"Museum of Archaeology" (University of Nottingham) - Jonjon explores

"Museum of Archaeology"

(University of Nottingham)

Archaeology: the ultimate showcase of academic soft-powers. Imagine everyday objects that’s shifted in time – a place to tell great stories, or at least as much as what can be deciphered and fit into a history frame. And you can do your own comparative 'archaeology of archaeology' if you wish, by contrasting departmental museums from around the country, on how they’re doing their job: Cambridge tries to interest us with the recent and the relatable (they have to; it's a dual-scholarship with anthropology); UCL's A G Leventis puts everything on a political timeline. Or perhaps if you're really in for a challenge, why not revisit the mummifying old-school of Petrie Museum? Warning: typewritten labels on browned cardboards.


But now find yourself in another kind of experience in Nottingham University. For as soon as you’re experienced enough to compare, you’ll then realize life is full of surprises especially when it comes to curating choices.

See for yourself: Museum of Archaeology, University of Nottingham

1. U Nottingham's Museum of Archaeology offers a less ambitious (and hence concentrated) project: it features finds from East Midlands with emphasis on Nottinghamshire.

2. To follow through the timeline you'd need to go counter-clockwise starting with the lithic axes.

3. Some of these place names would come in handy later: Attenborough and Dragonby (tools and pottery, up to Iron Age), Margidunum (you’re right: it's a Roman town), Kingston.

4. Do check out the corridors and gallery just next to the museum. They're part of Lakeside Arts and feature various temporary exhibitions.

(After today: we'll be going north for Wallaton.)


When you feel like life is too short, come join my 25-min museum tour. Or find yourself in my novel, check out the photo of the day and finish it off with a secret prize.

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