Friday 1 November is #AskAConservatorDay! Comment below by 29 October 2024 to get your questions put to University of Cambridge Museums Conservator for Objects, Stephanie de Roemer.

Queen Mary University of London Dr. Ayesha Fuentes, objects conservator and postdoc Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, specializes in Asian material religion. With a PhD from SOAS University of London, she’s now exploring the use and transformation of fabric-printed texts in Himalayan Buddhist traditions as part of the HiPS project. #MaterialCulture

Join Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology to celebrate Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)! Enjoy free drop-in family craft activities, including tissue paper flowers & colouring, & see the altar & gallery brilliantly decorated by the Cambridge University Mexican Society. 🗓️ 31 Oct - 2 Nov, 10am-4pm

Conservators are a bit like doctors for museum objects, but why is their sense of smell an important tool and what is the most difficult material to work with? Join us for #AskAConservatorDay to find out: youtu.be/B8wbjRsj6V4

You’ve only got until Sunday (10 November) to visit Cambridge University Mexican Society’s beautiful Día de los Muertos (the Day of the Dead) at Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, so if you’re in Cambridge make sure you drop by to see this free display! #DayOfTheDead #DiaDeLosMuertos

More than 2,500 Māori served overseas during WWI and over 16,000 in WWII. This arch commemorates Māori soldiers who fell during both conflicts. #RemembranceSunday 📸T.111179.GTN War Memorial, Aotearoa (New Zealand). Photographer: J. Merensky, c.1960s 🔗collections.maa.cam.ac.uk/photographs/40…