Month: August 2015
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Today is not only my birthday, but the beginning of Week 5. I cannot believe I am almost halfway through my first semester! It has been such a wonderful course so far and I cannot wait to embark on my final weeks of learning. Out of all the courses I have really enjoyed my collections…
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I had extremely high expectations for this exhibition and, in short, I was not disappointed. The Hermitage exhibition displays a large and varied range of paintings and objects that were collected by Catherine the Great and stored in St Petersburg, Russia. This is the first time an exhibition from the Hermitage has been held in…
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I have been yearning to see this exhibition since it opened in April. We had such a wonderful experience at the Imperial War Museum in London earlier this year so I had very high expectations. Despite some issues with my audio guide, I thought the exhibition was very powerful and emotive. On first entering the…
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Turns out I didn’t have much time last week to write a blog post so I’m seizing the opportunity now to write a little something. So far the courses have been actually really fun. A lot of cataloguing and information sorting which is exactly what I love doing. I have this one essay where you get to…
Curate Your Own Adventure 