@MuseumInsight

Curatorial Assistants taking you behind the scenes at Manchester Museum. Tweets from Rachel Petts, Susan Martin and Diana Arzuza Buelvas.

 Manchester, England
Joined October 2013
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NatSCA@Nat_SCA26 Oct 2023
New blog out today about how to start the process of decolonising natural history collections natsca.blog/2023/10/26/how-d…
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Sharing the amazing and important contributions of Black people to the natural history, especially working in museums. Three more days of inspiring conversations, Join: #BlackinNHMs for the Black in Natural History Museums Week @Nat_SCA @Mcrmanchester
Black in Natural History Museums@BlackInNHMs15 Oct 2023
The stories of Black scientists are often overlooked & untold. Thus, #BlackInNHMs is proud to share the stories of 17 Black people, who contributed to natural history, with our FIRST exhibit! It was produced in partnership with @FloridaMuseum. Stay tuned for more info below👇🏿
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Join the community of Black professionals in Natural History Museums for conversations and reflexions this week, blackinnhms.org/binhmsweek Oct 15 - Oct 21 / 2023: blackinnhms.org/2023-binhms-… #BlackInNHMs #SciArt #BlackinNHMsLeadership #BlackinNHMsOutreach @Nat_SCA @NatSciNMS @McrMuseum
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Herbarium Manchester@Aristolochia11 Aug 2023
A great day to be out in Boz Country Park with @CityofTreesMcr. Come on over and discover what's living in the meadows, woodlands and ponds – at Bury, England
Sunny view across the park with grasslands, scattered trees and houses in the background

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Sign with a picture of a butterfly. The test reads 'Try and find a Speckled Wood Butterfly'

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Speckled Wood Butterfly resting on an oak leaf

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Who is using our collection and what for? An A level Art student really inspired after a visit to the stores. Final project👏👏 *A: “insects arranged across multiple pages reflecting a journey from shadows and incomplete forms to the splendid variety of insect life!” 🪲🦋🦟🪳🪲
The piece based on the topic of ‘change’ by Maia Mistry

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From behind the scenes in Entomology #NationalVolunteerWeek. The support given by all volunteers is helping us to better maintain and keep our entomological collections and increase their usefulness and value. A huge thank you to all! entomologymanchester.wordpre… @McrMuseum
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annacollettehuntI’ve had the most magical day today at @mcrmuseum - I’ve got to give the biggest thank you in the world to Diana from Entomology who gave me a behind the scenes tour of the insect collections. What an absolutely incredible day! So much inspiration to take forward
McrMuseum Collection@MuseumInsight12 May 2023
See this Instagram video by @annacollettehunt instagram.com/reel/CsHJE_Os6… Showing part of our collection🐝🐝🦋🦋🦋🦋🪰🕷️🪳🐞🪲 to #annacolletehunt @McrMuseum @amentsoc

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See this Instagram video by @annacollettehunt instagram.com/reel/CsHJE_Os6… Showing part of our collection🐝🐝🦋🦋🦋🦋🪰🕷️🪳🐞🪲 to #annacolletehunt @McrMuseum @amentsoc

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Paolo Viscardi@PaoloViscardi27 Apr 2023
Who uses our collections and what for? Taxonomy, recording data, DNA, etc. Museums, universities,recorders, etc. Use them. But who else?... #natsca2023
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Herbarium Manchester@Aristolochia27 Apr 2023
Diana taking us through the significant impacts from @MuseumInsight collections - collaboration is key! #NatSCA2023 – at Stoke-on-Trent, England
View towards a stage in a large lecture theatre. A speaker stands behind the podium and a huge screen displays a slide with a graph of the number of publications from Manchester Museums invertebrate collection

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#insects 🦋🦋🪲🪲 and conservation stories from Central and South America also made it to the event. Celebrating #biodiversity in the Neotropic 🥳. I was feeling closer to home 😍. Many thanks to the visitors for the great comments!! @Panwildlife
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The insects have landed in the new galleries 🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝and getting ready for the new @McrMuseum reopening in February 2023 #insects #entomology #bees
Butterflies and birds from Sri Lanka_ South Asia Gallery

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Bees and insects _ Belonging Gallery

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Great visit and good conversations with the artist @MeganPowell122 and the colleague Alison Criddle @MuseumDevNW about #pollinators, moths and hoverflies, in Entomology @McrMuseum. @carbon_literacy @rootsandbranches
@MeganPowell122 visit to Entomology, Manchester Museum

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Supporting conservation programs with historical data 🦋, description of species new to science 🪲🕷️🕷️, account of collections, news from the department, collaboration with researchers and more in the blog: entomologymanchester.wordpre… @BritishSpiders @McrMuseum @tanyptera
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A fascinating visit to the archives yesterday @UoMSpecColl
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Herbarium Manchester@Aristolochia12 Jun 2022
I was transfixed by this little bit of Wild I encountered on my way home from work. Bee orchids on a verge by the side of a busy street in Central Manchester. Come along to @GortonMonastery today and share where Wild is for you @mcrhistfest #WildMM
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NatSCA@Nat_SCA26 May 2022
Great new blog out today about curating the silk and cocoon collections @McrMuseum. wp.me/p2FTB9-1P7 @MuseumInsight natsca.blog/2022/05/26/unrav…

Unravelling the Golden Thread: The Silk and Cocoon Collection at the Manchester Museum

Written by Piotr Korpak, Visitor Team Assistant, Manchester Museum, The University of Manchester. Last August saw the Manchester Museum entering the final phase of its capital project called hello …

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A perfect day to be out and about with the "Friends of Royton Linear Park" #Royton #Oldham in conversation about 🐝🐛🦋🪲🐞🐜🪳🕷️🕸️🦟🪰 #insects and nature 🐤🐥🦊🦔🐾🦡 at a “Springwatch” event, supporting local residents. @McrMuseum @MM_Connects entomologymanchester.wordpre…
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