Closet for the Curious: CRC Edition

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Students on the MScR Collections and Curating Practices programme have collaborated with the Centre for Research Collections to create this unique opportunity to see and engage with rare archival materials held in the University of Edinburgh's Heritage Collections. As part of their Closet for the Curious: Old College's Uneven Evolutions, currently on display at Talbot Rice Gallery, these are materials linked to the Old College’s spaces and their histories.

 With Rachel Hosker, University Archivist and Research Collections Manager, Claire Walsh, acting Art Collections Curator, and Liv Laumenech, Assistant Art Collection Curator, the event will include objects that tell the story of the development of the University, from the Scottish Enlightenment onward. Picking up critical stories it will explore issues of the accessibility of education s, the construction of scientific knowledge and the impact of colonialism and empire on the building of Old College. There will be an open discussion where attendees will be invited to reflect upon the materials and share their responses to the themes they raise.