Liam White were appointed, via University of Glasgow’s Internship Hub, as Volunteers Coordinators for the The Hunterian’s Night at Museum (NATM) events. Now in their third year, the events continue to grow as more and more people come along to… Continue reading →
A staff post from Professor David Gaimster, Director of The Hunterian. It has been a great pleasure and privilege to lead The Hunterian over the last six and a half years. It has been particularly rewarding to help deliver the Kelvin Hall Phase 1 project for the mobilisation of museum collections for research, teaching and… Continue reading →
A staff post from Ruth Fletcher, Student Engagement Officer at The Hunterian. As Student Engagement Officer at The Hunterian I am tasked with developing and implementing various ways for University of Glasgow students to incorporate collections and public engagement into their learning, research, and personal development. One key aspect of this work is the arrangement… Continue reading →
