Dr Anna Reeve
@cypriotartleeds.bsky.social
Material culture historian, exploring the history of Cypriot archaeology and ancient Cypriot collections in UK museums. Ceramics fan. ECR Associate at the Institute of Classical Studies, London and Associate Lecturer in Classics at the Open University.
Day 27: Achievement. The repatriation of an ancient Cypriot Black on Red juglet which was put up for sale at a UK auction house - an achievement for all concerned. #Museum30
Cypriot antiquity repatriated from Britain
Cypriot antiquity repatriated from Britain
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November 27, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Day 27: Achievement. The repatriation of an ancient Cypriot Black on Red juglet which was put up for sale at a UK auction house - an achievement for all concerned. #Museum30
Day 24: Specialist. Recently I learned that precise dating of pottery repairs is of interest to specialist conservators, allowing them to study developing conservation techniques. So a 1936 letter saying ‘The pottery arrived broken but I have mended it’ is of more than historical interest! #Museum30
November 24, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Day 24: Specialist. Recently I learned that precise dating of pottery repairs is of interest to specialist conservators, allowing them to study developing conservation techniques. So a 1936 letter saying ‘The pottery arrived broken but I have mended it’ is of more than historical interest! #Museum30
Opened a box I don’t think I’ve unpacked since university. That is… going back a bit.
November 23, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Opened a box I don’t think I’ve unpacked since university. That is… going back a bit.
Day 23: Animal. I love zoomorphic ancient Cypriot ceramics, half way between pot and animal - this one from the Cyprus Museum, Nicosia #Museum30
November 23, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Day 23: Animal. I love zoomorphic ancient Cypriot ceramics, half way between pot and animal - this one from the Cyprus Museum, Nicosia #Museum30
Day 21: Careers. Thinking today of Violet Crowther (1884-1969), daughter of Henry Crowther, museum curator in Leeds. She and her sisters Virté and Vera 'helped' Crowther considerably in his museum work, and Violet ran the Abbey House Museum but was never promoted above Assistant Curator 🤔 #Museum30
November 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Day 21: Careers. Thinking today of Violet Crowther (1884-1969), daughter of Henry Crowther, museum curator in Leeds. She and her sisters Virté and Vera 'helped' Crowther considerably in his museum work, and Violet ran the Abbey House Museum but was never promoted above Assistant Curator 🤔 #Museum30
Day 20: Diary. Sometimes a diary entry can shed new light on collection histories. The diary of William Aldam (1813-1890) for 28 Sept 1870 reveals that he paid for the Cypriot amphora donated by him to the Museum of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, but didn't choose or own it. #Museum30
November 20, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Day 20: Diary. Sometimes a diary entry can shed new light on collection histories. The diary of William Aldam (1813-1890) for 28 Sept 1870 reveals that he paid for the Cypriot amphora donated by him to the Museum of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, but didn't choose or own it. #Museum30
Day 19: Magic. In her book 'Deaccessioning Museum Objects', @durrantjenny.bsky.social describes the 'magic moment' when a visitor connects with a museum object. Much of my work is about this 'magic moment', facilitating object encounters, meeting them myself, and trying to capture them in writing.
November 19, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Day 19: Magic. In her book 'Deaccessioning Museum Objects', @durrantjenny.bsky.social describes the 'magic moment' when a visitor connects with a museum object. Much of my work is about this 'magic moment', facilitating object encounters, meeting them myself, and trying to capture them in writing.
Day 18: Photograph. Sometimes photographs bring out details more clearly, such as this amphora handle stamp, ΚΛΕΑΡΧΟΥ ΝΑΜΟΥ, identifying its place and period of production #Museum30
November 18, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Day 18: Photograph. Sometimes photographs bring out details more clearly, such as this amphora handle stamp, ΚΛΕΑΡΧΟΥ ΝΑΜΟΥ, identifying its place and period of production #Museum30
Reposted by Dr Anna Reeve
Leeds City Museum really needs to realize that everyone’s pantomime wolf deserves his own fridge magnet. Had to make do with turning a postcard into a fridger
November 17, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Leeds City Museum really needs to realize that everyone’s pantomime wolf deserves his own fridge magnet. Had to make do with turning a postcard into a fridger
Day 17: Making. It has to be the fabulous Museum of Making in Derby, where you can choose your own adventure through the collections #Museum30
November 17, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Day 17: Making. It has to be the fabulous Museum of Making in Derby, where you can choose your own adventure through the collections #Museum30
Day 16: Last 12 months. Some museum highlights: meeting Mr Darcy at Bankfield; the #MuseumsAssociation conference at the Royal Armouries; Hat Works Museum, Stockport; and Tullie House Museum, Carlisle. #Museum30
November 16, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Day 16: Last 12 months. Some museum highlights: meeting Mr Darcy at Bankfield; the #MuseumsAssociation conference at the Royal Armouries; Hat Works Museum, Stockport; and Tullie House Museum, Carlisle. #Museum30
Day 15: Kindness. Some of my museum mapping work involves retracing the steps of previous generations of researchers, and like them I am hugely grateful for the kindness of curators in sharing information and access to collections #Museum30
November 15, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Day 15: Kindness. Some of my museum mapping work involves retracing the steps of previous generations of researchers, and like them I am hugely grateful for the kindness of curators in sharing information and access to collections #Museum30
Day 14: Heavy. Weight, bulk, heft are important aspects of the materiality of ancient objects, and hard to convey visually or through text. This Red Polished bowl is surprisingly heavy in the hand, like a full mug of tea, and it rests centred and self-contained despite its rounded base. #Museum30
November 14, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Day 14: Heavy. Weight, bulk, heft are important aspects of the materiality of ancient objects, and hard to convey visually or through text. This Red Polished bowl is surprisingly heavy in the hand, like a full mug of tea, and it rests centred and self-contained despite its rounded base. #Museum30
There it is - 'A History of England in 25 Poems' by @cathamclarke.bsky.social featured in Blackwell's roundup of the Best History Books of 2025. Just in time for Christmas shopping!
November 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
There it is - 'A History of England in 25 Poems' by @cathamclarke.bsky.social featured in Blackwell's roundup of the Best History Books of 2025. Just in time for Christmas shopping!
Reposted by Dr Anna Reeve
🏺 Look at this gorgeous Iron Age jug from Cyprus whose spout is formed by another jug held by a tiny woman!
#Matriarcha
#Matriarcha
November 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
🏺 Look at this gorgeous Iron Age jug from Cyprus whose spout is formed by another jug held by a tiny woman!
#Matriarcha
#Matriarcha
Day 12: Digital. The ‘digital turn’ has made possible new kinds of research into museum history - not least tracing objects through digitised historical auction catalogues #Museum30
November 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Day 12: Digital. The ‘digital turn’ has made possible new kinds of research into museum history - not least tracing objects through digitised historical auction catalogues #Museum30
Day 11: Reflection. I really liked the ‘reflection space’ included in the wonderful ‘Living with Death’ exhibition at Leeds City Museum #Museum30
November 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Day 11: Reflection. I really liked the ‘reflection space’ included in the wonderful ‘Living with Death’ exhibition at Leeds City Museum #Museum30
This is wonderful work, and I can't wait to read the thesis.
Congratulations to Alison Hadfield who has successfully defended her #PhD thesis “In Touch with the Past: A Sensory Approach to Objects, Memory and Wellbeing”.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This is wonderful work, and I can't wait to read the thesis.
I mean, just the best thing ever.
November 10, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I mean, just the best thing ever.
Day 30: Rainbow. Rainbow quartz on display at The Amelia, Tunbridge Wells; and a double rainbow taken through a rain-splashed window. #Museum30
November 10, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Day 30: Rainbow. Rainbow quartz on display at The Amelia, Tunbridge Wells; and a double rainbow taken through a rain-splashed window. #Museum30
Day 9: Map. For my book project I’m mapping museums in the UK which have ancient Cypriot collections. There are more than you might think! #Museum30
November 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Day 9: Map. For my book project I’m mapping museums in the UK which have ancient Cypriot collections. There are more than you might think! #Museum30