Museum Storytime
By Museums of the University of St Andrews
Museum StorytimeOct 20, 2021
Mary Sabine
This week on Museum Storytime, join Dr Elsje van Kessel, School of Art History, to hear the story of a missing painting, and a girl called Mary Sabine. Find us at: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/watch/Museum... Twitter: https://twitter.com/MuseumsUniStA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/museumsunista/ Website: https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/museums/
The Missionary Chest
This week on Museum Storytime, join Dr Emily Michelson, School of History, to hear a story connected to the Missionary Chest in our collection here at St Andrews. Find us at: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/watch/Museum... Twitter: https://twitter.com/MuseumsUniStA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/museumsunista/ Website: https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/museums/
Playfair
This week on Museum Storytime, join Dr Luke Gartlan, School of Art History, to discover the colonial connections in some of the photography collection here at St Andrews, with a focus on James Playfair and the Playfair family.
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Tenualosa Ilisha fish
This week on Museum Storytime, join Dr Anindya Raychaudhuri , School of English, to hear The story of the Tenualosa Ilisha fish and how what was once considered a simple specimen can tell a complex and personal story of cultural memory.
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Sport at the University
This week on Museum Storytime, join Eilidh to hear the story of sport at the University of St Andrews.
Why is the sporting community so diverse in St Andrews? Find out about the history of golf and archery, alongside other sports enjoyed by students today, from rugby to water polo.
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William Scheves
This week on Museum Storytime, join Eilidh to hear the story of William Scheves.
Who was William Scheves? Find out about his connection to St Andrews, how his friendship with King James III influenced the course of his life, and the story of his controversial rise to power.
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The Cult of St Andrew
This week on Museum Storytime, join Eilidh to hear the story of the Cult of St Andrew.
Find out how the Cult came to be, the influence it had on the town of St Andrews in the Middle Ages, and how its influence can still be felt around the world today.
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Pilgrimage to Medieval St Andrews
This week on Museum Storytime, join Eilidh to hear the story of pilgrimage to medieval St Andrews.
Find out what the experience of a pilgrim in the Middle Ages was like, what a pilgrim badge signified, and how the layout of the town was central to the experience of being a pilgrim to St Andrews...
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John Hardyng's Map of Scotland
This week on Museum Storytime, join Eilidh to hear the story of John Hardyng's Map of Scotland, currently on loan to the Wardlaw Museum from the British Library as part of their Treasures on Tour programme, supported by the Helen Hamlyn foundation.
Find out about Hardyng's secret mission to Scotland, the intelligence he gathered, and what happened to it on his return to England.
© British Library Board Lansdowne 204 ff.226v - 227r
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The Foundation of the University of St Andrews
This week on Museum Storytime, join Eilidh to hear the story of the foundation of the University of St Andrews.
Find out who Henry Wardlaw was, and how his friendship with an Antipope helped to bring the University of St Andrews into existence.
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Medieval St Andrews
This week on Museum Storytime, join Eilidh as she introduces the story of Medieval St Andrews.
Over the coming weeks, we'll be delving deeper into the stories of St Andrews in the medieval period.
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The Reformation
This week on Museum Storytime, join Eilidh as she delves into the stories of St Andrews and the Scottish Reformation, through two portraits in our collection.
Cardinal David Beaton and John Knox shaped the religious landscape of Scotland in the 16th century. Find out how by listening in.
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Venus' Flower Basket
This week on Museum Storytime, join Eilidh to find out all about the intriguing Venus' Flower Basket - and the secret of what lies inside.
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Sir David Brewster
This week on Museum Storytime, join Eilidh to hear the story of Sir David Brewster, his time at the University of St. Andrews, and the accidental invention of the Kaleidoscope.
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The Bell Pettigrews
Today on Museum Storytime, join Eilidh to find out all about the Bell Pettigrews - the power couple of the University of St Andrews- and how their memory can still be felt in the buildings across campus to this day...
To find out more about the Bell Pettigrews, check this blog post out : https://museumblog.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/.../inspiration.../
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Fridtjof Nansen
This week, find out all about Fridtjof Nansen - discover his daring trip to the North Pole and appreciate his groundbreaking humanitarian work.
You can also enjoy some poetry inspired by Nansen's creations on the University Museums website: https://museumevents.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/stanza-x.../
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Early Student Days
This week, join Eilidh to find out all about Early Student Days at the University of St Andrews. Discover how early students would need to wake up, what the exam process was like and some facts about graduation...
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Scottish Students Song Book
This week, join Eilidh find out what the Scottish Student Songbook is, how it came into being and what song included in the book is featured in a well-known film...
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Survival Stories
This week, join Eilidh to learn about some of the survival stories of the objects in our collections. From the Reformation, to the banning of a then popular sport, there are many survival stories of the 600 year history of the University of St Andrews...
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Willa Muir
Staying on the theme of St Andrews alumnus, join Eilidh this week as she investigates Willa Muir and her career. Muir was one of St Andrews’ early women students, and one of Scotland's leading feminist writers at the time.
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Sir James Black
This week, join Eilidh to look at Norman Edgar's Portrait of Sir James Black. Find out who James Black was, his amazing work in the medical field and how the University of St Andrews remember him today...
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Women's Work, Pittenweem
This week, join Eilidh to learn about the Recording Scotland collection, the work of the women in the fishing industry, and some of the methods that they used...
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Franki Raffles
This week, join Eilidh to hear all about Franki Raffles.
Learn how this St Andrews alumni became a social feminist documentary photographer, who travelled the world and set up the charity Zero Tolerance.
The University of St Andrews hold Raffles' work in our collections, which you can explore here: https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/library/...
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Mary, Queen of Scots
This week, join Eilidh to find out all about our painting by John Duncan of Mary, Queen of Scots at Fotheringhay.
Come and listen to why this Dundee-born artist painted one of the final days of Scotland's most famous monarch, over 300 years after the event happened, and how the University now have this painting in their collection today!
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The Challenger Expedition
This week, join Eilidh to learn about the Challenger Expedition and why it was dubbed the beginning of modern oceanography...
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The Beatles and Cassius Clay
This week, join Eilidh to hear the story of Harry Benson's photograph of The Beatles with Cassius Clay, part of our Boswell Collection.
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Photograph © HARRY BENSON
Peter Pan
This week, join Eilidh to find out the link author J.M. Barrie has to St. Andrews University, learn about the whimsical Peter Pan statue in our collection and some of the memorable quotes from Barrie's speeches...
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Margaret Fairlie
This week, join Eilidh to learn about St Andrews' own Margaret Fairlie, her contributions to the field of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, the difference she made, and still makes, to peoples lives and what she kept hidden during World War Two...
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Julia Margaret Cameron
This week, join Eilidh to learn about Julia Margaret Cameron: the work she produced, and who "The Dirty Monk" was...
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Museum Storytime Trailer
Join us for a moment of calm. Our collections are full to the brim with objects that have interesting stories to tell. Take 10 minutes out of your day to hear them in Museum Storytime.