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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...

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: Spotlight on the Boss Hall Brooch

by Lib Fox | Nov 8, 2019 | Behind the Scenes, Collections, Exhibitions

← Previous blog IPSMG:R.1996.41; The Boss Hall Brooch On loan from Ipswich Borough Council Cymbeline Storey, Conservation Officer (Colchester) We’re going to take a closer look at one of the many stunning objects currently on display in Colchester Castle in the...

Adorn: Viking Ring

by Lib Fox | Oct 25, 2019 | Behind the Scenes, Collections, Exhibitions

← Previous blog Guest blog by Carolyn Wingfield, Curator at Saffron Walden Museum This ring was found by a metal-detectorist near Thaxted, Essex in 2013. After it was reported under the Treasure Act (1996), it was purchased for Saffron Walden Museum’s archaeology...

Adorn: Object Loans [Click for Shiny]

by Lib Fox | Oct 11, 2019 | Behind the Scenes, Blogs, Collections, Exhibitions

← Previous blog Next blog → Rory McDaid, Collections Information Officer (Colchester) Generally speaking, the vast majority of collections held by museums are in storage – far more densely packed away than what you see in the museums themselves. Various...