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April Hawkins

How to display the past......

Ever wondered what goes in to the display you see in a museum gallery? I’m exploring some behind-the-scenes issues that shape what you see. This is the first of a series of posts that tie into a new course I’m teaching for University of Toronto graduate students called Greece and Rome at the

How to display the past….. Part 2: Collecting

In my last post  I mentioned that various factors (sometimes pure chance) shaped a museum collection, and so affected the look of a public display.  Here, I illustrate this by exploring the collection history of one particularly famous (even infamous) object.  This ivory and gold figurine has

How to display the past.....Part 3: Curatorial Perspectives

As I mentioned in my first post, this behind-the-scenes tour is based on a course for University of Toronto graduates that I have been teaching this semester (my excuse for the long delay between blog posts). In the class the students heard two different experiences of putting together a permanent

Tours- September 27

Tours in English 11 am            Museum Highlights 12 pm           China 1 pm             Museum Highlights 2 pm            Ancient Egypt & Nubia 3 pm            Museum Highlights Visites guidées en français 14 h              Les trésors du musée