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7 Jul 2024: Teachers' Newsletter. Stay up-to-date with our new resources, projects and learning offer by signing up to our teachers' newsletter here..

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Nymphalidae. Nymphalidae. Nymphalidae – The aristocrats, fritillaries and browns. This family is a large group that contains some of the best-known species of butterfly in the UK, including admirals, emperors and fritillaries. The

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Looking for an unusual Christmas present? Submitted by Tricia Harnett on Tue, 04/12/2018 - 13:11. Then look no further. Why not treat someone to our special ‘Photographing Skeletons’ session at the University Museum of Zoology.

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Elspeth Owen: Unavoidable Knowledge. 2024 University of Cambridge.

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Job Vacancies. Sorry, we don't have any job vacancies at the moment. However, we are always looking for volunteers. If you are interested in volunteering at the Museum, please do contact us. All the details are 2024 University of

7 Jul 2024: Search site. 02_prof_r_kilner.jpg. 2024 University of Cambridge.

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Riodinidae. Riodinidae. Riodinidae – The metalmarks. There is only one representative of this family in all of Europe, which gives its history over the last 200 years particular geographic and evolutionary importance. Other members of

7 Jul 2024: Would you like to be kept up to date with news and events from the Museum?

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Pride in Nature LGBTQ+ tour. Animals don’t do sexual identity; they just do sex.’. From same-sex sexual behaviour in giraffes and penguins to the scientists working in the field of zoology. How do the labels and categories we give

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Community Programmes. We believe that the Museum of Zoology is a space for everyone. By helping make connections between people and our collections, we hope that everyone will feel at home at the Museum. Community Outreach. The Museum

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Sam Ruggiero-Cakir - Education Assistant. Sam Ruggiero-Cakir - Education Assistant. 2024 University of Cambridge.

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Grand Safari: Pop Up Stand & Trail. We have partnered with Cambridge's Grand Arcade as they go on safari, with a display of 15 giant animals made entirely from bricks - promising an immersive and unforgettable experience for visitors of

7 Jul 2024: With artist Beverley Carpenter of Oblique Arts to guide you from 10-12 and 1-4pm, discover new views of our collections and new ways of drawing. ... Story sessions will run in our new Discovery Space at 11-11.45am, 12-12.45pm, 2-2.45pm and 3.15-4pm.

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Patricia Harnett - Marketing Assistant. As Marketing Assistant for the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge, I am responsible for raising awareness of the Museum, encouraging people to visit the Museum and attend our programme of

7 Jul 2024: Search site. NEW! Butterflies Through Time exhibition opens 15th March 2022. ... Submitted by Tricia Harnett on Mon, 14/03/2022 - 16:09. On 15th March 2022 we are opening a new exhibition, Butterflies Through Time: Using wildlife of the past to guide

7 Jul 2024: Netherlands Antilles. New Caledonia. New Zealand. Nicaragua. Niger. Nigeria. Niue. Norfolk Island. ... Would you like to be kept up to date with news and events from the Museum?

7 Jul 2024: Puggle Club The Puggle Club is our new Early Years page. Each week we’ll post stories, makes and activities suitable for under 5s, and discover animals from around the world

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Animal Tails: Aardvarks to Zebras. Snuffle like an aarvark, grumble like a bear, uncover the capybara and find the antlers of a deer. Discover an animal alphabet in the Museum of Zoology with stories and play. Suitable for children aged

7 Jul 2024: Balfour, Professor of Zoology and author of the influential ‘Manual of Comparative Embryology’ (1881) who pioneered new microscopical techniques, including the development of the microtome for preparing serial sections.

7 Jul 2024: Wilder review: A compelling look at how lost species are restored.New Scientist, 3rd August 2022. ... Ashby, J., 2011. Order from Chaos: The new Grant Museum of Zoology, University College London.

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Bridging Binaries Tour at the Museum of Zoology. 2024 University of Cambridge.

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Protecting your personal information. Data Protection. The Museum of Zoology uses your personal information to keep booking records and to keep in touch with you about your visit to the Museum. We do not share your information with

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Professor Rebecca Kilner - Director. I've spent my academic career based at the Zoology Department in Cambridge, though during that time I've held visiting fellowships at the Australian National University and Cornell University, when I

7 Jul 2024: Plus many visitors will not have seen the new British Bird gallery, which opened in February 2020, just prior to the first lockdown.

7 Jul 2024: To celebrate the opening of the new University Museum of Zoology Cambridge, Sir David Attenborough and Liz Bonnin held an 'in conversation' discussion.

7 Jul 2024: Visitor feedback on the new galleries has been overwhelmingly positive. Exciting times indeed!’. ... We are very excited to see just how many people continue to visit throughout the rest of this first year of our new existence.’.

7 Jul 2024: From hedgehogs to starlings and hibernating insects, all winter wildlife will be celebrated in the Museum of Zoology’s new ‘The 12 Days of Winter Wildlife’ event.

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Job Opportunity - Assistant Conservator. Submitted by Tricia Harnett on Wed, 15/05/2024 - 10:21. The University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge is seeking a full-time fixed-term Assistant Conservator. The post-holder will provide practical

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Research areas. The curatorial and research interests of the Museum staff are closely linked. Our curators' research interests include systematics, ecology, evolution, and palaeontology. Molecular techniques and modern scanning methods

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Grand Safari: Pop Up Stand and Trail. We have partnered with Cambridge's Grand Arcade as they go on safari, with a display of 15 giant animals made entirely from bricks - promising an immersive and unforgettable experience for visitors

7 Jul 2024: museum_guide_highlights_2022.pdf (2.1 MB). NEW Museum Guide & Highlights 2023. We have updated our Museum Guide in October 2023, to include the huia bird - come to the Museum,

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Lifestyle of a bivalve mollusc. Lifestyle of a bivalve mollusc. Most bivalve molluscs are filter feeders, using their gills to capture particles of food from the surrounding water. Bivalves have a range of lifestyles. Some burrow into

7 Jul 2024: The Museum’s new exhibits explore stories of conservation, extinction, survival, evolution and discovery.

7 Jul 2024: and works across platforms and emerging media. She provides story consultancy and the development of new strategies and creative intervention to support the preservation of identity, culture and heritage and to

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Resources for schools. School Resources. A series of school loans boxes have been developed alongside the DDF Bivalve Mollusc project, containing specimens, suggested activities and information resources. These are free for schools to

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Callum Good - Museum Events & Bookings Assistant. As Museum Events and Bookings Assistant at the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge, I am responsible for the booking, organisation, and administration of private venue hire, private

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Histories. Histories. The 'Histories'. The primary historical record associated with the collections are the ‘Histories’, containing correspondence and documentation relating to the acquisition and use of the collections from 1819

7 Jul 2024: Creating a series of interactive live interviews was a new approach for us and the viewing numbers far exceeded our expectations.’.

7 Jul 2024: Happy LGBTQ+ History Month! At the Museum, we’re proud to announce that one of the ways we’re celebrating is to launch our new permanent trail, Pride in Nature, which ... That’s what this new trail does. People might wonder what natural history has

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Highlights of the Museum of Zoology, Cambridge. March 2020. 2024 University of Cambridge.

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Harvest. HARVEST by Mella Shaw. Slip-cast, press-moulded and smoke-fired ceramics, 2017/18 Across the globe the seabed is littered with ceramic vessels left there by thousands of years of human history – but in recent decades, plastic,

7 Jul 2024: Cambridge zoology researchers will be talking about the behaviour of the New Zealand hihi bird, and how the brains of fruit flies develop.

7 Jul 2024: Furthermore, if the original specimen is altered by the protocol, the researcher must return to the UMZC the specimen in its new form, well-documented and prepared for permanent accession. ... CRL, HL, body mass) of the original, as well as details on

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Museum Conservator writes for Sea Watch Foundation. Submitted by Tricia Harnett on Mon, 21/05/2018 - 12:08. Imogen Cavadino, one of our Conservators, has written a blog about the care and display of cetacean skeletons (such as our Fin

7 Jul 2024: Myanmar. Namibia. Nauru. Nepal. Netherlands. Netherlands Antilles. New Caledonia. New Zealand. ... Would you like to be kept up to date with news and events from the Museum?

7 Jul 2024: Modern records. This species is still widespread and common across the county and as Jenyns says, is often one of the first butterflies that will appear in the new year.

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Lisa Sneath - Business and Visitor Services Manager. Lisa Sneath - Business and Visitor Services Manager. 2024 University of Cambridge.

7 Jul 2024: Having spent seven years working on bird conservation in New Zealand, much of her recent work includes references to birds and the challenges they face.

7 Jul 2024: Search site. Dr Roz Wade - Senior Learning & Engagement Coordinator. Dr Roz Wade - Senior Learning & Engagement Coordinator. 2024 University of Cambridge.

7 Jul 2024: Search site. From Darwin to dodos: Guided tour of the Museum of Zoology. Why is there a fin whale skeleton in Cambridge? What can we learn from our Dodo skeleton? What did Darwin collect here and on the Voyage of the Beagle, and what can these