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Julia Webb-Harvey, museum volunteer and Citizen Curator, continues the Under the Eaves story investigating the provenance and stories of donors … Continue reading Canon James Sims Carah and Camborne Museum
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I stood at the entrance to St Euny’s graveyard, Redruth, one hand on the gate and the other clutching my … Continue reading ‘Many years of devoted friendship’
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Back in February, the museum posted a blog I wrote about the curious story of the Egyptian items on display … Continue reading Under The Eaves: The Dancing Girl of Naukratis
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There is a collection of objects listed in the record cards from the Camborne Collection held at the museum, described … Continue reading Under the Eaves: Mexican Antiquities in the Camborne Collection
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The photograph on the blog’s header shows the discharge papers for James Hocking held by the museum. The museum also … Continue reading Under The Eaves: The Cornish and The Boer War
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In the mid-nineteenth to early twentieth century Victorian society was wild for ivory, the natural substance that is the tusk … Continue reading Under the Eaves: Ivory, The Pursuit of White Gold
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In my last blog for the museum, I wrote about the play that museum supporter Patrick Carroll wrote. His play … Continue reading Under the Eaves: What we can learn from Evaristo’s Epitaph
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This ‘under the eaves’ feature follows a different route to a curious story about a master, Thomas Johns and his … Continue reading Under the Eaves: Evaristo’s Epitaph
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Fascinated by ancient Egypt since I was a child, the opportunity to research a previously unknown case of Egyptian artefacts … Continue reading The Egyptian Collection, Part 2
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Tucked at the back of the Victorian classroom is a cabinet with a small collection of Egyptian artefacts. In my … Continue reading Under The Eaves: The Egyptian Collection