Conserving "Curiosities"

Investigating the Cook-Voyage Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum

Friday, 20 May 2016

Cook-voyage Case Opening

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Curator Jeremy Coote discussing the Cook-voyage case with Sir David Attenborough A few weeks ago the Cook-voyage case was formally ...
Wednesday, 10 February 2016

Tahitian Mourner's Costume Mounting

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We recently installed the Tahitian Mourner's costume into the new Cook-voyage case.  To make the complex mount on which the costume is...
Friday, 5 February 2016

Object Installation

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Installation of objects into the new case is well underway.  Chris and Al, the technicians working on the case, have transferred all the mou...
Tuesday, 5 January 2016

Work Starts on Case Installation

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There has been a delay of several months in installing the new Cook display because we have had to wait for the case components to off-gas. ...
Thursday, 8 October 2015

Displaying Maori Cloaks

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There are eight Maori cloaks in the Cook-voyage collections held at the Pitt Rivers museum.  Five have been selected for the new display, an...
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