Monthly Archives: June 2021

Posted on June 21, 2021 by Lauren MacCarthy.

Bristol – The forgotten birthplace of photography

by Justin Quinnell The Real Photography Company Mention the history of photography and the names that crop up include Nicephore Niepce and Louis Daguerre in France, William Henry Talbot and John Herschel in England. Often overlooked is the claim Bri…

Posted on June 18, 2021 by Lauren MacCarthy.

For Queen and Country: the voices of women in the Devon Federation of the Women’s Institutes

by Amber Lindley, UOSH volunteer and UWE BA History student. Amber Lindley catalogued recordings of the Devon Dialect Project of the Devon Federation of Women’s Institutes. The Dialect Project is one of many collections begin digitised by UOSH for the S…

Posted on June 15, 2021 by Lauren MacCarthy.

Our Bristol

by Finn White, Community Engagement Officer What makes your neighbourhood unique? What makes Bedminster bounce, Hartcliffe hum, and St Pauls sing? Have you seen your neighbourhood afresh during the pandemic? We’re teaming up with Bristol Photogr…

Posted on June 14, 2021 by Lauren MacCarthy.

Japanese porcelain at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery

by Amy Raphael, Project Curator, Japanese Ceramics. Did you know that Bristol Museum & Art Gallery has a large collection of Japanese porcelain? In 2012, the museum took in a large collection from a generous donor, Irene Finch (1918-2019), who was a s…

Posted on June 10, 2021 by Lauren MacCarthy.

Bristol meets Bordeaux in ‘bizarre’ new exhibition

by Jenny Gaschke, fine art curator Two metal doors open and reveal an impressive number of picture crates. They have been stacked carefully inside a climate controlled truck. While we watch on Zoom, over in France exhibition registrar Sylvaine Lest…

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