Why is seeing the actual Domesday Book at the British Library is almost an anti-climax? Because everything else in the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms exhibition is so completely marvellous.
Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: manuscript marvels at the British Library
Saving Culture: Heritage in Crisis Today
In the sixth Andrew Carnegie lecture at Glasgow University Dr Richard Kurin from the Smithsonian Institution in Washington spoke about the development of the work of the Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative.
Rising from the Ashes: The National Library of Baghdad
‘Each of us who has been wounded […] knows that our lives will always be referenced by the scars and the wound.’ When the literary theorist Maren Linnett uttered these words, it was spoken in reference to an individual’s trauma. However, in the context of this blog, I believe it is important and indeed, applicable … Continue reading Rising from the Ashes: The National Library of Baghdad
Up in Smoke: Norwich Central Library
On 1st August, 1994, Norwich Central Library caught fire and burned for four hours. Thousands of books and historic documents were lost. Is there anything we can learn from this disaster?
Were lessons learned from the first Glasgow School of Art fire?
When you enter The Glasgow School of Art website, you encounter a biography of The Mackintosh Building. (1) This gives a glimpse into the historical significance of The Mackintosh Building. The School was founded in January 1845 as Glasgow’s Government School of Design. Forty years later in 1885, Francis Newbery became the headmaster. Under his … Continue reading Were lessons learned from the first Glasgow School of Art fire?
Flames turned museum into ashes — where memories continue to sparkle
The catastrophic museum fire in Brazil should not be the end: could it retell the story of a rebirthing phoenix?
Delete? Are you sure…?
From extracting movie reels from a derelict swimming pool to searching a home computer for forgotten back-up files, how lost early films and a modern blockbuster have been rescued from obliteration.
Imps in the archive 