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Conserving Korean hanging scrolls
A project to conserve six Korean hanging scrolls all dating from the late Joseon Dynasty (1392 – 1910) is being generously supported by the National Museum of Korea.
Chitrali Shu
The mountainous region of Chitral in northern Pakistan is home to a pure woollen fabric called 'shu' or 'patti'. This project will document this living tradition through film and interviews.
Entangled Knowledges
Entangled Knowledges aims to highlight Menang Nyungar knowledge embedded in a historical fish collection held at National Museums Scotland and return this knowledge to the Menang community in Western Australia.
Reveal and Connect
Our collaborative project will publish a national review of African and Caribbean collections held in museums across Scotland, and establish a network of interests to encourage engagement with these collections.
Buying Power: British Archaeology and the Antiquities Market in Egypt and Sudan 1880 - 1939
Investigating how archaeologists involved in British-led excavations in Egypt and Sudan engaged with the antiquities market between 1880 - 1939.
People and Plants
People and Plants will investigate the interplay between natural history and ethnography collections in museums, emphasising their value as material archives of indigenous ecological knowledge.
Exchange
Working with community groups to explore experiences of empire, migration, and life in Britain through National Museums Scotland collections.
Egypt's Dispersed Heritage
Egypt's Dispersed Heritage Explore the legacies of the British archaeology in Egypt and the dialogue being created around these collections.
WITH Coastal Style
Revealing the Layers: the Umbrian Madonna and Child
Colouring the Nation
African Commemorative Textiles Project with Edinburgh College of Art
Scottish collectors and collecting in central Africa, 1870–1930
African Barkcloth
The Fabric of Life
Chinese dress and textiles
Doctoral research projects
Imagining ancient Egypt in the age of empire: Identity and power in Scottish museum displays of Egyptian objects, 1860 to 1930
Shaping Taste, Building Knowledge: Collecting China in Scotland, in the early 20th Century
Imagining the Pacific in Scotland in the late 18th and early 19th Centuries: Collectors and Collections, Museums and Universities
Understanding colour in Renaissance embroidery: new analytical approaches
Tibetan Collections in Scottish Museums 1890-1930: A Critical Historiography of Missionary and Military Intent
British Collecting in Ethiopia 1769 to 1960: Explorers, Missionaries, Military Expeditions, and Royal Gifting