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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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...
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.
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Thank you to all who came to our World Anatomy Day Event at the @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social. We received 381 visitors (341 adults and 40 children); for comparison, a typical Saturday at the Grant Museum has about 230 visitors. Everyone seems to have discovered that #Anatomy is indeed Amazing!
October 22, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Thank you to all who came to our World Anatomy Day Event at the @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social. We received 381 visitors (341 adults and 40 children); for comparison, a typical Saturday at the Grant Museum has about 230 visitors. Everyone seems to have discovered that #Anatomy is indeed Amazing!
Researchers from the Sumner Lab talk about how their research informed our latest virtual reality exhibition, World of Wasps. Read more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll... #GMZWasps
October 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Researchers from the Sumner Lab talk about how their research informed our latest virtual reality exhibition, World of Wasps. Read more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll... #GMZWasps
We will open at the later time of 3pm on 15 October due to a private event. We apologise for any inconvenience. www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...
October 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We will open at the later time of 3pm on 15 October due to a private event. We apologise for any inconvenience. www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...
Andrew Knapp shares his research on the coevolution between brain and skull shape in birds and mammals. Join us at the Research in Focus talk on 22 October.
Research in Focus talks: What Museum Collections Can Tell Us About Brain Evolution
Join us in UCL Grant Museum of Zoology for our monthly talk series spotlighting current research into the collections and displays.
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Andrew Knapp shares his research on the coevolution between brain and skull shape in birds and mammals. Join us at the Research in Focus talk on 22 October.
#WelcomeToUCL! We are one of the oldest natural history collections and home to 100,000 specimens from every continent, every ocean, and every animal group.
Find out more and plan your visit here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/ucl-grant-museum-zoology
Find out more and plan your visit here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/ucl-grant-museum-zoology
October 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
#WelcomeToUCL! We are one of the oldest natural history collections and home to 100,000 specimens from every continent, every ocean, and every animal group.
Find out more and plan your visit here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/ucl-grant-museum-zoology
Find out more and plan your visit here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/ucl-grant-museum-zoology
Take part in activities celebrating World Anatomy Day! Join us on 18 October and find out how our museum is used for cutting-edge approaches to study ecology, evolution and skeletal anatomy.
Family Event: Amazing Anatomy
The Grant Museum has a takeover day in partnership with UCL Centre for Integrative Anatomy. Pre-book for 11:00, drop-in 12:00 - 14:00
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October 3, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Take part in activities celebrating World Anatomy Day! Join us on 18 October and find out how our museum is used for cutting-edge approaches to study ecology, evolution and skeletal anatomy.
We are currently closed for essential refurbishment works and will now reopen as normal on Tuesday 7 October at 1pm. We apologise for any inconvenience. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/ucl-grant-museum-zoology
September 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
We are currently closed for essential refurbishment works and will now reopen as normal on Tuesday 7 October at 1pm. We apologise for any inconvenience. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/ucl-grant-museum-zoology
Did you know that wasps purr, or that they wag their bodies and tap their antennae to communicate? Find out more about these fascinating animals at our exhibition. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/events/2025/jun/world-wasps #GMZWasps
September 25, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Did you know that wasps purr, or that they wag their bodies and tap their antennae to communicate? Find out more about these fascinating animals at our exhibition. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/events/2025/jun/world-wasps #GMZWasps
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Why is @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social closed for two weeks? We are refitting some cases, so right now, it looks like this. Trust me, it's more organised than it appears! I'm enjoying sharing a desk with my lion skeleton coworker
September 16, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Why is @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social closed for two weeks? We are refitting some cases, so right now, it looks like this. Trust me, it's more organised than it appears! I'm enjoying sharing a desk with my lion skeleton coworker
Peter Ayres, the artist behind Shell & Comb, talks about his creative process and seeing things from a wasp’s perspective. Read more about how he crafted the World of Wasps exhibition nest sculptures. #GMZWasps
Interview: Crafting the World of Wasps nest sculptures
Peter Ayres, the artist behind Shell & Comb, talks about his creative process and seeing things from a wasp’s perspective.
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September 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Peter Ayres, the artist behind Shell & Comb, talks about his creative process and seeing things from a wasp’s perspective. Read more about how he crafted the World of Wasps exhibition nest sculptures. #GMZWasps
We were delighted to work with Animating Education and young filmmakers from Camden Summer University last month showcasing the Museum. Watch their video about us here.
A tale of Zoology - A Visit to the Grant Museum in London
YouTube video by Animating Education
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September 11, 2025 at 11:03 AM
We were delighted to work with Animating Education and young filmmakers from Camden Summer University last month showcasing the Museum. Watch their video about us here.
We are excited be featured as one of ten accessible event highlights of Heritage Open Days due to our step-free access and VocalEyes audio described tour. Come along to our museum late on 12 September. #HODs
Everyone’s invited – 10 accessible event highlights
From sensory art events to finding quiet spaces in glorious gardens; sign language tours of historic buildings, and audio descriptions of international science collections. There is something for ever...
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September 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
We are excited be featured as one of ten accessible event highlights of Heritage Open Days due to our step-free access and VocalEyes audio described tour. Come along to our museum late on 12 September. #HODs