Ten days ago, we held our first two-day ‘Universal Histories and Universal Museums’ (UHUM) project workshop, ‘The Evolution of the Museum’, at the Science Museum in London. The first day we were at Blythe House, which hosts the archives and part of the conservation sections and stores of the Science Museum, the V&A, and the British … Continue reading Reporting from our workshop ‘The Evolution of the Museum’
Blog post by Chiara Zuanni, postdoctoral researcher at the V&A. Last week, I went with Sandra to the Horniman Museum to try to trace some objects we have encountered in our archival research. Although the Horniman Museum opened in 1901, collections acquired by the Horniman family have been on display since 1890 in their former … Continue reading A visit to the Horniman Museum
Blog post by Sandra Kemp, V&A project Principal Investigator. In a series of reviews of the 1878 Paris exhibition, John Lockwood Kipling, then curator of the Lahore Museum, compares French and British exhibition displays. He begins: Novelty of idea is claimed for this display, but it would be hard to find a notion about … Continue reading Travelling objects and transnationalism