AT2507: Culture, History and Anthropology

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AT2507 Culture, History and Anthropology Capt
uring cultures in museums Scottish identities
and museums
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• Scottish Exhibition
• of National History, Art Industry (1911)
• Museum of Scotland (opened 1999)
• context
• architecture and layout
• culture and literature
• power and politics
• education and interpretation

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• Scottish Exhibition
• of National History, Art Industry (1911)
• context
• architecture and layout
• culture and literature
• power and politics
• education and interpretation

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1911 Exhibition architecture and layout
Plan of the exhibition
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1911 Exhibition architecture and layout
Palace of Industry
Plan of the exhibition
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1911 Exhibition architecture and layout
Entertainments Section
Plan of the exhibition
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1911 Exhibition architecture and layout
Arctic village
Plan of the exhibition
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1911 Exhibition architecture and layout
An Clachan
Plan of the exhibition
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1911 Exhibition architecture and layout
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1911 Exhibition architecture and layout
An Clachan
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1911 Exhibition architecture and layout
Auld Toon
Plan of the exhibition
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1911 Exhibition architecture and layout
Palace of History
Plan of the exhibition
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1911 Exhibition architecture and layout
Palace of History
Plan of the exhibition
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1911 Exhibition architecture and layout
Palace of History
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1911 Exhibition architecture and layout
ecclesiastical
silver and pewter
domestic and agricultural
prehistory
explorers
Scoto-Norwegian
literature
Roman medieval
Jacobites
Franco-Scottish
sports pastimes
Walter Scott
numismatics military
furniture
Robert Burns
Swedo-Scottish
Portraits on walls
Palace of History
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1911 Exhibition architecture and layout
North Gallery
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1911 Exhibition architecture and layout
East Gallery
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1911 Exhibition architecture and layout
Prehistoric Gallery
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1911 Exhibition architecture and layout
South Gallery
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1911 Exhibition culture and literature
Sir Walter Scott
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1911 Exhibition culture and literature
ecclesiastical
silver and pewter
domestic and agricultural
prehistory
explorers
Scoto-Norwegian
literature
Roman medieval
Jacobites
Franco-Scottish
sports pastimes
Walter Scott
numismatics military
furniture
Robert Burns
Swedo-Scottish
Portraits on walls
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1911 Exhibition culture and literature
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1911 Exhibition national identity
JOHN, 3RD EARL OF BUTE
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1911 Exhibition power and politics
Official party at the Exhibition opening
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1911 Exhibition power and politics
George Eyre-Todd Original instigator Secretary
of History Committee
Marquis of Tullibardine President of Exhibition
Andrew Pettigrew Convenor of Exhibition (knighted
1911)
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1911 Exhibition power and politics
George Eyre-Todd Original instigator Secretary
of History Committee In 1924 Secretary of
Highlanders Institute
Marquis of Tullibardine President of
Exhibition in 1924 (as Duke of Atholl) Patron
of Highlanders Institute
Andrew Pettigrew Convenor of Exhibition (knighted
1911) in 1924 President of Highlanders
Institute
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• Museum of Scotland (opened 1999)
• context
• architecture and layout
• culture and literature
• power and politics
• education and interpretation

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Museum of Scotland architecture and layout
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Museum of Scotland
Museum of Scotland architecture and layout
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Museum of Scotland
Museum of Scotland architecture and layout
Scotland transformed 1707-1914
Twentieth century
Industry and Empire 1707-1914
The Kingdom of the Scots 900-1707
Beginnings
Industry and Empire 1707-1914
Early People 8000BC AD1100
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Museum of Scotland power and politics
Board of Trustees of the National Museums of
Scotland 1999
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