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Scarborough Art Gallery
The Crescent, Scarborough YO11 2PW

A wealthy landowner and big game hunter, Colonel James Jonathan Harrison (1857-1923) of Brandesburton Hall, Yorkshire spent his extensive leisure time travelling the British Empire and beyond, hunting animals for pleasure and to fund his lifestyle.

After his death, his widow gave his collection of taxidermied animals, diaries, photographs, gramophone recordings and objects obtained on his travels to Scarborough Corporation. In the 1950s, the collection moved to the Wood End Natural History Museum and was absorbed within the museum’s collection.

Scarborough Museums and Galleries, like other organisations in this country, has benefitted from colonialism. The donation of the Harrison collection is one example of this. A collection like this can act as a springboard to explore multiple perspectives, some that have always existed, but have been marginalised by British colonial thinking.

This exhibition explores his collection as a new, dynamic archive. It does not follow the conventions of a traditional museum display that tells the ‘story’ of Harrison or focuses on themes. Instead, it recognises that this archive is an unfinished project, with multiple strands and layers.

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From 15th October 2022 to 19th February 2023

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