A masquerade costume decorated with porcupine displayed in the customised pallet it is stored in, against a backdrop of the museum's store showing shelving containing hundreds of wooden boxes.

The exhibition's curator looks into a case displaying a carved wooden figure. It is painted white with red and black decoration and the face appears to have stubble.

A display case containing a variety of objects relating to folklore against a backdrop of labelled draws which were moved from the old store to the new.

#MAAMovingObjects is now open! 📦

This new exhibition highlights stories about the objects we care for, shared by those who have worked with them.

From a grumpy looking pot to a porcupine quill covered masquerade costume, these are objects that moved us. We invite you to be moved by them too.

A robe-like garment with wide sleeves hangs on a gallery wall. On another wall racking holds a selection of arrows whilst a case below displays a sword.

Small wooden packing crates display a variety of objects, including a gold brow ornament and a small figure with raised arms wearing a headdress.

Two display cases facing one another. The one on the right contains a small suspended copper alloy bowl, whist the other is filled with an abstractly carved wooden figure decorated with images that include a tree and human figures.

Here's a first look at our new exhibition - opening tomorrow! We can't wait to share some of the stories of the 320,000 objects we moved as part of our Stores Move project.

#MAAMovingObjects: 28 March 2026 to 20 December 2026. Entry is free.

Find out more: maa.cam.ac.uk/moving-objec...

Photo credit MAA

Photo credit MAA

Loverly morning #volunteering @maacambridge.bsky.social 🛖 @camunivmuseums.bsky.social 🏛
Got a sneak peak at our new exhibition #MAAMovingObjects in the Li Ka Shing gallery 👀 which looks fabulous👌
The #exhibition opens this Saturday 28th March at 1000 😊
#museum #archaeology #art #heritage

A conservation student sits at a table measuring part of one edge of a mat woven from grass and decorated with dark horizontal lines.

Some of the objects you will see on display in our new exhibition #MAAMovingObjects are incredibly fragile. So CeeCee, our Durham University Conservation student needs to make sure they are held in place securely in a way that doesn't cause further damage. 1/2

A conservation student adjusts one of the lengths of clear material which suspends the remains an badly degraded metal bowl in the centre of a case.

A badly degraded copper alloy bowl hangs suspended in the centre of a display case.

Everyone is hard at work ahead of the opening of our new exhibition #MAAMovingObjects on 28/03/2026. Conservation student CeeCee has been helping install many of the objects you'll see on display, including an incredibly fragile hanging bowl. We think you'll agree she's done a brilliant job!