Provenance Seminar - UOttawa/Canada Sci&Tech Museum

Provenance Seminar - UOttawa/Canada Sci&Tech Museum 4th-year history seminar on museum provenance research

Provenance information (the documented origins and succession of ownership of an artifact) has multiple uses in museums and beyond. By tracing the history of an artifact from its creation to present, we build basic cataloguing information, create meaningful connections to people, places, events and activities, raise questions about authenticity, and confront ethical and legal issues related to own

ership. Above all, by tenaciously following an artifact’s “life story,” provenance researchers uncover surprising, alternative historical perspectives. In this seminar, students explore a wide spectrum of provenance research and methods in several disciplines and institutional contexts; we also look at related activities such as supply chain studies and the authentication industry. Students survey the provenance literature while studying (and visiting) specific case studies in museum collections across Ottawa. A practical element of the seminar involves student research on artifacts using the collections of the Canada Science and Technology Museum.

11/16/2017

The new science museum looks super neat!

04/01/2014

Some cool information that I never realized before is that botanical gardens also keep a record of provenance. Many of them are very interested in this and are kind of like living museums.
-Sam

l'Hopital de l'Assomption. Grand-Falls, NB. Originally known as the Minto Hotel built by William Pirie
12/03/2012

l'Hopital de l'Assomption. Grand-Falls, NB. Originally known as the Minto Hotel built by William Pirie

Using Google maps I plotted all the places that I know Major R.T. Mackeen has been in his life.
12/02/2012

Using Google maps I plotted all the places that I know Major R.T. Mackeen has been in his life.

This is an ad that I found regarding my replica. It is later than my replica was made, 1950s ad.It actually shows and ta...
12/02/2012

This is an ad that I found regarding my replica. It is later than my replica was made, 1950s ad.
It actually shows and talks about how Van Leeuwenhoek was significant to science instead of talking about their product. It reads "A most significant event was the discovery of bacteria in 1675 by Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek who used a primitive microscope of his own manufacture. Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. Rochester NY.-Americas Leading Optical Institution" and pictures Van Leeuenhoek showing off his invention. Maybe this is why they actually made replicas. Was it for advertising?

Found at: http://www.trocadero.com/stonegate/items/795105/en2.html

I found this little gem today. It is a book that was published in 1989 by Natural Heritage/Natural History Inc. for the...
12/02/2012

I found this little gem today. It is a book that was published in 1989 by Natural Heritage/Natural History Inc. for the Ontario Heritage Foundation. It contains a description of all the plaques since the program began in 1956 and also lists the location of all the plaques throughout the province.
ZEEP plaque location "In front of the public information centre at Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories, off Highway 17, about 8km northwest of Chalk River."
ISBN 0-920474-50-0
Photo taken by: Christina Hackney

Dr. Irving Heward Cameron's Attestation Paper for WWI.Source: Library and Archives Canada
12/02/2012

Dr. Irving Heward Cameron's Attestation Paper for WWI.

Source: Library and Archives Canada

11/29/2012
11/29/2012

The Museum of Classical Antiqities (now on the 3rd floor of Desmarais) is having its exhibit opening tomorrow night, November 30. It is opening at 5:00pm and J.Perreault (UMontreal) will be speaking at 7:00pm in DMS room 1160 with a reception to follow provided by the embassy of Greece.
Everyone is welcome. So, grab all your friends and check it out!

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