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Death around the world in ten objects

Death is many things to many cultures: violent, holy, frightening, calm, disgusting... or just a gateway to another life.

  • Article

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.

  • Article

Why the world needs collectors

Those who collect play an important role as “facilitators of curiosity”, says Anna Faherty.

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A wheelchair in the world

Five years ago, Jan Grue, author of ‘I Live a Life Like Yours’, became a father. A wheelchair user since age eight, Grue explores how parenthood helped him reimagine his relationship with his wheelchair.

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  • Distribution of leprosy around the world
  • Distribution of leprosy around the world
  • Geography: a map of the world, with local scenes around. Coloured lithograph.
  • Photographs from different cities around the world within the shape of the world representing a World AIDS awareness advertisement by the Malaysian Ministry of Health. Colour lithograph, 1992.
  • Versions of the red ribbon symbol by artists from around the world representing an advertisement for World Aids Day by the National Aids Trust. Colour lithograph, 1994.
  • The world surrounded by figures joined at the hands representing families affected by AIDS around the world with red ribbons at the corners; advertisement for World AIDS Day, 1 de Diciembre de 1994 by La Asociacion Americana para la Salud Mundial. Colour lithograph, 1994.
  • Red ribbons litter an illustration showing a series of faces; monuments, including a London double decker bus, denote cities around the world; an advertisement for World AIDS day . Colour lithograph by National AIDS Trust, 1994.
  • A six-sided pamphlet advertising the year of the family, World AIDS Day, 1st December 1993 by the World Health Organization, Global Programme on AIDS; front page illustrates a group of men, women and children of various races stand on a pink circle representing the world with red spiked balls floating around them. Colour lithograph.
  • A six-sided pamphlet advertising the year of the family, World AIDS Day, 1st December 1993 by the World Health Organization, Global Programme on AIDS; front page illustrates a group of men, women and children of various races stand on a pink circle representing the world with red spiked balls floating around them. Colour lithograph.
  • A six-sided pamphlet advertising the year of the family, World AIDS Day, 1st December 1993 by the World Health Organization, Global Programme on AIDS; front page illustrates a group of men, women and children of various races stand on a pink circle representing the world with red spiked balls floating around them. Colour lithograph.
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Events

  • Symposium
  • Youth event

Perspectives on Play

In our building
Past

Part of Study Days

  • Workshop
  • Youth event

Plants Breathe Out, We Breathe In

The Forum
Past

Part of A Breath of Fresh Air

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