Migration Museum: NHS Exhibition review
The Migration Museum’s ‘Heart of the Nation’ exhibition explores how migrants built Britain’s NHS, even in the face of systemic racism.
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On Tour Development: From Curiosity and Colonialism to Unnatural Histories
As we launch a new tour of Oxford’s Natural History Museum, we reflect on lessons learnt from exploring the dark side of curiosity.
Issam Kourbaj’s “Urgent Archive”: Exhibition Review
The latest Kettle’s Yard exhibition is a real-time battle to preserve Syrian history from oblivion, but does it stick in the viewer’s memory?
Sir Arthur Evans: Knossos, Myth & Reality
Review of the exhibition ‘Knossos: Myths & Reality’ at the Ashmolean (10 February -30 July …
Unburying an Archaeologist: the Forgotten Story of Hormuzd Rassam
Hormuzd Rassam is not a name which will be familiar to most Oxford residents and …
Afterlives of the Town: Politics of Burial and Personhood in Oxford
Oxford, Not University During our Uncomfortable Oxford tours, we focus a fair bit on the …
Bones of Contention: The Ethics of Displaying Human Remains in Museums
In the previous article of our Personhood and Personal Objects series, we explored the idea …
Inheriting the Mantle: Dedications and Dilemmas in the Ashmolean
The Ashmolean Museum is the University of Oxford’s museum for art and archaeology. It describes …
The Haida Totem Pole: A First Nations Treasure in Oxford
The second article in our short series delving into the background of items in the …
Breaking the Prime Directive: The Pitt Rivers Phantoms
Introduction Within the Star Trek universe, humans are bound by the “Prime Directive” which forbids …
Review: ‘Between making and knowing something’ by Mariana Castillo Deball
This is a review of Mariana Castillo Deball’s 2020 exhibition at Modern Art Oxford. The …
Empty Spaces: Where are the Statues to Imperial Victims?
In the midst of a revolution against problematic historical statues, we might reflect on the …
