Blog archive:
April 2013

Words and memories bring Inuit-Eskimo cultures to life.

One of the Museum's biggest objects is so big that we have never seen all of it at once.

How much can be said about the process of putting some shells in a new box? Possibly more than you'd think!

In February, we received a visit from artists and staff from Erub Erwer Meta (Darnley Island Arts Centre).

Today I asked one of our scientists (who had never been on an Antarctic research cruise before) what she thought of the operation so far.

En route to South Georgia.

We started the day with two muddy trawls. The ship came with some sieve tables, which are exactly as they sound: sieves as big as tables!

This expedition has not had an easy birth, but we are finally out and have started sampling.

Emails from a research vessel in the middle of the Pacific tell of a small shark whose 'taste' for fresh sashimi led to its capture.

Native sailors in the Southern Ocean

Culture and politics of opium smoking Chinese style

The interest in Pinterest is not waning. What can Pinterest do for museums? What can museums do with Pinterest?

Sharks, crocs and even a baby rhino... thousands of our large 'wet specimens' were moved into new homes recently.