Cambridge Heritage Science Hub (CHERISH)
Inactive (Legacy record)Please note that this is a legacy entry reflecting past infrastructure activity and contributions. It is not currently active.
Description
The Cambridge Heritage Science Hub (CHERISH) was a cross-institutional heritage-science initiative of the University of Cambridge, coordinated through Cambridge University Library within its Collections Research programme and the Materiality Research Growth Network. It brought together scientists, conservators, curators and humanities researchers to apply scientific approaches to the characterisation, preservation, understanding and dissemination of heritage, while grounding that work in the broader intellectual frameworks of the arts and humanities. CHERISH linked collections and departments across the University, including the Fitzwilliam Museum, the Hamilton Kerr Institute, the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research (Department of Archaeology), the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and Cambridge University Library, with the University of Cambridge Museums and the Department of History of Art also collaborating. In January 2021 the consortium was awarded 3 million pounds from the Arts and Humanities Research Council's Capability for Collections (CapCo) fund to refurbish, upgrade and future-proof its distributed research infrastructure for the study of material culture and collections. The funded phase ran from 2020 to 2022, and this record is maintained as an inactive, living-archive entry for the initiative.
Offers funding
No, this infrastructure does not provide funding.
Founding year
2020
Contact details
West Road
Cambridge
CB3 9DR
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Parent infrastructure(s)
Cambridge University Library Research Institute
Launched in May 2023, the Cambridge University Library Research Institute is a vibrant, inclusive community of researchers and practitioners at all career stages working together to make a difference … read more about Cambridge University Library Research Institute
University Of Cambridge
Library
Library
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB3 9DR
University affiliation(s)
University of Cambridge
Cambridge
Partner Infrastructures
McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
The McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research provides a shared intellectual home for archaeologists at Cambridge and their collaborators into all aspects of the human past, across time and space… read more about McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
Cambridge
Materiality Research Growth Network
The Materiality Research Growth Network is grounded in the University’s commitment to cross-disciplinary, cross-institutional research into the materials and materiality of collections- from the Mat… read more about Materiality Research Growth Network
Cambridge
Established in 1976, the Hamilton Kerr Institute (HKI) is a department of the Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, and one of the world's leading centres for the teaching and research of easel… read more about Hamilton Kerr Institute (HKI)
Cambridge
Additional Partnerships
Fitzwilliam Museum; Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology; University of Cambridge Museums; Department of History of Art, University of Cambridge
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2026-07-12 13:24:29