May | 2025 | NatSCA
3 posts published by Natural Sciences Collections Association during May 2025| NatSCA
3 posts published by Natural Sciences Collections Association during May 2025| NatSCA
Written by Clare Brown, Leeds Museums and Galleries. Taking a walk through a forest, running through fields of wheat or even just gazing at trees, all a far-cry from dealing with the sheets of pres…| NatSCA
2 posts published by Natural Sciences Collections Association during August 2025| NatSCA
Compiled by Ellie Clark, Collections Moves Team Leader at the Natural History Museum. Welcome to the August edition of NatSCA Digital Digest. Digital Digest is a monthly blog series featuring the latest on where to go, what to see and … Continue reading →| NatSCA
Written by Hannah Clarke – Assistant Curator (Collections Access), University of Aberdeen. In May this year, I was given the slightly terrifying task of overseeing the removal and transportation of…| NatSCA
Written by Dr Christina Thatcher, Lecturer in Creative Writing & Dr Lisa El Refaie, Reader in Language and Communication, Cardiff University. With biodiversity declining at an alarming rate, we need to find ways of encouraging people to care about all … Continue reading →| NatSCA
Written by Anastasia van Gaver (Conservator) & Bethany Palumbo (Head of Conservation) Natural History Museum Denmark). As conservators, it’s essential we keep up to date with developments in th…| NatSCA
1 post published by Natural Sciences Collections Association during July 2025| NatSCA
Compiled by Milo Phillips, Digitisation Co-ordinator at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Welcome to the July edition of NatSCA Digital Digest. A monthly blog series featuring the latest on where…| NatSCA
Written by Jazmine Miles Long, Taxidermist. When a taxidermy mount is made, the skin of the mammal (and in some cases reptiles and birds) is usually tanned. Tanning is the process of turning a raw skin into leather using chemistry. … Continue reading →| NatSCA
Written by Sarah Marden, Curator of Natural History at The Box, Plymouth. From March 2024 to April 2025, a new exhibition at The Box called Planet Ocean explored Plymouth’s marine heritage and cont…| NatSCA
1 post published by Natural Sciences Collections Association during June 2025| NatSCA
Compiled by Olivia Beavers, Assistant Curator of Vertebrate Zoology at World Museum, National Museums Liverpool. Welcome to the June edition of NatSCA Digital Digest. A monthly blog series featurin…| NatSCA
Written by Dan Gordon, Keeper of Biology, The Great North Museum: Hancock. So, how did I get started in museums? Like perhaps many people, it began with a stroke of luck. I’d decided to study Biology at university—I suppose I’d … Continue reading →| NatSCA
By Eimear Ashe, Collections Moves Project Manager, National Museum of Ireland Having recently completed a major decant of Natural History collections in the National Museum of Ireland, I thought it…| NatSCA
Written by Julian Carter, Principal Conservator Natural Sciences, Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales, Cardiff During the late 19th century, Leopold Blaschka (1822-1895) and his son Rudolf (1857-1…| NatSCA
Written by Callum Smart, a natural history volunteer at Bolton Museum. He works both in the stores, documenting the collections, and in the gallery engaging with visitors using the objects to start…| NatSCA
Written by Lauren Field, Curator of Natural History, Bolton Museum. In June 2024 Bolton Museum launched a summer exhibition titled Birds of Bolton. This exhibition celebrated the incredible variety…| NatSCA
