Cambridge is now on the RRN!

Hey All,

It has been an exciting week for the RRN! On Wednesday, Anita Herle from the University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (MAA) came by the RRN for a visit.

It was wonderful to see her and hear about the exciting new developments at the MAA, including a new "Assembing Bodies" exhibition launched in March. Anita joined the RRN Development Team to review the MAA data and officially launch it on the site. This incorporation makes the University of Cambridge MAA our first partner institution to fully incorporate their data into the RRN, adding almost 400 new item records! Our heartfelt thanks to everyone at Cambridge, and especially to Carl Hogsden, for all the hard work on this project.

The MAA will be continuing their contribution to the RRN with the help of the $10,000 RRN Partner Institution fund. The MAA is currently photographing the items in their Northwest Coast collection, and these photographs will be uploaded to the RRN in the near future.

While this sounds like a whole lot of hard work, we managed to sneak some fun in too! After lunch, Anita and the RRN toured the new Multiversity Galleries with David Cunningham. Everyone climbed into rubber boots, vests, hard hats and safety glasses for a quick tour of the collection space, currently under construction. The new cases were incredible (standing over two meters tall!) and it was great to learn about the construction, rather than just hear construction noise, as we usually do at the RRN office!

Make sure to check out the new items on the RRN: www.rrnpilot.org

Cheers,

Astrid