Interpretations 2024 – online exhibitions

MA students from the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies are curating nine new online exhibitions using a range of open access collections.

The exhibitions have been developed as part of Interpretations — a core module for students taking MA courses in Art Gallery and Museum Studies and Arts Management and Heritage Studies.

Using an action learning approach, students are supported to learn about object research, interpretive practice, text writing, visual communication and marketing.

Visit the exhibitions

Full details and links to each of the nine online exhibitions can be found on the the events pages of the Centre for Critical Studies in Museums, Galleries and Heritage website:

A Cosmic Enlightenment: Thomas Wright’s Lunar Legacy
Science Museum Group Collection Online

After Dark: Night out
Art Institute of Chicago

An Ongoing Journey
Wellcome Collection

Earth Optimism: Nature Speaks to Those Who Listen
The Biodiversity Heritage Library

Flying high in style: Women’s fashion in aviation through the ages
Smithsonian Institution open access

Lacing the History
Yale Center for British Art collections online

Reclaiming Her Story: Female Practice in Art across the World
The Getty Museum

Same thing, two stories: symbols of power dynamics
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Spilling the Tea: How Stereotypes of Modern Female Gossip Emerged from Georgian Tea Parties
York Museums Trust

Feature image

Left: Orrery with original winding handle made by Thomas Wright, Fleet Street, London, 1735-1740. Once belonged to Stephen Demainbray. King's College, London © The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum. This image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Licence.

Right: The Last Drop, Charles Joseph Hullmandel, 1789-1850 (detail). Lithograph on paper, h 20.5cm x w 30.5cm. Art Institute of Chicago Collection. CC0. 1.0 Universal license.