2014

We would like to wish all of our followers a very merry Christmas and a happy 2015. MoDiP will be closed over the Christmas vacation, along with the rest of the campus, from 24th December 2014 and will reopen 5th January 2015. Seasons Greetings Susan, Pam, Louise & Katherine

MoDiP has the kind of collection that you may think you are very familiar with. We have objects which we all use every day, and some pieces which are more unusual. By looking at this distorted image are you able to guess what the object is? What do you think it could be used for? Post your answer in...

There are many ways to look at the objects in the MoDiP collection. With this series of posts I want to highlight the interesting views of objects that we may ordinarily miss. These include the underside of an object, the surface pattern, or traces of manufacturing processes. Title: Major Morgan...

Did you know that all of our collection is accessible online for you to browse? With nearly 13,000 objects in the collection, browsing the website is a great way of seeing what we have. You can search the collection using search terms or our filters. To browse the collection firstly you need to...

The theme this month on culturethemes.blogspot.co.uk/ is Museum Buildings and objects relating to architecture, it is an opportunity for museums to share their surroundings or architecture items they have in their collections on Twitter. MoDiP occupies a space in the AUB's library and we can't claim...

In 2010, MoDiP was donated a large archive of images relating to a single company. Bakelite Xylonite Ltd, also known as British Xylonite Ltd or BXL, was possibly one of the first British firms to successfully manufacture a plastics material in commercial quantities. The company was established in...

MoDiP has the kind of collection that you may think you are very familiar with. We have objects which we all use every day, and some pieces which are more unusual. By looking at this distorted image are you able to guess what the object is? What do you think it could be used for? Post your answer in...

There are many ways to look at the objects in the MoDiP collection. With this series of posts I want to highlight the interesting views of objects that we may ordinarily miss. These include the underside of an object, the surface pattern, or traces of manufacturing processes. Title:Folding Habitat...

Did you know that plastic bottles can be recycled into clothing? The video below from Recycle now shows how the bottles are sorted and recycled. Once the material is broken down it can be spun by clothing companies such as Patagonia . Louise Dennis (Assistant Curator)

Last weekend I went to Jersey in the Channel Islands ... on the ferry ... in November. I kept an eye on the weather forecast with trepidation, the few days before we were due to travel saw some interesting wind and rain. It wasn't that I was concerned the ferry would be cancelled and we wouldn't be...