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Museum catalogue
The Museum is delighted to be able to offer online access to collections information through our online museum catalogue. This catalogue enables public access to the records stored in the Museum's centralised collections management database. Over 600 records are currently available online and the majority of these records have digital images attached.
The museum has over 5,000 objects in its care. You can read more about the history of the museum and its collections. Work is in progress to transfer earlier written records to the collection management database and from time to time the online catalogue is updated to reflect new records and images which have become available.
There are 6 collections currently available, covering some 3,411 items:
Arctic Material Culture Collection (577 items)
Indigenous objects from Canada, Greenland and Alaska.
Polar Art Collection (2295 items)
A unique range of polar artworks, including oil paintings, watercolours, sketches and prints.
Inuit Art Collection (195 items)
Collection of art work by the indigenous peoples of northern Canada, Greenland and Alaska.
Kamchatka catalogue (24 items)
A unique range of polar artworks, including oil paintings, watercolours, sketches and prints.
Scrimshaw Collection (78 items)
Scrimshaw, the name given to the wide variety of objects made or decorated by people involved with the whaling industry, and also to the process of making them.
Related collections
The Institute's holdings of printed books can be searched online at the University of Cambridge Union Catalogue and additional printed collections through the SPRILIB catalogues. The catalogue of archival holdings is online via the Archives Hub.
Further information
Every effort has been made to ensure that the records are accurate. For additional information on any item, please contact the Curator.
Please note that the inclusion of a record in the catalogue does not mean that items are currently are on display in the Museum.
Photographs
To order a copy of any picture in the catalogue, please contact the Picture Library.
Publication quality photographs of museum objects can also be produced on request.
Your views
We would welcome your feedback on the catalogue and its contents.