Event Archive

2022

November

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  Talk: Zoë Playdon THE HIDDEN CASE OF EWAN FORBES

  14 November 2022, 19:00 - 20:30

  The University of Aberdeen Museums & Special Collections is delighted to welcome academic and activist Zoë Playdon to talk about her publication "The Hidden Case of Ewan Forbes" - a local story with international resonance - as part of this year's Book Week Scotland.

October

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  The British Secret Service, the Scottish Book Trade, and the 1707 Act of Union: An Inquiry into the History of Propaganda

  19 October 2022, 18:00 - 19:00

  Public event with Professor Sean Moore (Visiting Scholar 2022), supported by RIISS, FAUL, AHF and Museums and Special Collections.

September

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  Exhibition: Barbara Rae - The Northwest Passage

  05 September - 16 December 2022

  The Northwest Passage present work by artist Barbara Rae, inspired by her journeys from Orkney to the Canadian arctic as she engaged with the topography and history of the land.

August

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  Online Exhibition: Eat, Prey Love: Humans and other animals

  15 August 2022

  The University of Aberdeen's latest online exhibition invites viewers to discover the intricacies of human relationships with animals.

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  Collections Close Up

  06 August 2022, 11:00 - 13:00

  Explore treasures from our collection of rare books and get up close to exquisite examples of illuminated manuscripts from medieval history and the Church.

July

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  Edward Raban: Up Close

  16 July 2022, 09:30 - 16:30

  An event celebrating 400 years of printing in Aberdeen, featuring an exhibition, rare books close-up, and expert talks.

May

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  COLLECTIONS CUPPA On Western Museum Philosophy: From the outside looking in

  26 May 2022, 10:00 - 10:30

  Postgraduate student Ashwini Rao leads an interactive discussion on the role that philosophy can play in interpreting and understanding heritage and museum collections.

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  Collections Cuppa : The Wardlaw Mausoleum

  19 May 2022, 10:00 - 10:30

  Erik Lundberg introduces us to this fascinating mausoleum in Kirkhill, near Inverness, the burial place for the Lovat Frasers and most notably Lord Lovat, the "Old Fox" of the Jacobite Rebellion.

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  Collections Cuppa : #MuseumsMemories

  12 May 2022, 10:00 - 10:30

  Curatorial Assistant Lise Bos reflects on some of the unexpected moments, objects and stories uncovered over the past 2 years whilst working with the University's museum collections.

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  Artist in Residence Event

  09 May 2022, 10:30 - 12:30

  Join us to celebrate Andy Cannon's Artist in Residence with the University of Aberdeen's Museums and Special Collections Department with a performance of Is This a Dagger?