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Endangered Specimens, Endangered Skills: Core Principles of Fluid Collection Conservation

On 5th February 2013, Mark and I, along with Pat Harkin (Associate Director of Student Support in the School of Medicine, University of Leeds), attended a three-day course at the Hunterian Museum, Royal Collections of Surgeons, London to learn how … Continue reading

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Lights on at Lotherton 2

Thanks Emily, for this great post. I just wanted to add a few images of the workshop so you can get a better feel of what happened:   Well, that’s it. Keep an eye for other workshops coming soon (including … Continue reading

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What lurks beneath……

We’ve had some great blog posts lately updating us all on the great project work of the museum taskforce. While many of these posts have focused on object and collections based research, I wanted to briefly draw your attention to … Continue reading

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The BIG Store Room Clean Up! Take 1.

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Heritage Reading Group – 6th March, 12.30-2.00pm

Thought this may be of interest. I hope to go….. Claire Heritage Reading Group – 6th March, 12.30-2.00pm   The next meeting of the Heritage Reading Group will be 6th March at 12.30pm in 104, Student Common Room in the … Continue reading

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Science and Industry at the Crossroads – Free conference, Tuesday 27 and Wednesday 28 March 2012, Oxford

If anyone wants to go, let me know!   Claire     – What is the relevance of historical scientific and industrial collections to today’s audiences? – How can we review collections effectively? – Would working together help to address … Continue reading

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