by Suzanne Francis-Brown, UWI Museum Curator
Something has happened to me over the past few years. Now, when I visit museums, the artifacts are taking second place to the story, the presentation, the infrastructure…
The Office of the Open Campus Principal, Jamaica. 10 November 2016 - Following the recently signed Memorandum of Understanding between The University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus, and the National Police College of Jamaica, both institutions have collaborated to host a regional conference entitled, Policing & Security: Strategies and Solutions in Addressing Gang-related Crimes. This inaugural conference will be held in Kingston at The UWI Mona Visitors’ Lodge from November 22 to 23, 2016.
by Suzanne Francis-Brown, Curator
One major reason for going on the road was to do, close up, research on some UWI artifacts that we’ve been trying to do from a distance for some time.
Which artifacts? Well there’s the lost Charter, and the Coat of Arms, the university standard or flag, and more diaries than we knew existed. And that’s not quite all.