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Call for Raisin Costumes

Have you been working on your Raisin costume? Think it’s good enough to be in a Museum? If you’re proud of your creation, and think it could stand the test of time, we’d love to see what you’ve come up with.

The University of St Andrews Libraries & Museums are running a competition to replace the dragon in the Wardlaw Museum with a costume from this year’s Raisin weekend.

Current costume on display in one of the Wardlaw Museum galleries.

How to enter

If you would like to enter your creation in the competition, please share a photo of the materials you will be using for your costume or of the costume itself by Sunday 20th October 2024 at midnight.

Please send your entries via message on our Instagram, Facebook, X (formerly Twitter) profiles, or email them to [email protected].

We are looking for creative costumes that showcase our students’ talents and willingness to take part in the tradition. Please find more information on the competition and costumes below.

More information

  • Costumes with the following characteristics will have better chances of being selected:
    • Made with recycled materials
    • Structurally sound
    • Creative
    • With a connection to St Andrews
  • Three entries will be shortlisted by our social media team and candidates will be notified on Sunday 20 October.
  • The selected costumes will need to be dropped off with a member of Museum staff on Monday 21 October before the foam fight. More information will be provided to shortlisted candidates.
  • The shortlisted costumes will be judged by a panel of Libraries & Museums staff members.
  • The winner of the competition will be announced w/c 28th October.
  • The winning costume will be assessed by Museum staff for conformity to Museum collections and display policies. If successful, the costume will be displayed in the Wardlaw Museum for up to 2 years. See below for T&Cs.

Our judges

Our judges panel will be formed of:

  • Eilidh Lawrence, Head of Museum and Photographic Collections, University of St Andrews Libraries and Museums
  • Gearoid Mac a’ Ghobhainn, Museum Curator, University of St Andrews Libraries and Museums

T&Cs

  • Only costumes that adhere to Museum collections and display policies will be considered for display in the Wardlaw Museum.
  • Costumes will be subject to a loan agreement to which additional conditions (including a specific return date and agreed valuation) will apply.
  • Upon expiry of the agreed return date, the costume will be returned to its owner or disposed of within 3 months depending on the agreement with the owner.