An Explorer’s Legacy: The Journey of the John Rae Collection TAGS: Collections Management | collections registrar | Loans As part of ongoing work on the University’s historic loans, Collections Registrar, Morven Rodger, investigates the history and provenance of the University’s John Rae collection. In July 1926, the University …Continue reading →

The Art of Asking: Requesting Loans for Exhibition TAGS: Collections Management | collections registrar | Loans By Morven Rodger, Collections Registrar, Heritage Collections As the Collections Registrar, one of my core responsibilities is coordinating loans from the University’s Heritage Collections to external exhibitions. Whenever an item …Continue reading →

ICOM UK 2023 TAGS: anti-racism | collections registrar | conference | Decolonisation | ICOMUK2023 Today’s blog comes from Collections Registrar Morven Rodger, reflecting on the 2023 ICOM UK Conference in Glasgow, addressing legacies of colonialism nationally and internationally. In August 2018, while on a …Continue reading →