Stories
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The birth of the public museum
The first public museums evolved from wealthy collectors’ cabinets of curiosities and were quickly recognised as useful vehicles for culture.
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Audrey in the world
As the collection is fully catalogued, the archive is opened up to the public. A feature film about Audrey premieres, and Audrey gets her own Wikipedia page, so people can learn about her. For archivist Elena, it’s time to step back.
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Homes for the hives of industry
By building workers’ villages, industry titans demonstrated both philanthropy and control. Employees’ health improved, while rulebooks told them how to live ideal lives.
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Inside the mind of Ayurvedic Man’s curator, Bárbara Rodriguez Muñoz
The choices a curator makes – what goes in? what stays out? why? – are often as fascinating as the exhibition itself.
Catalogue
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Royal Jennerian and London Vaccine Institution: report 1842.
London Vaccine Institution.Date: 1842- Books
Notes on the Library of the Royal Institution and a list of periodicals and serial publications.
Royal Institution of Great Britain.Date: 1958- Books
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Man's injustice to animals : the Brown Animal Sanatory Institution.
Society for the Abolition of Vivisection.Date: 1888- Archives and manuscripts
Benevolent Institution, London
Date: 1816Reference: MS.7280/2Part of: Hospitals and Institutions: Miscellany- Books
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A new classified catalogue of the Library of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, with indexes of authors and subjects / by Benjamin Vincent.
Royal Institution of Great Britain. Library.Date: 1857-1882