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University of St Andrews
St Andrews
We are Elisa and Rebecca from the University of St Andrews Museum and Gallery Studies MLitt degree.
We spent the Autumn Semester identifying the art pieces housed in various University buildings under the supervision of Claire Robinson, the Collections and Exhibitions Curator of the University Museums. We will spend the Spring Semester assisting the photographer to capture the images of the pieces and putting them all into our digital database.
We are on a mission to make the University's art collection available to scholars, researchers, students and people all over the world!
The University’s art collection – including our Heritage, Chemistry, and Scientific Instruments collections – is Recognised Collection of National Significance and reflect more than 600 years of academic enquiry, creativity and innovation.
The pandemic has made us realise that art still needs to be accessible when in-person viewing isn’t possible – either for study or for the positive role it plays for our health and wellbeing.
We want to do our part by making the University's art collection available to people around the world. When it’s completed, the art collection can be accessed via the Museums of the University of St Andrews website.
This project will complete the digitisation of the entire University Art Collection and will help to foster a greater awareness of the University's heritage, history and personalities.
Donations will enable us to:
Art pieces needing to be photographed and digitised:
Examples of high-quality and high-resolution images:
At the Museums of the University of St Andrews Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Museum Blog.
You don't have to give money to help us succeed!
Please share this project with anyone and everyone you know – on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, by email, telephone, in a chat over the fence or on your blog or video chats.
And we know we said you don't need to give money to help us, but we'd love it if you did! Please sponsor us and help our project. Thank you!
Select this reward if you just want to donate to the project without receiving a reward.
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A thank you on a card with an image we have digitised from the SaintsFunder campaign.
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Estimated delivery: 1 June 2021
A print/image of an object we have digitised thanks to the SaintsFunder campaign.
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Estimated delivery: 1 June 2021
A 'Behind the Scenes' virtual tour of the Wardlaw Museum.
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Estimated delivery: 1 June 2021