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Morbid moths

October 27, 2014by Gina Allnatt Leave a comment

Originally posted on More Than A Dodo:
There are many fascinating displays in the Museum, but there’s something special about meeting an expert and chatting to them about the collections they…

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NatSCA Taxidermy Day

July 20, 2014by Gina Allnatt Leave a comment

Last Friday I travelled to London to attend “Taxidermy: curation, care, context and creativity”, a day devoted to short lectures about taxidermy from a multidisciplinary approach. Speakers included taxidermists, curators, […]

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curation, entomology, museums, taxidermy, zoology

Hoax or Joke?

April 12, 2014by Gina Allnatt Leave a comment

I had a great day today training volunteers to work with digital and library sources to help them identify butterfly species they will come across when transcribing and digitizing information […]

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entomology, museums

11 Questions to a museum blogger

April 5, 2014by Gina Allnatt Leave a comment

In case you’re wondering what Eleven Questions is all about, it all began when the Naturkundemuseum, in Berlin, started a blog chain with Jenni Fuchs from Museum 140.  Jenni had eleven questions to answer, then pass […]

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curation, museums

Moved to Oxford

March 9, 2014by Gina Allnatt Leave a comment

Sorry about not updating this blog for a few months. The reason for this has been that I was offered a job in December 2013 as one of two Curatorial […]

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curation, entomology, museums

Skin Deep

November 20, 2013by Gina Allnatt 5 Comments

I’ve just come to the end of my time working as a volunteer on the “Skin Deep” Project at Leeds Museums Discovery Centre. The project involves the rearrangement and documentation […]

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collections management, curation, museums, taxidermy, zoology

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British-Belizean curator currently working at the OUMNH on the Lepidoptera Project. This blog documents my thoughts about museums and collections and is not necessarily the opinion of my employer.

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