RESP Outreach Intern – 1st May, Launch Event TAGS: Animals | CRC | Guest Speakers | Launch Event | Musical Performance | Online Exhibition | RESP Written by: James Rice, RESP Outreach Intern With the arrival of May, my internship was close to an end, but, not before the in-person launch event for Rebekah’s online exhibition; representing …Continue reading →

RESP Outreach Intern – March TAGS: CRC | Designs | logo | Postcard | RESP | Signage | Video Editing Written by: James Rice, RESP Outreach Intern Going into March, now with my responsibilities made more clear, my internship primarily focused upon organising the event itself and invites. Before this, I …Continue reading →

RESP Outreach Intern – February TAGS: Activities | Activity Sheets | CRC | Eventbrite | Launch Event | Oral History | RESP | Video Editing Written by: James Rice, RESP Outreach Intern With my pitch given and what I hoped to achieve with my internship outlined, I could begin planning how to carry out my responsibilities. …Continue reading →

RESP Outreach Intern – Late November & December TAGS: CRC | Heritage Sector | Intern | Musselburgh | Outreach | RESP | Twitter | X Written by: James Rice, RESP Outreach Intern Hi there, I’m James, a part-time MSc student in Islamic and Middle Eastern studies at the University of Edinburgh, and the Outreach Intern for …Continue reading →

Second General Military Hospital, Craigleith TAGS: Archives | CRC | Untold stories | WW1 In this edition of Untold Stories, Louise (Archivist at Lothian Health Services Archive) looks at the history of one of the many military hospitals in our region: During the current …Continue reading →

Chagall You Need is Love (and Conservation) TAGS: Chagall | conservation | CRC | lithographs One of the most interesting parts of my job as the University’s Conservation Officer is working on the CRC’s exhibitions programme. Whether it be condition checking, installing works, framing and …Continue reading →

Sheep Showcase TAGS: Annexe | CRC | Dolly | Fringe | genetics | Sheep | Special Collections | Towards Dolly | University of Edinburgh Have you ever met Jordan, the Library Cat? What if there was another furry animal in the Library, maybe not as alive, but nonetheless as interesting? The Main Library’s newest …Continue reading →

Let me introduce myself! TAGS: conservation | CRC | Intern | student placement I am Thais, a first year conservation student at Northumbria University and I am now part way through a four week placement at the conservation studio in CRC (Centre for …Continue reading →

Thomas Nelson Exhibition: Covers in Colour TAGS: Annexe | CRC | Exhibition | Library Annexe | Nelson | Nelson Archive | Repertory Plays | Thomas Nelson The new exhibition in the CRC showcases a number of items from the Thomas Nelson Archive, which has been written about on this blog more than once in the past. …Continue reading →

Our most viewed images of 2014: Numbers 10 – 6 TAGS: collections | CRC | DIU The counting is complete and we can now exclusively reveal the top ten most viewed images in our online database for 2014. Numbers 10 – 6 are displayed below – …Continue reading →