Category Archives: Cultural reflections
aMAZEme at the Southbank Centre
This week The Man and I had one of our “Luke & Maudie’s Fun Day Out”. I love these days, they are filled with enjoyable meandering, varied and regular pub visits (preferably trying out new ones) and generally having an … Continue reading
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Tagged art, books, exhibition, literature, maze, Southbank
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The Beauty of Edinburgh
Well I know this one is a little late in coming, but life seems to be running away with me at the moment! Just before Easter, I spent two glorious weeks in Edinburgh in Scotland. Despite being only a train … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural reflections, Voluntary Work
Tagged castle, edinburgh, holyrood, scotland
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A visit to the Museum of Childhood
I’ve just spent a fabulous morning at the Museum of Childhood having a look for books for my MA project, thanks to Catherine at the museum and Jane at the V&A, I am hopefully going to be taking a book … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Cultural reflections, V&A, Voluntary Work
Tagged major project, museum, museum of childhood
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Mondays at the V&A
Yesterday was my last Monday at the V&A until May – this is due to a series of varied events including some bank holidays, a two week trip to Scotland (next week!) and a two week trip to Norfolk (in … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural reflections, V&A, Voluntary Work
Tagged guards, museum, V&A, victoria & albert
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A conservator’s visit to Tate Britain
Unfortunately I have no photos as I don’t seem to be all here at the moment, so I have included a standard picture from the web! We were given an introduction into the conservation department at the Tate Britain by … Continue reading
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Tagged conservation, field trip, gallery, museum, tate britain, turner
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A field trip to Parliament
Due to the restrictions on taking photographs at the house of lords, I only have the one picture below, which is unfortunately not great quality – but hey ho, but that than nothing! We met Caroline Babington and Lara Artemis … Continue reading
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Tagged conservation, house of lords, parliament, studio
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