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What’s in a name? Keeping up to date with the taxonomy of Philippine land snails

The process of collecting and identifying an organism is long and stringent. Despite this, mistakes can still be commonplace. Lorenzo Ravalo is a contractor working with us as a Natural History Technician and takes us through some of the challenges faced in keeping up to date with taxonomy. Identifying anRead more

By: Lorenzo Ravalo

On: 13 Aug 2021

In: Science

Cigarette packets and chocolate boxes: How we used to store our collections

Storing collections in the right space and environment is incredibly important in museums – so would you be surprised to see natural history specimens stored in colourful vintage cigarette packets? Curator Alan Tennyson and conservator Robert Clendon shed light on past practice. Modern museum storage involves rows and rows ofRead more

By: Rachael Hockridge

On: 8 Jan 2018

In: Behind the scenes, Science

‘It’s the objects that sparkle, not me’: A day in the life of an art collection manager

Art collection manager Anna Brookes shares with us what she gets up to day to day and her tips for getting into the industry.Read more

By: Anna Brookes

On: 14 Dec 2017

In: Art, Behind the scenes

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