How the ‘Women Who Shaped Manchester’ exhibition inspired our podcast ‘Tea with Aurora Leigh’
English Literature students Jamie-Leigh Simkins, Megan Cronin, Maisie Scott and Clare Hardy reveal how an exhibition at the John RylandsContinue Reading
Tag: Exhibitions
Save the Date: Carcanet and the indie poetry-publishing scene exhibition, 30th September 2019
Dr Victoria Stobo writes: Exciting news for poetry lovers: an exhibition of archive material relating to the poetry publisher CarcanetContinue Reading
“Good Blood, Bad Blood”: A Petite Exhibit on Menstruation in the Rylands Gallery #2
This is the second of two blog posts to accompany a display in Rylands Gallery. The first post focused onContinue Reading
“Peculiar and Marvellous”: A Petite Exhibit on Menstruation in the Rylands Gallery #1
This is the first of two blog posts to accompany a display in Rylands Gallery. This first post explores 19thContinue Reading
Speech Acts at Manchester Art Gallery: dom sylvester houédard on tour
Fran Horner, a postgraduate student studying the MA in Art Gallery and Museum Studies, tells us more about her internship atContinue Reading
Curating Culture: A Student’s Perspective
‘Curating Culture’ is a module available to undergraduates at the University of Manchester via the University College of Interdisciplinary Learning (UCIL). Continue Reading
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
Behind the Scenes of an Exhibition: The Art of Visual Communication
Digitisation activity around our Special Collections exhibitions has become more and more critical over the past few years. Whether thatContinue 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
Using facial recognition techniques to compare portraits associated with Shakespeare
Portrait of a Young Man, referred to as the Grafton portrait, held in the John Rylands Library, is by anContinue Reading