By Hanley Quintrell, Collections Management (Digitisation) Trainee I never considered myself a tech-head. This is a museum, after all – not an industry which springs to mind when most of us consider technology. Yet technology is in everything we do; … Continue reading →| Shine A Light
By Hanley Quintrell, Collections Management (Digitisation) Trainee We can’t expert our art to be historically accurate, even when it rewrites events in the common mind – Richard III is an evil hunchback villain thanks to Shakespeare, but his actual skeleton … Continue reading →| Shine A Light
By Hemali Chudasama, Collections Management (Hazards) Trainee One thing that always come to mind when I think about Mercury is a video I watched in science class where someone had put liquid mercury on their hand. If I recall properly, … Continue reading →| Shine A Light
By Hemali Chudasama, Collections Management (Hazards) Trainee From volunteering at the science museum, I was no stranger to the hazards that are present in historical medication. As a volunteer I didn’t get to work with medicines directly, but I was … Continue reading →| Shine A Light
By Hemali Chudasama, Collections Management (Hazards) Trainee Asbestos was one of the first hazards I came across in the collection which was during my time volunteering at the Science Museum. As a volunteer I was only allowed to handle low … Continue reading →| Shine A Light
By Hemali Chudasama, Collections Management (Hazards) Trainee It’s been a whirlwind these past few months since I started the traineeship. What has it been, 7 months since I stepped into the world …| Shine A Light
This year was always going to be interesting for the Collections Department of Norfolk Museum Service, with a major transformation of Norwich Castle set to begin, but nobody could have predicted ho…| Shine A Light