Returns, Revisitings, A Plan?
Late summer's heady stillness has forced me to return home. Taking this week to remind myself how and why I'm writing about museums, and asking what the future holds.
Data Weevil
I am writing about every natural history museum in England. Is it sexy? Is it dated? Does it serve? Interested in the aesthetics of museum display, the way it ‘legitimises’ artefacts, and the ways in which it can be re-thought to present alternatives.
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Pfeilstorch: How an Arrow Lodged in a Stork's Neck Taught us Migration
I went to see the new temporary exhibition "Birds: Brilliant and Bizarre" at the Natural History Museum in London.
Virtual Hedgehogs and Thorns from Christ's Crown
I’m floating in midair in a crisp sky. I think it's early morning. I can feel a thin blanket of dew settling across my cheeks. I can't believe my GPU is big enough to hold a church.
Athenian Hiatus: The Goulandris Museum
Dipping the smallest toe into taxonomy because of beautiful shell displays, wondering about the role of divinity in a museum, and sweating whilst doing it all.
Going to the Zoo for the First Time
Off piste this week - even from behind bars, nature reached down my throat and rummaged around inside me, scared me, tantalised me, and made me feel sick in a thrilling and new way.
Spectral Pest : The Museum Beetle
A couple of weeks ago I went to the Angela Marmot centre at the Natural History Museum to look at a specimen of the Museum beetle.
The Boy's Museum: Eton College's Natural History Collection
'Distasteful Eggs' and penchant for exceptionalism, Eton's Natural History museum is excellent and awful at the same time.
A Little Delve into the Horniman's Past Lives
A short one this week with lots of pictures! I fell down an archival rabbit hole & with the Horniman closing its natural history wing for two years, here's what it's looked like in the past.
The Birthplace of the Diorama: The Booth Museum of Natural History
I press a button to hear a nightingale’s call and let it cascade over the roof of my head. As I walk further in, there’s a display of exotic birds - one looks just like a radicchio.
Glass Eyes and Seeds
What actually counts as 'natural history'? This week I'm looking at the importance of contextualising an archive, using UCL's Galton collection as a case study.