Excavating MacGregor: re-connecting a colonial museum collection

Excavating MacGregor: re-connecting a colonial museum collection
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Sensing the impacts of colonisation, the first Administrator of British New Guinea William MacGregor, made a significant collection of objects between 1888 and 1898, predominantly for its future citizens. This comprehensive legacy of 13000 objects did not remain in the colony but was dispersed to three Australian and six overseas museums – including University of Aberdeen Museum, in the shire of his birth.

Speaker
Dr Robin Torrence, Senior Research Scientist, Australian Museum and Dr Jude Philp, Senior Curator Macleay Museum, University of Sydney.
Hosted by
University of Aberdeen Museums
Venue
Regent Building Lecture Theatre
Contact

For more information please contact King's Museum
Telephone: 01224 274330
E-mail: kingsmuseum@abdn.ac.uk