Category Archives: Museum of Dust

The Museum of Dust travels to Doncaster

Posted on April 20, 2026 by SallyK

Last week it was out with bubble wrap and string again as the Museum of Dust had an exciting invitation to head for an ArtBomb event in Doncaster and needed to be carefully wrapped for its journey.  An experimental festival … Continue reading →

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Doctor Who and TARDIS dust

Posted on March 13, 2026 by SallyK

This morning I heard on the radio that two missing episodes of the BBC Doctor Who series had been discovered, and my thoughts turned to my ever growing Museum of Dust. One day  a bottle full of very special dust … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg, Doctor Who’s 60th birthday and TARDIS dust

Posted on November 22, 2023 by SallyK

Happy 60th Birthday to Doctor Who!  Ten years ago a very kind Doctor Who production manager sent me an Encyclopedia Gallifreya bottle containing an impressive amount of dust from the TARDIS. By chance this arrived on my birthday.  A tiny … Continue reading →

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SK in fairyland

Posted on March 28, 2023 by SallyK

Recently I was lucky enough to briefly visit fairyland, aka the Royal Opera House, on a quest for Cinderella dust to add to my travelling Museum of Dust, until recently on display at Swedenborg House.  Dust, that is, connected to … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg collects Essex cockle dust for her Museum

Posted on March 15, 2023 by SallyK

Another visit to Leigh on Sea, this time on a sunny day, and another sample to add to my Museum of Dust.  Years ago a cockle fisherman told me you can hear the cockles sighing as the tide turns.  In … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg and a new addition to her Museum of Dust

Posted on February 9, 2023 by SallyK

Today I called in to Swedenborg House to add my latest addition to the Museum of Dust, currently on display there.  With thanks to Cornelissens who kindly allowed me to delicately fossick in one of their marvellous drawers of Sennelier … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg at Cornelissens

Posted on January 14, 2023 by SallyK

Cornelissens, a few minutes’ walk west from the British Museum, is a treasure trove of artists’ materials.  Set up in London by Belgian lithographer Louis Cornelissens in the 19th century, it moved to its present site in 1988. Armed with … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg’s 2017 notebook, Swedenborgian dust, and a missing tortoise?

Posted on November 23, 2022 by SallyK

Recently I looked at one of my notebooks from 2017 which recorded an exploratory visit to Swedenborg House, and another with its director. A pencilled note on a Post-It fell out of the notebook’s pages and I can’t remember the … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg’s Museum of Dust moves to Swedenborg House

Posted on November 19, 2022 by SallyK

Earlier this week my small, travelling Museum of Dust was installed at Swedenborg House, Bloomsbury, London and can be viewed there from December 5th.  Amongst the tiny samples is a bottle of dust from mysterious eighteenth century books stored in … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg’s Museum of Dust featured in the Camden New Journal

Posted on October 10, 2022 by SallyK

The Museum of Dust had a bit of a puff in last week’s local newspaper the Camden New Journal last week. The Museum will next make an appearance in December at Swedenborg House where I recently ran one of my … Continue reading →

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