Browse Exhibits (4 total)
2002 Encyclopaedia of the North East
The only exhibition devoted to the character of this important region of Scotland, many hundreds of objects, photographs and quotations are displayed to illustrate the area from the first settlers of 8000 years ago to the present day. The exhibition is arranged in alphabetical order to create some surprising juxtapositions of objects of different ages and functions and to encourage visitors to reflect on ideas of classification and order.
2017 Aberdonians in the Americas
Five local collectors travelled to Latin America in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to seek their fortunes as explorers, doctors, miners, or missionaries – and met cultures and experiences strikingly different from their lives at home.
2020 Aberdeen's Children: Stories of the 1950s Birth Cohort
The Aberdeen Children of the 1950s are 12,150 people born in Aberdeen between 1950 and 1956. When they were in primary school, they took reading and maths tests as part of a study done by University of Aberdeen. The goal of the original study was to discover the causes of learning disabilities. The children's test results were linked to other school records and to birth records in the Aberdeen Maternity and Neonatal Databank.
2021 A Rare Nicht Oot: 100 Years of Aberdeen's Student Show
Welcome to this exhibition celebrating 100 years since students at the University of Aberdeen first began staging an annual musical theatre performance to raise money for charity - known as the Student Show.
Performers from the Show have gone on to have glittering careers in music, comedy and theatre, and today the Show is the longest-running student production of its kind in the UK.
This online exhibition features collections from the University of Aberdeen archives, alongside contributions from Show's former writers and performers, to tell some of the stories of Show from across its 100 years.
Navigate the different sections of the exhibition using the sidebar.
Curated by: Eric Crockart, Joe Johnston, Paul Logie and Emma Raymond.
With thanks to: Lauren Hossack, Shane Strachan, Michelle Bruce, Paddy Rice, John Duffus, Dawn Leslie, Jo Gilbert, Greg Gordon, Andrew Brebner, Mike Jamieson, Craig Pike, Joy Crockart, Sheila Sinclair, Laura Main, John Hardie, Becky Hossick, Amy Lamb, Bob Irvine, Kate Sutherland, Holly Bruce, Emma Quinn and the whole UoA Museums and Special Collections team.