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Apotropaic Magic

by Lib Fox | Jan 24, 2020 | Behind the Scenes, Blogs, Collections

← Previous blog Audrey Woodhouse, Social History Volunteer at Ipswich Museums It’s the seventeenth century and superstition is rife. The Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins is causing an enormous stir in East Anglia, creating an intense paranoia amongst the...

Adorn: Medieval ‘Decade’ Ring

by Lib Fox | Jan 17, 2020 | Behind the Scenes, Blogs

← Previous blog Guest blog by Jill Holmen, Collections Manager at Epping Forest Museum Epping Forest District Museum has built up quite a collection of medieval rings over the last few years, mostly thanks to the Treasure Act (1996). I was especially pleased when...

Adorn: Timeless pieces

by Lib Fox | Dec 27, 2019 | Behind the Scenes, Blogs, Exhibitions

← Previous blog Nicola Hearn, Adorn Volunteer Hi, my name is Nicola and over the summer I frequently volunteered for the exhibition Adorn, Jewellery; the Human Story. In today’s blog post I will be talking about my favourite case in the exhibition, Materials and...

Conserving iron

by Lib Fox | Dec 20, 2019 | Behind the Scenes, Blogs, Collections, Conservation

← Previous blog Cym Storey, Conservator, Colchester Museums While in one of the museum store rooms recently I came across a set of four painted cast iron stove panels (COLEM:1926.5196) in need of conservation. The panels were very dirty and corroded, and losses...

Adorn: A New Curator’s Perspective

by Lib Fox | Dec 13, 2019 | Behind the Scenes, Blogs, Collections, Exhibitions

← Previous blog Liz Tregenza, Collections and Learning Curator (Colchester) My name is Liz and I am the new Collections and Learning Curator at Colchester + Ipswich Museums. I was very excited to have a look around the current major exhibition Adorn: Jewellery...

Adorn: A Volunteer’s View

by Lib Fox | Nov 15, 2019 | Behind the Scenes, Exhibitions

← Previous blog Next blog → Tom Harffey, Adorn Volunteer The Adorn exhibition is an eye-opening, incredible collection of ancient jewellery, mostly found in the local area. We as humans have always been intelligent and skillful, and it truly is both a...