Monthly Archives: May 2012

Professor Alexander Fenton

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Ken Coley

Professor Alexander Fenton, the acknowledged leading expert on Scottish rural life, has died. During his long career he was Director of the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, the School of Scottish Studies at the University of Edinburgh, and of … Continue reading →

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The Power of the Plough

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Ken Coley

Two years ago the Rural Museums Network successfully bid to the Museums Association Effective Collections programme to run a ploughs project. The second stage of the exercise has been to consider and review the surprising number of ways that museums interpret … Continue reading →

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