Abi Baker
Museum archaeologist. Likes making things and colourful video games.
Author of: Troy on display: scepticism and wonder at Schliemann’s first exhibition bloomsbury.com/uk/troy-on-display-…
- This is also the article in which I gently suggest that Pater scholarship needs to treat Schliemann as the massive weirdo that he was.
- My new article is up. It identifies an object that was important in the early reception of Mycenae and explores why Walter Pater picked such an obscure object as a key example. academic.oup.com/jvc/advance-...
- My new article is up. It identifies an object that was important in the early reception of Mycenae and explores why Walter Pater picked such an obscure object as a key example. academic.oup.com/jvc/advance-...
- The object itself is not making anyone's top 10 list of exciting finds from Mycenae (image from Karo Die Schachtgräber von Mykenai)
- Plus Pater never saw it, so there's an intriguing mystery here. Plus I'd really like to get more historians of archaeology into Pater, who sees Bronze Age material as art in its own right very early while everyone else was mocking it
- I've free access links for people who want them. Let me know in the replies or message me.
- A couple of places for our event on Friday have become available. Join us to talk about sensory experiences of the ancient world!
- Still a few places left for the Classical Collections Network's event on Friday 19th September, at the Great North Museum in Newcastle. A great programme of speakers! Grateful for funding from Hellenic Society. Colour, Texture and Sound: Experiencing the Ancient World share.google/gP5MtTh7N7LJ...
- Reposted by Abi BakerStill a few places left for the Classical Collections Network's event on Friday 19th September, at the Great North Museum in Newcastle. A great programme of speakers! Grateful for funding from Hellenic Society. Colour, Texture and Sound: Experiencing the Ancient World share.google/gP5MtTh7N7LJ...
- Disaster averted on current article. I’m so careful to design my research around materials that are in the public domain and things I can guarantee access to. But still a reviewer can demand I use an edition of a 19th century source that costs more money than is in my bank account.
- If we want museum workers, precarious academics and others to be able to make knowledge, we need at least an understanding that academic publishing is designed to exclude them. Meanwhile the government wants to give my book to AI companies that will use it to make money.
- Reposted by Abi BakerCALL FOR PAPERS On 19 Sep 2025 the Classical Collections Network in collaboration with Newcastle University and the Great North Museum: Hancock, will be hosting a conference on Colour, Texture and Sound: Experiencing the Ancient World. Supported by the @hellenicsociety.bsky.social.
- Hi new followers! My book is 30% off right now. If you’re interested in weirdly heated debates about the past or what it was really like to visit a museum in the 19th century, now might be the time to treat yourself. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/troy-on-d...
- Reposted by Abi BakerDo join our network to participate in this kind of event! classicalcollectionsnetwork.co.uk/2024/10/25/g...
- Got the deluxe fashion weeb book package for my birthday.
- Once again, my carefully laid sewing plans are disrupted by the need to turn a cute fabric into a little top.
- Unfortunately I was made aware of magical girl Schliemann last night and now I have to share her with you.
- Every curator has a small weird object they want to make people love and I’m proud this baby figurine made the big leagues
- Islanders making this top ten exhibitions of the year list is a nice early Christmas present. t.co/2xhmAKK0m6
- Islanders making this top ten exhibitions of the year list is a nice early Christmas present. t.co/2xhmAKK0m6
- Today I bought a felt dachshund in a Christmas hat for my friend who wants a real one, joked with the salesperson that it is probably more ethical to get her one that is just for Christmas. Then I turned around and saw the irl version walking towards us. #TinyJoys
- After years of being both careful and very lucky, we have finally caught covid. It is horrible. I hate it. Please do what you can to stop the spread of this misery.
- Reposted by Abi BakerMuseum Detox, a network specifically for people of colour in the GLAM sector, have written a letter of solidarity with the people of Palestine and are asking for other cultural workers to sign their open letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
- I’m kicking off the Cambridge D caucus seminars for this term on Tuesday. Pls come along if you want to know why I got so obsessed with one exhibition that I wrote a whole book about it. www.classics.cam.ac.uk/seminars/d
- We have fun in the CCN. Today we had a free tour of Return of the Gods and a great workshop on creative use of collections. Do join us if you work with UK classical collections.
- Hope I don’t have nightmares about Big Head Vespasian
- Reposted by Abi BakerStarted the week with #Bridgerton and ending it with Apollo in Delphi World Museum Liverpool. A perfect tonic for the rest of the week. Great day with colleagues & classicists. Thanks @vickydonnellan.bsky.social @abibaker.bsky.social @cypriotartleeds.bsky.social et al for organising.
