Do birds have kneecaps?
I've spent a lot of time in the Zoology museum this month, both front of house (helping people find things in the museum, including the...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Mar 23, 20182 min read
The dead on display
Summary of the University of Southampton "Skeletons, Stories and Social Bodies" conference 2018: Met some old friends, made some new...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Jan 19, 20182 min read
Why you should always go back
It isn't long ago that I went to Norwich Museum for the first time. (Okay, it turns out it was over a year ago... not much happens in my...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Dec 1, 20172 min read
Marvels of Ipswich, Part II
Next in the amazing story of a trip to the Ipswich Museum. Part I (in case you missed it) is here. Here, I want to share just one of the...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Nov 25, 20172 min read
Marvels of Ipswich, Part I
I made a long anticipated, long overdue visit to Ipswich Museum. It is one of those regional treasures, crammed with original Victorian...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Sep 29, 20172 min read
Curious beasts before the deluge
A belated write up of a lovely afternoon spent in the company of curious beasts at the Whipple Museum as part of Open Cambridge. These...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Sep 19, 20172 min read
An Atlantis for Octopuses
Blog been slow as I've been ill, and I've still got the wonders of the Open Cambridge display at the Whipple to share. But not today....
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Susan Elaine Jones
Nov 25, 20162 min read
Dr. Auzoux's House of Horror
Okay, not really. I have spent most of my recent Friday's enjoying the wonderful Robert Lloyd Parry (of Nunkie theatre) performing...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Oct 18, 20162 min read
Uncle Neanderthal and Auntie Denisovan
A friend recently visited the USA, and did me the marvellous favour of going to the Museum of Osteology in Oklahoma City. She did a fair...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Aug 19, 20161 min read
Getting wet at OUMNH
After many hours scouring the databases and determining what was special about this museum's stores, I spent a wonderful morning...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Jul 22, 20162 min read
Art with embryos
"Something entirely unique, something beautiful and charming and grotesque, perhaps a little more esoteric" was how was described to me,...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Jul 12, 20161 min read
Spin the skull game
D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum in Dundee is one of many museums on my bucket list to visit. It's not the best, or the most comprehensive...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Jul 8, 20161 min read
Octopuses for sale
Look at these beauties! I think I'm in love! These gorgeous octopuses? Octopi? Octopodes? Beautiful aren't they? But they're in...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Jul 1, 20161 min read
Late for the day of the dead
Finally had the opportunity to spend some time with a camera in the Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. I lingered at least...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Jun 17, 20161 min read
Witch balls
Witch balls. Or did you think only wizards had balls? Well, honestly, witches don't have balls (that I know of). These balls are to repel...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Apr 29, 20161 min read
Wellcome to Morbid Anatomy
Yes, Joanne Ebenstein is amongst the guests at the Wellcome Collection next week for an Anatomical Venus and other things morbid...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Mar 18, 20161 min read
Hug a dinosaur
Made it to a little bit of science week. Which is really just an excuse to neb around Cambridge University buildings whilst snack vans...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Nov 20, 20151 min read
Skulls with soul
Some bones just give you a look. It is often the primates, but some skulls seemespecially expressive, and just catch your attention. This...
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Susan Elaine Jones
Oct 2, 20151 min read
Behind the scenes at the Zoology Museum
So sorry for the terrible quality of the photo. But it was on a behind the scenes tour, at night, taken through the door of a freezer....
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Susan Elaine Jones
Aug 7, 20151 min read
A jar of moles
I love the Grant's Museum. And I love their blog. And this week, I love their specimen of the week. A jar of moles. I looked up the...
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