Curatorial Assistants taking you behind the scenes at Manchester Museum. Tweets from Rachel Petts, Susan Martin and Diana Arzuza Buelvas.
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New blog out today about how to start the process of decolonising natural history collections natsca.blog/2023/10/26/how-d…
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20 Oct 2023
Sharing the amazing and important contributions of Black people to the natural history, especially working in museums.
Three more days of inspiring conversations, Join: #BlackinNHMs for the Black in Natural History Museums Week
@Nat_SCA @Mcrmanchester
15 Oct 2023
The stories of Black scientists are often overlooked & untold.
Thus, #BlackInNHMs is proud to share the stories of 17 Black people, who contributed to natural history, with our FIRST exhibit!
It was produced in partnership with @FloridaMuseum. Stay tuned for more info below👇🏿
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18 Oct 2023
Join the community of Black professionals in Natural History Museums for conversations and reflexions this week, blackinnhms.org/binhmsweek
Oct 15 - Oct 21 / 2023: blackinnhms.org/2023-binhms-…
#BlackInNHMs #SciArt #BlackinNHMsLeadership #BlackinNHMsOutreach @Nat_SCA @NatSciNMS @McrMuseum
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11 Aug 2023
A great day to be out in Boz Country Park with @CityofTreesMcr. Come on over and discover what's living in the meadows, woodlands and ponds
ALT Sunny view across the park with grasslands, scattered trees and houses in the background
ALT Sign with a picture of a butterfly. The test reads 'Try and find a Speckled Wood Butterfly'
ALT Speckled Wood Butterfly resting on an oak leaf
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19 Jul 2023
Who is using our collection and what for?
An A level Art student really inspired after a visit to the stores. Final project👏👏 *A: “insects arranged across multiple pages reflecting a journey from shadows and incomplete forms to the splendid variety of insect life!”
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ALT The piece based on the topic of ‘change’ by Maia Mistry
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5 Jun 2023
From behind the scenes in Entomology #NationalVolunteerWeek. The support given by all volunteers is helping us to better maintain and keep our entomological collections and increase their
usefulness and value. A huge thank you to all!
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12 May 2023
annacollettehuntI’ve had the most magical day today at @mcrmuseum - I’ve got to give the biggest thank you in the world to Diana from Entomology who gave me a behind the scenes tour of the insect collections. What an absolutely incredible day! So much inspiration to take forward
12 May 2023
See this Instagram video by @annacollettehunt instagram.com/reel/CsHJE_Os6…
Showing part of our collection🐝🐝🦋🦋🦋🦋🪰🕷️🪳🐞🪲 to #annacolletehunt
@McrMuseum @amentsoc
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12 May 2023
See this Instagram video by @annacollettehunt instagram.com/reel/CsHJE_Os6…
Showing part of our collection🐝🐝🦋🦋🦋🦋🪰🕷️🪳🐞🪲 to #annacolletehunt
@McrMuseum @amentsoc
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27 Apr 2023
Who uses our collections and what for? Taxonomy, recording data, DNA, etc. Museums, universities,recorders, etc. Use them. But who else?... #natsca2023
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27 Apr 2023
Diana taking us through the significant impacts from @MuseumInsight collections - collaboration is key! #NatSCA2023
ALT View towards a stage in a large lecture theatre. A speaker stands behind the podium and a huge screen displays a slide with a graph of the number of publications from Manchester Museums invertebrate collection
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28 Mar 2023
#insects 🦋🦋🪲🪲 and conservation stories from Central and South America also made it to the event. Celebrating #biodiversity in the Neotropic 🥳. I was feeling closer to home 😍. Many thanks to the visitors for the great comments!! @Panwildlife
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30 Jan 2023
The insects have landed in the new galleries 🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝and getting ready for the new @McrMuseum reopening in February 2023 #insects #entomology #bees
ALT Butterflies and birds from Sri Lanka_ South Asia Gallery
ALT Bees and insects _ Belonging Gallery
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7 Dec 2022
Great visit and good conversations with the artist @MeganPowell122 and the colleague Alison Criddle @MuseumDevNW about #pollinators, moths and hoverflies, in Entomology @McrMuseum. @carbon_literacy @rootsandbranches
ALT @MeganPowell122 visit to Entomology, Manchester Museum
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22 Sep 2022
Supporting conservation programs with historical data 🦋, description of species new to science 🪲🕷️🕷️, account of collections, news from the department, collaboration with researchers and more in the blog:
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@BritishSpiders @McrMuseum @tanyptera
ALT https://entomologymanchester.wordpress.com/2022/08/31/publications-related-to-the-manchester-museums-entomology-department-an-2021-22-update/
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14 Jul 2022
A fascinating visit to the archives yesterday @UoMSpecColl
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12 Jun 2022
I was transfixed by this little bit of Wild I encountered on my way home from work. Bee orchids on a verge by the side of a busy street in Central Manchester. Come along to @GortonMonastery today and share where Wild is for you @mcrhistfest #WildMM
ALT Close up of a bee orchid flower
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Great new blog out today about curating the silk and cocoon collections @McrMuseum. wp.me/p2FTB9-1P7 @MuseumInsight natsca.blog/2022/05/26/unrav…
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26 May 2022
A perfect day to be out and about with the "Friends of Royton Linear Park" #Royton #Oldham in conversation about 🐝🐛🦋🪲🐞🐜🪳🕷️🕸️🦟🪰 #insects and nature 🐤🐥🦊🦔🐾🦡 at a “Springwatch” event, supporting local residents. @McrMuseum @MM_Connects
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