
A new exhibition at the University of Aberdeen examines the stories behind souvenirs, asking why we collect them and what impact they have on the makers and the planet.
A new exhibition at the University of Aberdeen examines the stories behind souvenirs, asking why we collect them and what impact they have on the makers and the planet.
“Jubilee year 1977 – my final year at Uni – not much money – on a student grant – remember those?”
“It’s hard to love someone so much, and lose them. “
” I thought about all that I hold in my head”
“These organics are like solar flares/or dust storms”
“My family are Irish. Seamus Heaney is Irish, and many of the images he uses and ways of life he describes, are familiar to me.”
“My grandfather was a simple and unremarkable man who lived in remarkable times.”
“I was talking with an old chap I know. We started talking about poppies”
On Hogmanay I’ll be alone/Surrounded by my kin,/Who, from their places on the walls/Will bring the New Year in.
The University of Aberdeen’s Zoology Museum which turned 50 on December 17 has launched a Memories Project to gather the recollections of visitors over the decades as part of a year-long programme of celebrations.