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2021
October
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Meet the Artists: Noon Salah Eldin's and Helen Love's Art Responding to Slavery
-Join us to hear from spoken-word artist Noon Salah Eldin and ceramicist Helen Love about their works of art responding to the history of Old Aberdeen's Powis Gateway, a structure built using wealth generated from slavery.
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Collections Conversations: 150 Years of Changing Lives
-Lynne Clark discusses her work curating the VSA's amazing 150 year history in Aberdeen.
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Collections Conversations: Walter Scott and Song
-Professor Alison Lumsden discusses Scott's association with song, as it is explored in a new online exhibition.
August
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Toil and Trouble: Witchcraft in Scotland
-Student curated online exhibition explores the history of Witchcraft in Scotland.
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Collections Conversations: Toil and Trouble- Witchcraft in Scotland
-Join student curators; Caitlin, Fern and Lisette, as they talk about how they researched and curated the upcoming online exhibition, 'Toil and Trouble- Witchcraft in Scotland'.
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Walter Scott and Song: Retuning the Harp of the North
-Exploring ballads, opera, and theatrical and popular songs, this online exhibition showcases the University of Aberdeen's Walter Scott collections alongside musical recordings.
July
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Collections Conversations: Highland Threads
-'Highland Threads' is a collaboration between 14 museums from across the Highlands. The virtual exhibition, which launched on 1 April, showcases a costume from each museum's collection alongside stories of the people who made the cloth, who wore the clothes and where they were produced. A 360° video presentation of...
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Collections Conversations: Francis Van Hagen, Aberdeen's first named bookbinder, or, a load of old cobblers?
-Francis Van Hagen's distinctive seventeenth century bindings cover over 100 books in the University's Special Collections. Whilst he may have been paid to bind books, it may be that he was not, first and foremost, a bookbinder.