Grant Museum of Zoology
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@ucl.ac.uk’s Grant Museum of Zoology is one of the UK’s oldest natural history collections and home to some of the world’s rarest specimens.
Find out more: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/ucl-grant-museum-zoology
Find out more: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/ucl-grant-museum-zoology
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💜 Today, @ucl.ac.uk marks 200 years since its foundation.
Throughout 2026, we will celebrate two centuries of learning and innovation and share those achievements with our global community.
➡️Discover our exciting #UCL200 programme of events and learn how you can get involved.
Throughout 2026, we will celebrate two centuries of learning and innovation and share those achievements with our global community.
➡️Discover our exciting #UCL200 programme of events and learn how you can get involved.
UCL celebrates 200 years: A landmark year begins
Today, UCL marks 200 years since its foundation. Based in the heart of London, UCL is rooted in curiosity, tolerance and academic excellence. Throughout the year we will celebrate two centuries of lea...
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February 11, 2026 at 6:55 AM
💜 Today, @ucl.ac.uk marks 200 years since its foundation.
Throughout 2026, we will celebrate two centuries of learning and innovation and share those achievements with our global community.
➡️Discover our exciting #UCL200 programme of events and learn how you can get involved.
Throughout 2026, we will celebrate two centuries of learning and innovation and share those achievements with our global community.
➡️Discover our exciting #UCL200 programme of events and learn how you can get involved.
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See the latest news and information about our current events: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/ucl-grant-museum-zoology/whats-grant-museum
February 4, 2026 at 10:10 AM
See the latest news and information about our current events: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/ucl-grant-museum-zoology/whats-grant-museum
We have now wrapped up our World of Wasps exhibition. It’s been great sharing their extraordinarily complex social structures, and celebrating their importance in our ecosystem. #GMZWasps
February 2, 2026 at 10:05 AM
We have now wrapped up our World of Wasps exhibition. It’s been great sharing their extraordinarily complex social structures, and celebrating their importance in our ecosystem. #GMZWasps
Planning a visit? Find out more about entry, opening times, research visits and more: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/grant-museum-zoology/visit-ucl-grant-museum-zoology
January 21, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Planning a visit? Find out more about entry, opening times, research visits and more: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/grant-museum-zoology/visit-ucl-grant-museum-zoology
Last chance to see our World of Wasps exhibition, available to view until 24 January! Zoom inside a virtual wasp’s nest and see their life as master architects, pest controllers and pollinators. www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll... #GMZWasps
January 20, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Last chance to see our World of Wasps exhibition, available to view until 24 January! Zoom inside a virtual wasp’s nest and see their life as master architects, pest controllers and pollinators. www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll... #GMZWasps
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It was buzzing in @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social today with #WaspLove on full display with a visit from Shona and Tam Reppe and @waspwoman.bsky.social herself! See World of Wasps exhibition before it closes on Jan 24.
January 16, 2026 at 3:56 PM
It was buzzing in @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social today with #WaspLove on full display with a visit from Shona and Tam Reppe and @waspwoman.bsky.social herself! See World of Wasps exhibition before it closes on Jan 24.
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Brilliant new @qi.com episode ‘W Animals’ featuring one of @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social ‘s famous specimens!
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QI - Series W: 10. ‘W’ Animals
Sandi Toksvig looks at animals which start with a W with Nabil Abdulrashid, Holly Walsh, Sam Campbell and Alan Davies.
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January 13, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Brilliant new @qi.com episode ‘W Animals’ featuring one of @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social ‘s famous specimens!
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See the latest news and information about our current events: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/ucl-grant-museum-zoology/whats-grant-museum
January 15, 2026 at 10:06 AM
See the latest news and information about our current events: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/ucl-grant-museum-zoology/whats-grant-museum
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One month to go… UCL turns 200! 🎉
On 11 February, we kick off #UCL200 – a year of celebrations marking our radical founding in 1826 as London’s first university, open to all. Expect parties, exhibitions, student festivals, art, books, performances, and more.
Get ready!
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On 11 February, we kick off #UCL200 – a year of celebrations marking our radical founding in 1826 as London’s first university, open to all. Expect parties, exhibitions, student festivals, art, books, performances, and more.
Get ready!
@uclspeccoll.bsky.social
January 11, 2026 at 2:08 PM
One month to go… UCL turns 200! 🎉
On 11 February, we kick off #UCL200 – a year of celebrations marking our radical founding in 1826 as London’s first university, open to all. Expect parties, exhibitions, student festivals, art, books, performances, and more.
Get ready!
@uclspeccoll.bsky.social
On 11 February, we kick off #UCL200 – a year of celebrations marking our radical founding in 1826 as London’s first university, open to all. Expect parties, exhibitions, student festivals, art, books, performances, and more.
Get ready!
@uclspeccoll.bsky.social
Wasps are extraordinary animals living within complex social structures. Zoom inside a virtual nest and experience their homes, lifestyles and relationships at our exhibition until 24 January. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/events/2025/jun/world-wasps #GMZWasps
January 8, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Wasps are extraordinary animals living within complex social structures. Zoom inside a virtual nest and experience their homes, lifestyles and relationships at our exhibition until 24 January. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/events/2025/jun/world-wasps #GMZWasps
We would like to wish everyone a wonderful Winter Break! We are closed and will reopen at 1pm on 6 January 2026. www.ucl.ac.uk/library/news...
December 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
We would like to wish everyone a wonderful Winter Break! We are closed and will reopen at 1pm on 6 January 2026. www.ucl.ac.uk/library/news...
We are proud to currently host the world's first exhibition centred on wasps, combining science, art and technology to reveal the secret world of these complex animals. Read more in the LCCOS Annual Report here: www.ucl.ac.uk/lccos/about-...
December 17, 2025 at 9:13 AM
We are proud to currently host the world's first exhibition centred on wasps, combining science, art and technology to reveal the secret world of these complex animals. Read more in the LCCOS Annual Report here: www.ucl.ac.uk/lccos/about-...
Join us on 9 January for award-winning actor Jonathan Goodwin’s live one-man adaptation of H. G. Wells’ sci-fi classic The Time Machine in the atmospheric surroundings of @ucl.ac.uk’s zoology museum! www.ucl.ac.uk/event-ticket...
December 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Join us on 9 January for award-winning actor Jonathan Goodwin’s live one-man adaptation of H. G. Wells’ sci-fi classic The Time Machine in the atmospheric surroundings of @ucl.ac.uk’s zoology museum! www.ucl.ac.uk/event-ticket...
See this year's @ucl.ac.uk zoology student presentations and find out what they have discovered about their mystery museum specimens. Drop in between 2pm - 5pm on 5 December.
December 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
See this year's @ucl.ac.uk zoology student presentations and find out what they have discovered about their mystery museum specimens. Drop in between 2pm - 5pm on 5 December.
John Zhang of Datascape Realities, the collective behind the virtual reality experiences at the heart of our latest exhibition, talks about the creative process and why virtual reality is an important tool in science communication. Read more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll... #GMZWasps
December 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
John Zhang of Datascape Realities, the collective behind the virtual reality experiences at the heart of our latest exhibition, talks about the creative process and why virtual reality is an important tool in science communication. Read more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll... #GMZWasps
Join us on 9 December and discover the unusual amongst our collection with a new, and free to attend, scavenger hunt. Find out more and book here:
Weird and Wonderful: Scavenger Hunt
Join us all day and discover the unusual amongst the Grant Museum of Zoology collection with a new, and free to attend, scavenger hunt.
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December 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Join us on 9 December and discover the unusual amongst our collection with a new, and free to attend, scavenger hunt. Find out more and book here:
What’s missing from natural history collections? Maria Dragoi, @ucl.ac.uk Museum Studies alumna and current PhD candidate, discusses her research into our entomology collection and the importance of interpreting collections through a decolonial lens. www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...
December 1, 2025 at 11:30 AM
What’s missing from natural history collections? Maria Dragoi, @ucl.ac.uk Museum Studies alumna and current PhD candidate, discusses her research into our entomology collection and the importance of interpreting collections through a decolonial lens. www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...
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Fabulous talk today by @idrisadams.bsky.social in @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social all about why we should all love wasps - especially solitary wasps 🐝! #WaspLove #WorldOfWasps
November 26, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Fabulous talk today by @idrisadams.bsky.social in @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social all about why we should all love wasps - especially solitary wasps 🐝! #WaspLove #WorldOfWasps
Take a wasp’s eye journey through our rewilded interior via virtual reality in our current exhibition, World of Wasps. Find out more about wasps’ role as master architects, pest controllers and pollinators. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/events/2025/jun/world-wasps #GMZWasps
November 18, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Take a wasp’s eye journey through our rewilded interior via virtual reality in our current exhibition, World of Wasps. Find out more about wasps’ role as master architects, pest controllers and pollinators. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/events/2025/jun/world-wasps #GMZWasps
Idris Adams presents research into the dietary ecology and prey capture abilities of solitary aculeate wasps at the Research in Focus talk on 26 November.
Research in Focus talks: Dietary Ecology and Prey Capture Abilities of Solitary Aculeate Wasps
Join us in UCL Grant Museum of Zoology for our monthly talk series spotlighting current research into the collections and displays.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Idris Adams presents research into the dietary ecology and prey capture abilities of solitary aculeate wasps at the Research in Focus talk on 26 November.
Is a bigger brain better? Maddie Moate explores this question with Dr @laurabporro.bsky.social from the UCL Centre for Integrative Anatomy (@ucl-c4ia.bsky.social) in this Halloween special, including a feature on brain specimens from our collections.
BRAIN DISSECTION! 🧠 What Makes Us Smart? | HALLOWEEN SCIENCE with Maddie Moate
YouTube video by Maddie Moate
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October 31, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Is a bigger brain better? Maddie Moate explores this question with Dr @laurabporro.bsky.social from the UCL Centre for Integrative Anatomy (@ucl-c4ia.bsky.social) in this Halloween special, including a feature on brain specimens from our collections.
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🎧 Ep 255 of Jo Durrant’s Beautiful Universe podcast is out Weds:
🤩 @1642author.bsky.social talks about passion for 17th century history, Prince Rupert & Quick Six
🐾 Story of echidna at @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social
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🤩 @1642author.bsky.social talks about passion for 17th century history, Prince Rupert & Quick Six
🐾 Story of echidna at @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social
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October 28, 2025 at 7:50 AM
🎧 Ep 255 of Jo Durrant’s Beautiful Universe podcast is out Weds:
🤩 @1642author.bsky.social talks about passion for 17th century history, Prince Rupert & Quick Six
🐾 Story of echidna at @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social
📲 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/j...
💻 jodurrantsbeautifuluniverse.libsyn.com
🤩 @1642author.bsky.social talks about passion for 17th century history, Prince Rupert & Quick Six
🐾 Story of echidna at @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social
📲 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/j...
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Join us for today’s lunchtime @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social Research in Focus talk with @knapprew.bsky.social from @ucl-c4ia.bsky.social discussing how museum specimens can be used to study brain evolution.
October 22, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Join us for today’s lunchtime @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social Research in Focus talk with @knapprew.bsky.social from @ucl-c4ia.bsky.social discussing how museum specimens can be used to study brain evolution.