Category: Display

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‘Mummy’ Debate

Recent press reports have highlighted a trend for museums in the UK to move away from the term “mummy” when talking about ancient Egyptian human remains, instead preferring the term ‘mummified remains’ or even...

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Replica Skeletons

Using replica skeletons in displays Honouring the Ancient Dead (HAD) believes that it is wrong to display skeletons of dead human beings.  The dead deserve the same level of respect that is given to the...

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Bears and Beads on Whitehorse Hill

This story has been brought to our attention because the recent exhibition at Plymouth Museum and Art Gallery was carried out in a sensitive and thoughtful way, which should be applauded.  The amazing array...

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Anglo-Saxon skeletons – Exning Suffolk

Residents of the village of Exning in Suffolk have reportedly said they would like to put the skeletons of 21 Anglo-Saxon graves found locally on display in the village. Why? See BBC Article – Warning: contains...

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Shrewsbury Museum

We had a meeting with Emma-Kate Lanyon – Team Leader (Collections and Curatorial Services) – today to discuss the current display of ‘Alberbury Man’ in a corner of the main gallery. He is in...

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Stonehenge Visitor Centre – HAD Letter to EH

The following letter was sent by HAD to Loraine Knowles on Sunday 1st September. As yet (4th September) we have not received a reply or acknowledgement. We will continue to press for a respectful...