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Image description: an image of the inside of the Pitt Rivers Museum The University has received a grant of £639,999 from the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund to support the reopening and recovery of the Ashmolean Museum, the History of Science Museum, the Museum of Natural History and Pitt Rivers Museum. All of the […]
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Image Description: View from inside the Pitt Rivers Museum I confess, in full acceptance that I am playing into the History Student Stereotype, to feeling absolutely at home in a museum. Many times over this year of lockdowns I have found myself craving the familiar comfort of their echoey rooms. Last term especially, weaving out […]
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Image description: People sit on benches looking at paintings in one of the galleries at Tate Britain. As the pandemic continues, arts organisations have begun exploring new ways of generating income. Many galleries and museums are now running paid events online. The Royal Opera House is selling a David Hockney portrait, estimated to be worth […]
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The City of Paris Museums voted on 15th November 2018 that photos of the works belonging to their collection would become free for all to look at and use. The museums that form part of this group include the Palais Galliera Museum of Fashion, the City of Paris Museum of Modern Art and the Petit […]
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The Jam Factory’s new exhibition Below the Spires aims to bring attention to homelessness in Oxfordshire. Featuring photographs of Oxford from the perspective of homeless people, they hope to dispel some of the myths about what it is like to survive on the streets. Below the Spires offers us insight into the very different ways […]
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A selection of items from museum shops, inspired by works of art and literature, that would make excellent gifts for friends and family. Ai Wei Wei Eco Bag, £6.50 This bag takes inspiration from a series of photographs by Ai Wei Wei, in which he gives the finger to monuments that embody authority, empire and […]
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Image Credit: Bob Clark. Description: a vinyl record player. When someone says the word “endangered”, what do you immediately think of? Polar bears, melting ice-caps, ancient artefacts, or even a language? Rarely might we give the prompt answer – ways of life. But it is a fact that we know must be true – that […]
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Image Credit: Pxhere. Description: a woman viewing some paintings in a gallery. Not only is it considered normal to hold foreign art in museums, but it’s almost perceived to be the role of these institutions. Can a museum ever be able to represent accurately a heritage and a set of work that doesn’t belong to […]
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Image Credit: Dezalb. Description: a tablet engraved with Egyptian hieroglyphs. Museums are a fantastic resource for many subjects. In Oxford, for instance, there is the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, the Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH), and the Museum of the History of Science, to name but a few. These places house […]
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With less than 6 months to go until Britain’s supposed exit from the EU many of us are looking fondly over to the shores of Europe, dreaming of adventure. Well good news Oxstu readers, there is one more vacation between us and March 29th 2019. So why not use your freedom of movement to visit […]
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Image Credit: Magnus D (CC BY 2.0) After a long day of lectures, labs and tutes it can be hard to be enthusiastic about even more science that is probably way over our heads. However, the combination of a huge faculty filled with brilliant minds eager to share their expertise and a university keen to […]
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For most of us, Iceland is on the fringes of our international consciousness: it’s a geopolitical irrelevance, which basically has nice fishing, pretty geysers, and maybe some Vikings. We’d almost forgotten about its existence until the unpronounceable volcano (watching beleaguered reporters try to pronounce ‘Eyjafjallajokull’ still has me in stitches every time) struck and buggered […]
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