Our second story is dedicated to the maned three-toed sloth. It spends most of its life in the branches of trees, either hanging upside down or sitting in a fork.… Read More »Climate Stories: The Maned Three-Toed Sloth
October’s stories are inspired by Global Climate Change Week 2019, 14th-20th October. The Week originated at the University of Wollongong, Australia, and is now in its fifth year. It provides… Read More »Climate Stories: The Xerces Blue Butterfly
We seldom get the opportunity to hear women’s voices in these stories about nineteenth century archaeology and science. Nelly Lubbock, John’s first wife, provides a rare glimpse into her travels… Read More »John Lubbock’s Collection: A Scandinavian Adventure
John Lubbock shared a love for prehistoric archaeology with many colleagues across Europe, in the days before photography and the internet. Visiting archaeological sites discovered, talking with those excavating them,… Read More »John Lubbock’s Collection: The Swiss Lake Villages
September’s Object Stories are dedicated to our culture and science colleagues working across Europe, and internationally. In 1868, Sir John Lubbock was the President of the Organising Committee for the… Read More »Darwin’s Apprentice: The Collections of John Lubbock, 1st Lord Avebury
In 1868 the British Army undertook an expedition into Abyssinia (now Ethiopia and Eritrea) to rescue a group of British subjects at Magdala, who had been imprisoned by the Ethiopian… Read More »To Eritrea and Ethiopia: Retracing a Victorian Expedition
Our third Object Story dedicated to the theme of Indigenous Peoples relates to a Māori heru (ornamental comb) in the collections of Brighton Museums. It was collected by a French… Read More »Disconnected Stories: The Ngāi Tahu Heru
Our second Object Story dedicated to the theme of Indigenous Peoples relates to Biak wood carvings collected by Alfred Russel Wallace from Dorey, New Guinea, in 1858. Biak is now… Read More »Disconnected Stories: The Biak Wood Carvings
Friday 9th August 2019 is the United Nations International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. There are an estimated 370 indigenous people in the world, living across 90 countries. They… Read More »Disconnected Stories: The Yaghan Body Pigments
Several of the people remembered on the memorial plaques at Fort Canning Hill in Singapore died at sea or on board ships in Singapore Harbour. Our final departure story recounts… Read More »Departure Stories: Three Young Lads From Plymouth
Many people remembered on the memorial plaques at Fort Canning Hill in Singapore, departed from somewhere else on their journey. Our second departure story is inspired by the memorial plaques… Read More »Departure Stories: From the Prefecture of Tidal Wave
Many people remembered on the memorial plaques at Fort Canning Hill departed from somewhere else on their journey to Singapore. Over the next few weeks we will explore some of… Read More »Departure Stories: Elizabeth Gray from Sunderland