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Views of Burma, from Two Perspectives
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been busy working on the Society’s art collection – enhancing metadata, sorting through long‑unprocessed items, and bringing catalogues online for easier access. This week, we thought…
Presenting the first virtual collections evening
On Wednesday 25th November, we held our first virtual collections evening over Zoom. This was originally billed to take place in March but was cancelled due to the first lockdown. We were…
RAS receives ‘Conversation piece’, a gift from Professor Francis Robinson
On 16 June, the Society was pleased to host a celebration to mark the acquisition of a new painting, a gift to the Society from Professor Francis Robinson. The painting, Conversation piece…
Conservation students’ remarkable work on RAS collections
The Royal Asiatic Society has been collecting material for almost two centuries, and holds many objects whose origins date back far into the previous millennium. Looking after a diverse and important collection…
