An exhibition looking at hazardous substances found in historic bindings is currently on display at the Research Studio in the Wardlaw Museum. This blog highlights… Read More »Poisonous books – Dangers from the past
In October this year St Andrews holds its 4th annual Photography Festival. Drawing heavily on the University’s teaching and research collections to support the theme… Read More »2019 St Andrews Photography Festival: Science & Photography
On a recent visit to London, Rachel caught up with Becky Lawton (Medieval History MLitt, 2015) at the British Library’s sell-out Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms exhibition. You can… Read More »From Anglo-Saxons to the Tower of London
Preparations for the second St Andrews Photography Festival are well underway. This year we are looking at ‘Scots at Home’, a theme that allows for… Read More »St Andrews Photography Festival Returns this September!
The Women’s British Open is the leading Major Golf Championship recognised by both the Ladies European Tour and the Ladies Professional Golf Association. Begun in… Read More »The Women’s British Open Championship is in St Andrews this week!
We have had a busy few weeks supporting our academic colleagues during sunny conference season. The 600th anniversary has provided a big draw for conferences… Read More »Showing off this summer! — exhibitions and conferences
This year’s “52 Weeks of …” thread has now come to a close and it is time, once again, to finish the series with our… Read More »52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations: Reflections and Visual Index
This week’s Inspiring Illustrations post about photography is on the topic of the somewhat less noble yet very prolific format of the postcard. As a… Read More »52 Weeks of Inspiring Illustrations, Week 40: The Photographic Postcard
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, the renowned Scottish abstract artist, has been attracting a lot of attention this year, with several recent events to celebrate the centenary of her birth. She was… Read More »Wilhelmina Barns-Graham: artist’s life celebrated
We have just celebrated the opening of our latest exhibition. ‘A Royal Foundation: 400 years of the King James Library’ celebrates the establishment in 1612… Read More »Behind the scenes at the Museum: Installing the King James Library Exhibition
Cross-posted from the original on the Museum Collections Blog of the University of St Andrews. The new temporary exhibition A Royal Foundation: 400 Years of… Read More »A Royal Foundation 2.0.1 – an Augmented Reality Experiment
A guest post in advance of the Gateway Gallery exhibition: A Royal Foundation: 400 Years of King James Library. Colin Bovaird has studied and worked… Read More »A Split Personality? The double life of the King James Library
