Tag Archives: Manchester Museum

Encountering Corpses.

Posted on April 2, 2014 by lfstockmus

Museums, in order to achieve accredited status, must adhere to correct standards and policies. Alongside this it is essential to address the ethics of dealing with certain collections items. Collection items such as human remains. The conversation is an interesting … Continue reading →

Posted in Day's Out, Egyptology | Tagged Ancient Egypt, Collections, Egyptology, encountering corpses, ethics, Manchester Museum, mummification, mummy, Museum | 4 Comments

11 questions to a museum blogger for #MuseumWeek

Posted on March 27, 2014 by lfstockmus

I have been nominated by Claire Miles, HLF trainee curator in Natural History at the Manchester Museum (read her blog HERE) to answer 11 questions about being a museum blogger, a chain blog started during #MuseumWeek on Twitter. So, here … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged #museumweek, Collections, Cryptozoology, Curatorial Services, Egyptology, encountering corpses, find it friday, Geology, Manchester, Manchester Museum, Museum, museum week, Stockport, tintin | Leave a comment

MA Conference Liverpool 2013. #Museums2013

Posted on November 26, 2013 by lfstockmus

There has been a lot going on the past two weeks and most of that has been training or talking about training. On November 11th/12th I attended the Museums Association’s annual conference, which this year was held at the BT … Continue reading →

Posted in Day's Out, HLF, Natural History, Training | Tagged BT conference centre, Collections, Conservation, Curatorial Services, HLF, liverpool, MA, MA Conference, Manchester, Manchester Museum, Museum, Museums Association, museums2013, Natural History | Leave a comment

Find it Friday! – Week 24.

Posted on November 1, 2013 by lfstockmus

It was Halloween yesterday! Happy Halloween!! Halloween can be a great time for museums as if in the right context, the right lighting or with the right objects they can be very eerie places! My greatest fear in life began … Continue reading →

Posted in Egyptology, Find it Friday! | Tagged 31st century BC, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Egyptians, Collections, Curatorial Services, Egypt, Egyptian Gods, Egyptian language, find it friday, glyph, Gods, Halloween, hieroglyphic text, hieroglyphics, Horus, limestone, Manchester, Manchester Museum, mummy, Museum, Nemty, Nile, Stockport, symbols, vernon park | Leave a comment

Hidden Treasures. PART 2.

Posted on September 9, 2013 by lfstockmus

(Read Part 1 HERE.) 3: Salford Museum and Art Gallery. In 1850 Salford Museum opened as the Royal Museum and Public Library; it was the first free public library in the United Kingdom. Its popularity was so high that at … Continue reading →

Posted in Day's Out | Tagged Dinosaurs, Ichthyosaur, Lark hill place, Manchester, Manchester Museum, Matthew Noble, Museum, Piccadilly Gardens, Queen Victoria, salford, Salford Museum & Art Gallery, Taxidermy, Victorian | 1 Comment

Geology Fieldtrip! – Discover Geology AR.

Posted on August 19, 2013 by lfstockmus

Last week I was able to attend a wonderful field trip put together by Manchester Museum. Their School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environmental Sciences at the University have been working on a new augmented reality app focusing on Geology, developed by the University of … Continue reading →

Posted in Day's Out, Geology | Tagged app, app store, bison, bones, Castleton, Castleton Derbyshire, Discover Geology AR, Earth Sciences, field trip, fossils, geological map, Geology, grizzly bear, hike, junaio, landslide, Mam Tor, Manchester Museum, mimas, Mother hill, Peak District, phone, points of interest, QR code, reindeer, tablet, trail, University, walk | Leave a comment

Find it Friday! – Week 12.

Posted on August 9, 2013 by lfstockmus

Its Friday again, and again I am going to look at another object I have come across in the Vernon Park Natural History collection. It is a slow process and still I am only on box 14, but the boxes … Continue reading →

Posted in Find it Friday!, Vernon Park | Tagged Collections, Collections Trust, Curatorial Services, dolphin, Earth Science, find it friday, Friday, Geology, Ichthyosaur, Jurassic Coast, Late Cretaceous, Lyme Regis, Mammoth, Manchester Museum, Mary Anning, MODES, Museum, Palaeontology, Stockport, teeth, tooth, vernon park, woolly mammoth | 4 Comments

Find it Friday! – Week 6. BUMPER ISSUE.

Posted on June 29, 2013 by lfstockmus

This weeks Find it Friday is going to involve quite a few aspects, like a pocket full of change (!) and there will be no set object for this week, just the wide topic of Coinage, or Numismatics, for I … Continue reading →

Posted in Find it Friday!, Numismatics | Tagged bank notes, British Museum, Citi Money Gallery, Coin, Collections, Conservation, Curatorial Services, hairdresser, Iron Age, Julius Caesar, Manchester Museum, medals, Money, Money and Medals Network, Museum, Numismatics, Roman currency, Royal Mint, Statue of Liberty, training, Treasure Plus, Venus, York Museums Trust | 1 Comment

Find it Friday! – Week 4.

Posted on June 14, 2013 by lfstockmus

For Find it Friday this week I am going to be looking at the Red Fox and a beautiful example in our collection and some from various local, and not so local Museums. The Red Fox, Fox or Vulpes Vulpes is … Continue reading →

Posted in Find it Friday!, Taxidermy | Tagged british wildlife, Conservation, Curatorial Services, England, Fox, Foxes, Friday, Manchester Museum, Museum, national museum cardiff, Raynard, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Stockport, Taxidermy, Vixen, wildlife | Leave a comment

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