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The Polar Museum: news blog. Posts Tagged ‘Shetland Museum and Archives’. ... in museums across the country, and a chance to share our experiences, challenges and solutions.

The Polar Museum: news blog. Posts Tagged ‘Harris Museum and Art Gallery’. ... in museums across the country, and a chance to share our experiences, challenges and solutions.

The Polar Museum: news blog. «». … and hello! Hello! Sophie and I joined the Polar Museum about six months ago, replacing Fiona as the conservator after she had moved to New Zealand. ... We will be updating the SPRI conservation blog soon with more

The Polar Museum: news blog. «». Make do and mend. In this economic climate the trend has been to 'make do and mend', repairing and adapting objects rather them throwing them away. ... Rather than throw the spoon away the handle was turned round and

The Polar Museum: news blog. «». The Big Freeze, Here, Now. ... Here and now, I lay my eyes on real glaciers in real time.

The Polar Museum: news blog. «». Wash and Brush Up. It is not only the inside of the museum that is being refurbished, the outside is also undergoing a few changes too. ... SPRI has a comprehensive archive of documents and objects relating to the

The Polar Museum: news blog. «». Friday fun: grin and bear it. ... them. You can see more of these fascinating (and slightly baffling) photos here.

The Polar Museum: news blog. «». Up close and personal. During this, the rainiest winter on record in the UK, our fascination with the Inuit waterproof gut parkas continues. ... We looked at the gut samples at 160 times magnification, and again at 1400

The Polar Museum: news blog. «». Imperial hats and polar sheep. ... Yesterday saw the start of National Knitting Week (5-11 October), so I thought this would be a good opportunity to blog about some of the knitted items from our collections.

The Polar Museum: news blog. «». Boxes, boxes and more boxes! ... The object is put on a foam-covered board, and surrounded by foam wedges.

The Polar Museum: news blog. «». Goodbye Ronja and hello kayaks. ... Here is the patch and the leather harpoon line positioned to show how the drag anchor should look:.

The Polar Museum: news blog. «». Plaster, poultices and Crayola crayons. ... bath of it for a long time and it had become a thick, disfiguring coating.

The Polar Museum: news blog. «». Polar Book Group: Mills and Boon at the Poles. ... traits between the beautiful female leads and their tall, dark (mostly) and handsome counterparts.

The Polar Museum: news blog. «». Telling the story of Shackleton and his men. ... But how have we gone about telling the story of Shackleton and his men?

The Polar Museum: news blog. «». After the flood: dehumidifiers and drainage. ... The RH was 70% at that point – definitely not good news for the collections!

The Polar Museum: news blog. «». Where science and society meet. ... news for the Antarctic Cataloguing Project).

The Polar Museum: news blog. «». Cloches for a bomb ketch, sloop and barquentine. ... Unfortunately even the smallest ship models are too big for our storage cupboards and end up gathering dust.

The Polar Museum: news blog. «». Search parties, the badge and the Fox Blog 7:. . ... McClintock described the discovery in print in 1860, his account will be reproduced for the following blog post.

The Polar Museum: news blog. «». Friday fun (on a Monday): solar eclipse and solar compass. ... It may be set with the help of a watch chronometer and held in the hand while marching.

Regular updates on its conservation will be put onto the SPRI conservation blog. ... Arctic and Antarctic News. Ridge clue to Antarctic ice loss. By Mark Kinver Science and environment reporter, BBC News.