On Saturdays, the Polar Museum runs a range of activities for all ages. get an insider view on the collections at one of our staff favourites tours at 12 to 12.30pm; drop in to one of our object handling sessions, run by our enthusiastic volunteers, between 11am and 12pm; or ask at the front desk any time for a chance to meet the narwhal tusk! Everything is free of charge, there is no need to book.
A study morning learning about tapa (bark cloth) and items in the Museum for Archaeology and Anthropology's collections led by Professor Nicholas Thomas (MAA, Cambridge). This will include a video and presentation on the subject, and a break mid-morning.
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Shiva in the form of Nataraja or the cosmic dancer, is one of India’s most iconic images. As a Hindu deity, the depiction of Nataraja is full of symbolism and deeper context. In this talk historian and professionally trained Bharata Natyam dancer Monisha Bharadwaj will discuss the various meanings of the dancing Shiva concept and will lead you through a short workshop on the hand gestures that you see in this representation.
About the speaker
Introducing the Arctic: Myth, Imagination and Reality
Dr Ilona Kater is a researcher and teacher interested in human-environment interactions and interdisciplinary research, particularly in Arctic and Northern regions.
Life in Extremes: The Ecology of the Arctic
Dr Ilona Kater is a researcher and teacher interested in human-environment interactions and interdisciplinary research, particularly in Arctic and Northern regions.
This event is part of a series of three talks designed to introduce visitors to the ecology and societies in the Arctic. All three talks are designed for a non-academic audience and offer the chance to learn something new in a friendly environment. Bring along a notepad (or just an open mind) and join us for a cuppa.
From the North to the World: Interwoven Lives and Histories
Dr Ilona Kater is a researcher and teacher interested in human-environment interactions and interdisciplinary research, particularly in Arctic and Northern regions. She is an Institute Affiliate of the Scott Polar Research Institute.
In the halls of natural history museums all over the world, you can peer through the glass and come face-to-face with the ghosts of extinction. Extinction has been going on as long as there has been biological life—in fact over 99% of all species that have ever existed on Earth are extinct--but extinction usually happen at a slow place. We are now, however, living through the Sixth Mass Extinction, with species rapidly going extinct because of human actions. These are the ghosts of extinction that now make their homes in the museum.
Join us on the 7th February for a day of fun zine-making at the Museum of Zoology for anyone aged 16 and above.
A zine is a small magazine – it comes from the word “magazine”. They are usually independently published, low cost, and easy to distribute. They emerged about 100 years ago and gained popularity in the Riot Grrrl scene in the 90s, when girls and women came together to tackle the lack of women’s representation in the punk music scene.
Tired of overwatering and underwatering? Want to create an indoor oasis where your houseplants thrive and flourish? Join Glasshouse Senior Horticulturist Kathryn Bray on this one-day course, covering a diversity of house plant topics.
Packed with colour and pattern, interior designs vie with brightly coloured bedding schemes, and artificial flowers inside reflect artifice outside. Rich fashion fabrics are resolutely plain, but do the corsets and constrictions, bustles and flounces mirror the contrivances and deceptions in the garden where topiary and carpet bedding entertain? Inside and out are brought together in the middle-class home where ‘taste’ rules all.
Second part in a monthly series examining the interplay of textiles, fashion, culture, and garden design. Each session is sold separately.
