Behind the Scenes of an Exhibition: The Life of Objects Shop Range
Liza Leonard, Visitor Engagement Co-ordinator: Reception and Retail writes: The shop is a key part of the Library’s offer forContinue Reading
Author: Clare Baker
Behind the scenes of an Exhibition: Come and Join Us!
Gemma Henderson, Visitor Engagement Co-ordinator for Public Programmes, writes: Clare and Karen asked me to write about my involvement inContinue Reading
Archives and Records Association NW Photographic Day
Until recently our collection of photography here at The John Rylands Library was un-curated and in large parts unknown. ThisContinue Reading
Behind the Scenes of an Exhibition: Show and Tell!
The last couple of months have been a flurry of activity as we prepare the information to accompany the objectsContinue Reading
Keepsakes and Remembrance
With our thoughts still on commemorations for Remembrance Sunday we have had a poignant find on our shelves of uncataloguedContinue Reading
Behind the Scenes of an Exhibition: Hard Decisions!
This week we met with our colleague Elaine Sheldon from the Conservation Team to discuss display proposals and concerns aboutContinue Reading
Behind the scenes of an exhibition: or everything you wanted to know about exhibitions, but were afraid to ask.
Over the last twelve months we have been enhancing the boxlist for the Li Yuan-chia archive with the aim ofContinue Reading
The Cellar Art Project
The Visual Collections Team has joined forces with Collection Care conservator Niki Pantazidou to try and make sense of aContinue Reading
Vive la France!
Having been inspired by an undergraduate Art History and Visual Collections Seminar first year student Kelly Stanford has returnedContinue Reading
Li Yuan-chia in Translation.
In December of last year a project started on the Li Yuan-chia Collection by our new intern, Shengyan Wang. HeContinue Reading