Category: Writing Sample
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Published: “A Late-Medieval ‘Lyre-Shaped’ Buckle from the Durham River Wear Assemblage”
This research was published in the 2022 volume of the Durham Archaeological Journal and was the winner of the 2022 Geoff Egan Prize. The article is Open Access and available in full here. Report Layout Sample OVERVIEW Artefact “Elvet Bridge 4027” had not previously been identified in its function before this report. Through comparative studies…
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“Artefact Discussion for a Jade Moth Pendant”
Report Layout Sample OVERVIEW Artefact “DUROM.1960.2846”, which will be referred to as “2846”, is a jade pendant currently in the possession of the Oriental Museum in Durham, England. It was donated to the museum by Sir Charles Hardinge. Comparative analysis places its likely origin in the Chinese Qing Dynasty. Non-invasive X-ray fluorescence (XRF) was performed…
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“Making a museum collection more effective through active loaning, open storage, and source community collaboration”
INTRODUCTION It is no longer enough for museums to keep a majority of their collection in storage solely for future generations. As the Museums Association (Cross and Wilkinson, 2007:18) stated in their ‘Making Collections Effective’ report, “It is becoming increasingly difficult to justify spending public money caring for public resources whose potential is never seen…
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“Methods and approaches to facilitating sensory experiences within a museum”
INTRODUCTION As a standard within museums today, objects and exhibits are primarily presented to appeal to the viewer’s visual sense. This can pose as a significant barrier between the viewer and their depth of understanding of an artefact. In some cases this also limits a person’s capacity to experience an object as it was originally…
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