February 2012

MoDiP has the kind of collection that you may think you are very familiar with. We have objects which we all use every day, and some pieces which are more unusual. By looking at this distorted image are you able to guess what the object is? What do you think it could be used for? Post your answer in...

This seminar will address the character of different plastics, how they have been used and how best to care for them. There will be an artefact worshop to which you may bring objects from your museum about which you would like to know more. We will also look at the future of the SSN and how it can...

MoDiP has the kind of collection that you may think you are very familiar with. We have objects which we all use every day, and some pieces which are more unusual. By looking at this distorted image are you able to guess what the object is? What do you think it could be used for? Post your answer in...

MoDiP is currenlty showing some work by AUB Level 5 FdA in Textiles students as part of the unit: Innovation for Textiles Practice. Students were asked to draw a variety of artefacts from MoDiP’s collection arranged as still lives and to develop from them a vocabulary of simple geometric shapes...

MoDiP has a stand alone case at the top of the library stairs. Here we like to show research by AUB staff where it can be related to our collection. In celebration of the Chinese New Year Kirsten Hardie, Principal Lecturer and National Teaching Fellow, chose to display a number of items relating to...

MoDiP has the kind of collection that you may think you are very familiar with. We have objects which we all use every day, and some pieces which are more unusual. By looking at this distorted image are you able to guess what the object is? What do you think it could be used for? Post your answer in...

The current exhibition shows the sumptuous fans of Felix Alexandre, fanmaker to the courts of Europe, including to Queen Victoria. The exhibition includes two fans from the Royal Collection and many others with elaborately carved ivory, engraved mother of pearl, and richly gilded montures, bedecked...