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Behind the Scenes AT THE MUSEUM

“I started in the department of Coins and Medals at The Fitzwilliam Museum in 2013. There are some constants in what I do on a day-to-day basis which include research and publication, curatorial duties such as the reorganisation and documentation of the early modern collection, giving talks and classes to different stakeholder groups, and fielding scholarly and public enquiries. Recent

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