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  Tehmina Goskar 2:01 pm on 24 April, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Byzantium, exhibition, medieval (3), museum (3), Persian, review   

  Exhibition reviews on Creative Spaces 

  I thought about using Past Thinking as the place for exhibition and book reviews on museumy subjects that interest me, but instead I would like to contribute to content creation on Creative Spaces (National Museums Online Learning Project) particularly when the reviews related to items in the nine museum collections it hosts.

  I have recently contributed two reviews, and added them to two groups I run. The first is a short response to Shah ‘Abbas at the British Museum and the second is in response to Byzantium at the Royal Academy.

  Read response to Shah Abbas in the Iran and Persian Culture group.

  Read response to Byzantium in the Medieval and Byzantine Objects group.

  Please note: For some reason my paragraphing is not preserved and so the Byzantium review might be a little hard-going. If you happen to read it and would prefer to read it in a more sensible format, please leave a comment here, or on Creative Spaces.

   

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  Tom Goskar 2:46 pm on 3 October, 2008 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: exhibition, Making History, Salisbury (2), Society of Antiquaries of London   

  Exhibition in Salisbury – Making History: Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007 

  From Saturday 4th October 2008 until 3rd January 2009, Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum will be home to the exhibition “Making History: Antiquaries in Britain 1707-2007“.

  The exhibtion, presented in association with the Society of Antiquaries of London, explores the development of archaeology, from antiquarianism to the rise of modern professional archaeology. It features original works of art, manuscripts and artefacts from their wonderful collections.

  Making History is a travelling exhibition, and after Salisbury it will move to Stoke on Trent, Sunderland, and Lincoln. It will be tailored to include relevant exhibits from each region, in addition to the exhibition’s core collection.

  Following on from my work on the Making History exhibition in London at the Royal Academy last year, I have contributed a short animation to the Salisbury exhibition.

  Entitled “Lasers and Light”, it contains some new footage generated from the Stonehenge LiDAR dataset, close-range laser scans of some bones (and skull) from the Amesbury Archer, and some laser scans of WWI and WWII graffiti carved into trees on Salisbury Plain. In the next week or so I will put it online and embed it here.

  If you can make it to Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum, Making History will certainly be worth a visit, and will give you an opportunity to explore the rest of this fabulous museum.

  M.Melsom, and Matt Penny are discussing. Toggle Comments

   
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    Matt Penny 1:48 pm on 7 October, 2008 Permalink

    Hi,

    I visited the exhibition at the weekend. It’s interesting stuff – especially the Lasers and Light demo.

    Regards

    Matt

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    M.Melsom 2:42 pm on 30 November, 2008 Permalink

    Having travelled to London last year to see the exhibition, which I greatly enjoyed.I was very proud to see the travelling exhibtion with some of Salisbury Museum treasures on display in my local museum. The Lidar work by Tom is something well worth seeing several times. I look forward to the lecture on the exhibition this next Saturday 6th December, given by Mr Nick Griffiths and learning more about some of the artifacts and the reasons for recording them.