Civilisations: Search for the Stars at the Museum of East Anglian Life

What is civilisation? This is the question at the heart of the BBC’s new series, Civilisations, and the festival of events around it. For our special Civilisations day, the Museum of East Anglian Life is offering you the chance to explore what civilisation means to you by sifting through our collection for the objects that you find special or intriguing. Our collection tells the stories of East Anglian lives through objects ranging from steam engines to children’s toys to wedding dresses. Our new project, Search for the Stars, aims to create an online catalogue of all our collection objects which will be available for everyone to use. To do this, we need your help transferring all the information we have on our objects from paper record cards to an online system. At the same time, we’d like you to spot any ‘star’ objects among the records which you think are particularly interesting. Everyone has their own interests and expertise, so we want to know what appeals to you personally. This is a fantastic chance to get hands on and go ‘behind the scenes’ at the museum. The day will include an introduction to the museum and collection, training in using the online system and a session working with the record cards to get them online and identify star objects. We will also be offering a special tour of the collection store, so you can see some of the objects you have been working with. Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided and our café will be open, selling meals, snacks and drinks. Please contact Caitlin Peck in advance to book your place at this event. Email: caitlin.peck@eastanglianlife.org.uk. Telephone: 01449 618227

Suitable for
Family friendly

Admission
Free.

Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk/se000002?id=EVENT582181