As a new cohort of students are preparing to travel to St Andrews this weekend to begin their academic careers we've been reflecting on where it all began! Six hundred and three years ago th...
https://museumoftheuniversityofstandrews.wordpress.com/2016/08/30/new-beginnings/
The story behind the type of academic dress I'm going to look at in this final blog about our costume collection dates back to the 1800s, and a time when only men were admitted to universities. ...
Last week we were celebrating Graduation at the University of St Andrews and it was a great opportunity to see lots of different types of academic dress. However, this academic dress we see t...
https://museumoftheuniversityofstandrews.wordpress.com/2014/06/30/dressed-to-impress-the-paris-hats/
As MUSA is a university museum a large part of our costume collection consists of academic dress, but this doesn't just mean the black gowns and coloured hoods of graduation. There are many oth...
International Relations postgraduate Charlotte Mayer joined the MUSA team as a volunteer in September 2013. Here she writes about the different experiences she has had at MUSA, and reflects on he...
This blog comes from guest blogger Charlie Trzeciak, who attended MUSA's recent 'How to graduate' comedy event. Graduation, as I found out in September 2013, is an event which creates a wide rang...
https://museumoftheuniversityofstandrews.wordpress.com/2014/04/27/how-not-to-graduate/
It was all hands on deck at the Collections Unit last week as we prepared for our new temporary exhibition at the Gateway Galleries, A Scottish Palette. What’s it all about? This exhibition hi...
https://museumoftheuniversityofstandrews.wordpress.com/2014/01/22/mixing-up-a-scottish-palette/
I was recently asked to provide another University department with further information about one of our finest treasures - the Mace of the Faculty of Art. This mace is one of three Mediaeval mace...
https://museumoftheuniversityofstandrews.wordpress.com/2012/07/20/mace-of-the-faculty-of-arts/
Standing in St Salvator’s Quad at 6am is not an everyday experience. If I’m honest standing anywhere at 6am is not an everyday experience for me, I much prefer to be tucked up warm and asleep...
https://museumoftheuniversityofstandrews.wordpress.com/2012/06/19/olympic-torch-in-st-andrews/
As you’ve driven by the Gateway building on your way out of St Andrews for the last week or so, you may have noticed a new banner hanging out front emblazoned with the words ‘Fantastic Creatu...
https://museumoftheuniversityofstandrews.wordpress.com/2012/06/15/fantastic-creatures/