by chrisa | Sep 6, 2016 | Hart collection
Submitted by Dr Cynthia Johnston Course Tutor for the MA in the History of the Book Since September 2014, the IES and the Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery have been working together in an ‘academic partnership.’ This partnership is funded by the Museum, and it has...
by chrisa | Apr 6, 2016 | Research Projects
Ben Weiner is a freelance consultant in information design and software development, and a letterpress printer. The Blackburn Museum, home to a large collection of materials from industrialist R.E. Hart, participated in the ‘Cotton to Gold: Extraordinary...
by chrisa | Apr 28, 2014 | Conferences, Research Projects
When we proposed our AHRC project on the NW collector, R.E. Hart last year, ‘connecting descendants’ was not included as one of our research aims. This was in fact one of the very pleasing, but completely unexpected, results of our work. As our project drew to a close...
by chrisa | Mar 10, 2014 | Research Projects
Last year I directed an AHRC Collaborative Skills Development award in conjunction with IES and the Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery in Lancashire. Our research focused on the collection bequeathed to the Museum by Edward Hart (pictured here third from the right...
