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Stories In Stone

by Lib Fox | Jan 13, 2021 | Blogs, Collections, Funding Application Blog

Stories In Stone By Glynn Davis, Senior Collections and Learning Curator * Click on the photos below to visit our Collections Online database and discover more about that object. * Colchester Museums care for a fascinating collection of Roman intaglios. These small...

Changing hands

by Lib Fox | Dec 15, 2020 | Art, Blogs

Changing hands By Liz Tregenza, Collections and Learning Curator In this blog post I’m going to concentrate on the people who previously owned Walton Bridges, and the significance of J.M.W. Turner’s art for those who collected it. Provenance is greatly...

Botanising Turner

by Lib Fox | Dec 1, 2020 | Art, Behind the Scenes, Collections

Botanising Turner Guest blog by Dr David Waterhouse, Senior Curator of Natural History at Norfolk Museums Service Many of us have heard of forensic entomology – where the succession of various insects and other invertebrates found on corpses are used to figure out...

Creating Constable

by Lib Fox | Nov 18, 2020 | Art, Funding Application Blog

Creating Constable John Constable (1776-1837) – Willy Lott’s House, Flatford, 1816, oil on canvas Family, Friends and Artists in East Anglia Emma Roodhouse, Collections and Learning Curator 2021 is a significant year for the artist, John Constable 1776-1837,...

A Tale of Two Portraits

by Lib Fox | Jun 16, 2020 | Blogs

← Previous blog Patricia Palmer, Visitor Experience Volunteer Each object and artefact in Ipswich Museum and Christchurch Mansion holds its own history and value, and it is hard to select a favourite. I have a soft spot for the bear; his eyes catch the light...

Why I Volunteer

by Lib Fox | Jun 4, 2020 | Behind the Scenes

← Previous blog Hello, my name is Laura Jones and I have been volunteering with Ipswich Museums for over two years now. During my time here I have taken part in a number of different projects, volunteering alongside professional staff who have taught me so much...

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