‘Manchester Museum holds this unique collection item from Charles Plowright, representing historical methods obtaining colourful fabrics using plant-based dyes.’ - museumcollections.manchester.ac.uk/collections/...
There were 3 rolls of the skeins of wool 🌸🌺
@natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025
There were 3 rolls of the skeins of wool 🌸🌺
@natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025
May 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
‘Manchester Museum holds this unique collection item from Charles Plowright, representing historical methods obtaining colourful fabrics using plant-based dyes.’ - museumcollections.manchester.ac.uk/collections/...
There were 3 rolls of the skeins of wool 🌸🌺
@natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025
There were 3 rolls of the skeins of wool 🌸🌺
@natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025
A physical representation of my mind after the fab 2day @natsca.bsky.social conference at @uniofmanchester.bsky.social
From decolonising the collections, to the value of community engagement, from skinning a tiger to poems about connectivity - it was a thoroughly engaging & informative #NatSCa2025
From decolonising the collections, to the value of community engagement, from skinning a tiger to poems about connectivity - it was a thoroughly engaging & informative #NatSCa2025
May 10, 2025 at 11:12 AM
A physical representation of my mind after the fab 2day @natsca.bsky.social conference at @uniofmanchester.bsky.social
From decolonising the collections, to the value of community engagement, from skinning a tiger to poems about connectivity - it was a thoroughly engaging & informative #NatSCa2025
From decolonising the collections, to the value of community engagement, from skinning a tiger to poems about connectivity - it was a thoroughly engaging & informative #NatSCa2025
A fabulous #natsca2025 conference this year with outstanding talks highlighting the impact of natural history collections and the people who care for them! @zoologicallady.bsky.social on the process of obtaining a (deceased) tiger from a zoo for future display - and how she skinned it! What a boss!
May 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
A fabulous #natsca2025 conference this year with outstanding talks highlighting the impact of natural history collections and the people who care for them! @zoologicallady.bsky.social on the process of obtaining a (deceased) tiger from a zoo for future display - and how she skinned it! What a boss!
One of my highlights from #NatSCA2025 was @pleenr.bsky.social emotive spoken word presentation on her work connecting communities with nature through art and museum collections stories
@natsca.blog @nationaltrust @WritingOurLegacy really looking forward to speaking tomorrow 9th May at the #NatSCA conference in #Manchester discussing how #storying with #naturalhistorycollections makes a difference when working equitably with #community & #decolonising #changingchalk approaches.
May 10, 2025 at 8:01 AM
One of my highlights from #NatSCA2025 was @pleenr.bsky.social emotive spoken word presentation on her work connecting communities with nature through art and museum collections stories
If you aren’t lucky enough to have a behind-the-scenes tour of @uniofmanchester.bsky.social Manchester Museum herbarium tour (thanks to @natsca.bsky.social & the amazing Lindsey Loughtman) - you can see #Brendal Models on display in the galleries
#NatSCA2025
#NatSCA2025
May 10, 2025 at 6:42 AM
If you aren’t lucky enough to have a behind-the-scenes tour of @uniofmanchester.bsky.social Manchester Museum herbarium tour (thanks to @natsca.bsky.social & the amazing Lindsey Loughtman) - you can see #Brendal Models on display in the galleries
#NatSCA2025
#NatSCA2025
My fav Brendal model is the Double Arum maculatum - the ‘inflorescence without Spatha, vadivelu 7 fold & inflorescence, surrounded by the spathe, past 4 x’
This sneaky, fly-kidnapping plant is flowering in my garden at the moment
@natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025 @uniofmanchester.bsky.social
This sneaky, fly-kidnapping plant is flowering in my garden at the moment
@natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025 @uniofmanchester.bsky.social
May 10, 2025 at 6:31 AM
My fav Brendal model is the Double Arum maculatum - the ‘inflorescence without Spatha, vadivelu 7 fold & inflorescence, surrounded by the spathe, past 4 x’
This sneaky, fly-kidnapping plant is flowering in my garden at the moment
@natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025 @uniofmanchester.bsky.social
This sneaky, fly-kidnapping plant is flowering in my garden at the moment
@natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025 @uniofmanchester.bsky.social
Opened in 1866, the factory produced mainly botanical models designed for teaching, as these at @uniofmanchester.bsky.social were/are (plus the are gorgeous)
Papier-mâché based but they included other materials such as glass and feathers!
@natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025
Papier-mâché based but they included other materials such as glass and feathers!
@natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025
May 10, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Opened in 1866, the factory produced mainly botanical models designed for teaching, as these at @uniofmanchester.bsky.social were/are (plus the are gorgeous)
Papier-mâché based but they included other materials such as glass and feathers!
@natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025
Papier-mâché based but they included other materials such as glass and feathers!
@natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025
“there are models and there are models…..the carefully prepared models, as supplied by Brendel, are a lesson in themselves.” - Prof Frederick Wiess, 1892 @uniofmanchester.bsky.social
Robert Brendel founded the R. Brendel company in Breslau (- Wroclaw in Poland)
@natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025
Robert Brendel founded the R. Brendel company in Breslau (- Wroclaw in Poland)
@natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025
May 10, 2025 at 6:01 AM
“there are models and there are models…..the carefully prepared models, as supplied by Brendel, are a lesson in themselves.” - Prof Frederick Wiess, 1892 @uniofmanchester.bsky.social
Robert Brendel founded the R. Brendel company in Breslau (- Wroclaw in Poland)
@natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025
Robert Brendel founded the R. Brendel company in Breslau (- Wroclaw in Poland)
@natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025
A nice Fly Agaric model in the Museum of Manchester herbarium #natsca2025 #FungiFriends
May 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
A nice Fly Agaric model in the Museum of Manchester herbarium #natsca2025 #FungiFriends
How to say your a British aristocrat without saying anything but your name..
Introducing Rudolph Robert Basil Aloysius Augustine Feilding….
@stephholtnh.bsky.social talking about the Pennant collection at the @nhm.org
#NatSCA2025
Introducing Rudolph Robert Basil Aloysius Augustine Feilding….
@stephholtnh.bsky.social talking about the Pennant collection at the @nhm.org
#NatSCA2025
May 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
How to say your a British aristocrat without saying anything but your name..
Introducing Rudolph Robert Basil Aloysius Augustine Feilding….
@stephholtnh.bsky.social talking about the Pennant collection at the @nhm.org
#NatSCA2025
Introducing Rudolph Robert Basil Aloysius Augustine Feilding….
@stephholtnh.bsky.social talking about the Pennant collection at the @nhm.org
#NatSCA2025
The lovely @jackdashby.bsky.social talking about the value of collections for research. E.g. After the horrendous fires in Australia, collection specimens were used to aid restoration
Nb love the use of QR codes for all to source the references
@natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025
Nb love the use of QR codes for all to source the references
@natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025
May 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The lovely @jackdashby.bsky.social talking about the value of collections for research. E.g. After the horrendous fires in Australia, collection specimens were used to aid restoration
Nb love the use of QR codes for all to source the references
@natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025
Nb love the use of QR codes for all to source the references
@natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025
Really enjoying day 2 of #NatSCA2025, especially @zoologicallady.bsky.social’s talk. Definitely inspired some thoughts for me on our partnership with a local farm. (They don’t keep tigers though!) 🐯🐮
May 9, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Really enjoying day 2 of #NatSCA2025, especially @zoologicallady.bsky.social’s talk. Definitely inspired some thoughts for me on our partnership with a local farm. (They don’t keep tigers though!) 🐯🐮
Pauline Rutter, an independent academic & archival artist - talks with impactful words about the collections of the Booth Museum
‘The bee Orchid pines for habitats lost’ - it’s beautiful listening to Pauline discussing the specimens
@natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025
‘The bee Orchid pines for habitats lost’ - it’s beautiful listening to Pauline discussing the specimens
@natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025
May 9, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Pauline Rutter, an independent academic & archival artist - talks with impactful words about the collections of the Booth Museum
‘The bee Orchid pines for habitats lost’ - it’s beautiful listening to Pauline discussing the specimens
@natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025
‘The bee Orchid pines for habitats lost’ - it’s beautiful listening to Pauline discussing the specimens
@natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025
Absolutely love this research. @colmuseums.bsky.social repatriated NZ birds to Auckland War Memorial Museum who are undertaking genetic research to determine where these specimens came from (there was no data with specimens)- historic data mining through genomics
@natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025
@natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025
May 9, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Absolutely love this research. @colmuseums.bsky.social repatriated NZ birds to Auckland War Memorial Museum who are undertaking genetic research to determine where these specimens came from (there was no data with specimens)- historic data mining through genomics
@natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025
@natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025
There may be a biodiversity crisis but not in the old @dublindeadzoo.bsky.social
The pest problem was one of the many reasons for the renovation of the museum
@paoloviscardi.bsky.social @natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025
The pest problem was one of the many reasons for the renovation of the museum
@paoloviscardi.bsky.social @natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025
May 9, 2025 at 10:40 AM
There may be a biodiversity crisis but not in the old @dublindeadzoo.bsky.social
The pest problem was one of the many reasons for the renovation of the museum
@paoloviscardi.bsky.social @natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025
The pest problem was one of the many reasons for the renovation of the museum
@paoloviscardi.bsky.social @natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025
Aoife Hurley from @dublindeadzoo.bsky.social talking about how the Dead Zoo is addressing climate change issues - both in reducing their own impact as well as using the collections to help research and communicate issues
@natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025
@natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025
May 9, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Aoife Hurley from @dublindeadzoo.bsky.social talking about how the Dead Zoo is addressing climate change issues - both in reducing their own impact as well as using the collections to help research and communicate issues
@natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025
@natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025
It’s the @nhm-london.bsky.social own Helen Hardy talking about the impact of our digitised collections. Our data that is already online is being used across all these research areas
#NatSCA2025
#NatSCA2025
May 9, 2025 at 10:12 AM
It’s the @nhm-london.bsky.social own Helen Hardy talking about the impact of our digitised collections. Our data that is already online is being used across all these research areas
#NatSCA2025
#NatSCA2025
A lot of #museums are removing human remains from display if they don't have explicit consent from the person. They're often replaced with casts sourced commercially, but @hannahcornish.bsky.social at #NatSCA2025 pointed out that often these casts are made from remains that also don't have consent.
May 9, 2025 at 10:12 AM
A lot of #museums are removing human remains from display if they don't have explicit consent from the person. They're often replaced with casts sourced commercially, but @hannahcornish.bsky.social at #NatSCA2025 pointed out that often these casts are made from remains that also don't have consent.
The room gasped…
First talk of the @natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025 conference about where (some) zoo vertebrate specimens go…
So advice given is build relationships first, prepare properly & be ready
First talk of the @natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025 conference about where (some) zoo vertebrate specimens go…
So advice given is build relationships first, prepare properly & be ready
elmo from sesame street is standing in front of a wall of flames
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May 9, 2025 at 9:33 AM
The room gasped…
First talk of the @natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025 conference about where (some) zoo vertebrate specimens go…
So advice given is build relationships first, prepare properly & be ready
First talk of the @natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025 conference about where (some) zoo vertebrate specimens go…
So advice given is build relationships first, prepare properly & be ready
Day 2 of #NatSCA2025 @natsca.bsky.social is up and running! I’m speaking later on behalf of @curioustravellers.bsky.social and the @nhm-london.bsky.social Thomas Pennant Collections #HistoryOfNaturalHistory #NaturalHistoryMuseums
May 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Day 2 of #NatSCA2025 @natsca.bsky.social is up and running! I’m speaking later on behalf of @curioustravellers.bsky.social and the @nhm-london.bsky.social Thomas Pennant Collections #HistoryOfNaturalHistory #NaturalHistoryMuseums
The Dixon Glass stand at #natsca2025 a nice range of glassware for your fluid preserved collection www.dixonscience.com
May 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
The Dixon Glass stand at #natsca2025 a nice range of glassware for your fluid preserved collection www.dixonscience.com
Great talk by Patricia Torres-Pineda on the legacy of vertebrate collections from the Caribbean, held in the global north
So many specimens not available for Caribbean researchers working on the local flora & flora
@natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025 #colonisation #legacies
So many specimens not available for Caribbean researchers working on the local flora & flora
@natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025 #colonisation #legacies
May 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Great talk by Patricia Torres-Pineda on the legacy of vertebrate collections from the Caribbean, held in the global north
So many specimens not available for Caribbean researchers working on the local flora & flora
@natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025 #colonisation #legacies
So many specimens not available for Caribbean researchers working on the local flora & flora
@natsca.bsky.social #NatSCA2025 #colonisation #legacies
Nice to see a mention of the repatriation of the Giant Galliwasp specimen to Jamaica from the Hunterian Museum of Zoology - a great project #natsca2025
May 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Nice to see a mention of the repatriation of the Giant Galliwasp specimen to Jamaica from the Hunterian Museum of Zoology - a great project #natsca2025