Licking
Your name:
Lord Licky
Entry:
During the course of my undergraduate degree in General Archaeology, myself and a few of my friends from my class had a three year-long competition to see what the weirdest archaeological object an
Human Tissue Act
Entry:
In selecting the object for Object Retrieval from the UCL Pathology Collection, some of the limiting criteria were the very restrictive parameters of the 2006 Human Tissue Act.
Specimen or artefact?
Your name:
Jack Ashby
Entry:
In some museum disciplines, we use the term “specimen” for an object that represents a type. In others, the word “artefact” or just “object” is more commonly used for the stuff in museums.
Advertisements for Ford Sunliner
Entry:
2 advertisements for the Ford Sunliner, one from 1955 and one from 1960.
Scale drawing of the toy car
Entry:
A scan of a 1:1 scale drawing of the object, showing plan view and side elevations.
Homes and Gardens September 1963
Entry:
A copy of Homes and Gardens magazine dated September 1963.
Features advertisement for Austin A40 and feature on "car of the month", a Volvo 122B:
Object Speed: A response to Knowledge Conversation
Entry:
This is in response to Simon’s eloquently argued call for a momentary silence.
'White is for Witching'
Entry:
A girl came on to the bus who has a Post-doctoral position at UCL. Her research is involved with stem cells. She recalled how as a little girl she would dream of eating chalk constantly.
Object vs document?
Your name:
Stephen Johnston
Entry:
Are we responding to the car or to the pathological documentation that accompanies it? Is the object the car or car+file? (But maybe this is simply a typical curator's question?)
Some uses of lead list and images
Entry:
Some other uses of lead list:
