Blog post by Chiara Zuanni, postdoctoral researcher at the V&A. In one of our previous posts, Sandra introduced one of the papers we are working on which focuses on an interdisciplinary and transnational comparison in order to explore how museums collecting and displaying practices and international fairs contributed to the making of knowledge in the late … Continue reading Exploring possible futures at the 1876 Loan Collection
Tag: Musical Instruments
A visit to the Horniman 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