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A year long ceramics curatorial traineeship at The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery and Coalport China Museum. December 31, 2013 in Uncategorized. com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 1,100. If it were a cable car, it would take about 18 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see the complete report. January 11, 2013 in Uncategorized.

Incuriosity is the oddest and most foolish failing there is.

An insight into the world of fixing up dead things for display. About the Natural History Conservator. Having not written a blog in 19 months my career has gone through changes so the name of my blog has changed to reflect my graduation from intern status.

Twelve months in the life of a trainee biological curator. Ethnobiology encompasses many organic materials used by people both in the past and now. Gives a good outline of what an ethnobiology collection encompasses. The funding for this was provided by SYNTHESYS.

My attempt to learn everything about trees. Why do trees get that tall? Water movement in plants. People who have met me know I think about transpirational pull more than most folks. This topic has fascinated me without pause since I first heard about it, so I want to do my best to explain it in plain terms for this article. A few years back, researchers at OSU determined.

The adventures of a natural science curator. The disclaimer out of the way, I hope you enjoy my mystery object on Fridays and my occasional thoughts on a variety of scientific, sceptical and museological subjects. 8221; by Flick Baker. This inspired me to take a look a.

An Archive for Geological Collections Care. West Midlands Biological Collections Review. To view the collection information, click on the desired institution on the left-hand side. If you wish to visit, study or obtain further information about a particular collection described in this website, please contact the institution concerned directly using the contact details provided. Birmingham Botanical Gardens and Glasshouses.

Musings from a medical historian Anne Hanley. So, in writing a blog post about the unexpected academic twists and turns over these past twelve months, I hope for it to be of use to those falling down the same post-PhD rabbit hole, and to demonstrate that things might not be so grim as they first appear. How did I end up in Leeds? But how to keep body and soul together in the interim? Applying for academic jobs. During my time as an Education Officer in PRHS.