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Hovering Around Colchester

by Lib Fox | Aug 26, 2021 | Collections

Hovering Around Colchester By Karen Baton, Assistant Collections and Learning Curator * Click on the photos below to visit our Collections Online database and discover more. * Why Look At Hoverflies? Insect collections provide a record of past biodiversity and...

Scraps of Nature

by Lib Fox | Aug 12, 2021 | Art, Collections

Scraps of Nature Self portrait c.1800, oil on canvas IPSMG:R.1906.23 By Emma Roodhouse, Collections and Learning Curator * Click on the photos below to visit our Collections Online database and discover more. * ‘The subjects which he selected were such as...

Washed Ashore

by Lib Fox | Jul 28, 2021 | Collections

Washed Ashore By Karen Baton, Assistant Collections and Learning Curator * Click on the photos below to visit our Collections Online database and discover more. * As restrictions loosen, we’re all starting to think about what we might be doing or where we...

Decoding the Roman Dead: A Bit Of Background

by Lib Fox | Jul 15, 2021 | Behind the Scenes, Blogs, Collections, Exhibitions

Decoding the Roman Dead: A Bit Of Background By Glynn Davis, Senior Collections and Learning Curator and Lead Curator for the ‘Decoding the Roman Dead’ exhibition * Click on the photos below to visit our Collections Online database and discover more. * Decoding...

Historical Cures: Colchester’s Apothecary Jars

by Lib Fox | Jun 1, 2021 | Blogs, Collections

Historical Cures: Colchester’s Apothecary Jars By Liz Tregenza, Collections and Learning Curator * Click on the photos below to visit our Collections Online database and discover more about that object. * Today we are used to our medicines, pills and...

Landscape Research Group

by Lib Fox | Apr 26, 2021 | Art, Blogs, Collections, Funding Application Blog

Landscape Research Group By Emma Roodhouse, Collections and Learning Curator What do maps, well-being and the climate crisis have to do with landscape art? These are just the sorts of questions that the Landscape Research Group seeks to explore. This research group...