Author: Rebecca Lush
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I am back in Melbourne for a medical history writing workshop at the Geoffrey Kaye Museum. I’ve arrived a day early purely because my last trip to Melbourne was way too rushed! This afternoon, I went to the Immigration Museum. I have been wanting to visit this museum for years yet it has always slipped…
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The People’s Ground Conference runs from the 4th to the 8th of October at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). I am very grateful to have had the opportunity to attend the sessions today and present a snapshot paper on the Commissariat Store Museum’s audio guide. I wanted to briefly reflect on a few topics that…
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Yesterday was such a wonderful learning experience and I would firstly like to thank Jo Henwood for organizing the professional development program. The main aim of the day was to hear from a range of professionals on, as the name suggests, teaching touchy topics. Here is the list of where we went and what we…
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Between my last blog post and now things have been incredibly busy. The majority of my time has been spent at my internship with the Trainor/Owen Archives. I am approximately halfway through my project! I am hopeful that I will be able to catalogue the entire collection before time runs out. Although that sounds awfully…
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Now that I have finally settled in and recovered from jetlag I thought it was an ideal time to write a quick update post. This semester I am delving back into some medical archives! I am interning two days a week at the Trainor/Owen Archives within the College of Radiologists. I have already handled some…
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I cannot believe that today was our final day of the Open Palace Programme! Luckily, I feel as though three weeks has been a perfect amount of time. To summarize, here are my top five experiences in no particular order. Having the opportunity to see the textile collection at Kensington Palace was probably my overall…
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Today was our final day of sessions for the Open Palace Programme! I will be writing a reflection of the entire program tomorrow so I will leave my final thoughts for then. This post will cover two sites – Fulham Palace and Apsley House. The former being the home of the Bishops of London until…
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I want to start this post a little differently to what I have done before. This is mainly because the first two hours of our time at the British Museum was spent enjoying being visitors and noting the forms of interpretation evident in the Enlightenment Gallery. Although containing fantastic objects and a wealth of information,…
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To prepare for this program, I enrolled in the online Future Learn – A History of Royal Food and Feasting course. The course was organized by Historic Royal Palaces alongside the University of Reading. It was a really wonderful introduction to food and royalty. Hampton Court featured quite significantly in the lectures so I was…
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Our morning began with a brief visit to the Tower of London. Here we met building conservator Alden Gregory who took us behind the scenes in the Byward Tower. The Tower was originally built as the third gate of defence on the outer wall in the 13th century. Today, the two levels of the tower…
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