Dryad Basketry: A Global Connection was on display at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery between 21st September 2024 and 9th March 2025.
Dryad Basketry: Exhibition Photographs
Acknowledgements
The Dryad Handicrafts collection was acquired by Leicester Museums in 1969. For the first time, this exhibition shows the Dryad basketry as a standalone collection, reproducing the Showroom where the objects were on display.
It is the result of a 4-year doctoral research project conducted by Maria Chiara Scuderi, and supervised by Professor Clare Anderson (University of Leicester) and Professor Kate Smith (University of Birmingham), with the assistance of Heather Southorn and Fiona Graham (Leicester Museums and Galleries).
The project was generously funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).
Interview with the curator
Watch an interview with exhibition curator Maria Chiara Scuderi.