From musical crickets to nocturnal makes, get creative and experience the natural world after dark.
Course Leaders: Sophie Rowe, Conservator, The Polar Museum
Helena Rodwell, Assistant Conservator (Collections Care), The Fitzwilliam Museum
The workshop will cover topics such as preparing the salvage operation, setting up a triage point, moving damaged items and first-aid for a wide range of materials. The course will also discuss risks of re-entry into damaged collection areas and health and safety aspects of salvage operations.
Programme:
Tutor: Dr Sonia O’Connor Phd, FSA, FIIC, ACR
This is a two-day continuing professional development course designed for those working in the heritage sector. The materials identification techniques used are non-invasive, low cost and can be achieved with readily available equipment.
Course leaders: Dr Lora Angelova and Dr Paola Ricciardi
This workshop is jointly organised by the University of Cambridge Museums (UCM) and the National Heritage Science Forum (NHSF). Participants will learn about a range of analytical methods, which can be used to learn more about the materials composition, history, original context and current conservation and storage needs of archaeological, archival and museum objects.
Each week we gather in the gallery for a short talk by a subject specialist, followed by related object handling or a closer look. There are six weekly sessions:
Each week we gather in the gallery for a short talk by a subject specialist, followed by related object handling or a closer look. There are six weekly sessions:
Each week we gather in the gallery for a short talk by a subject specialist, followed by related object handling or a closer look. There are six weekly sessions:
Each week we gather in the gallery for a short talk by a subject specialist, followed by related object handling or a closer look. There are six weekly sessions:
Each week we gather in the gallery for a short talk by a subject specialist, followed by related object handling or a closer look. There are six weekly sessions:
But Darwin published his Origin of Species nearly thirty years after his voyages and most of his labours in that time were focused on experimenting with and observing plants at his house in Kent. In fact Darwin was a brilliant and revolutionary botanist, with a particular interest in carnivorous and climbing plants, and in pollination and the evolution of flowers.
Booking required
Booking email address: education@botanic.cam.ac.uk
