#taxidermy

Susan Elaine Jones

Aug 17, 20181 min read

Butterflies, bats, fish and flying things

The Zoology Museum in Cambridge is now fully open! (Okay, that's been true for a couple of months, but I've been a bit run down and...

Susan Elaine Jones

Jun 29, 20181 min read

Problems with primates

As I tidy my house (which is a fairly rare occurrence), I found a third drawing of the taxidermy cases of Ipswich Museum from back in...

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...

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...

Susan Elaine Jones

Dec 4, 20161 min read

Bleached blondes of the savannah

I enjoyed a smashing visit to Norwich Castle Museum a couple of weekends ago. I spent much of my time in the Natural History Gallery. As...

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...

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....

Susan Elaine Jones

Feb 20, 20151 min read

Vroliking good fun

As I research my dissertation on art and anatomy, I am being very willingly forced to spend hours pouring over books of historical...

Susan Elaine Jones

Oct 4, 20131 min read

Finally off to visit the Walrus!

Years after first hearing about it, the circumstances have come together that, next week, I will finally get to visit the Horniman...

SUSAN ELAINE JONES