#Horniman Museum

[in-the-horniman]

We have all been very busy in the store preparing for the redisplay our Natural History Gallery.

Here’s a lovely Flying Fox we needed to measure!

Flying Foxes are a type of megabat and can have a wingspan of up to 1.5metres! They are mainly vegetarian but can also eat insects.

Bats are so often thought of as scary, but we think he has the cutest face!

Object number NH.A3832

[deadnaturalhistories]

7 February 2023 / First couple of photos from the Horniman! The natural history galleries sure haven’t changed since about 1920.

I have two chapters left in The Great Exhibition of 1851, and I’m continuing to inch my way through Babel!

Tomorrow is museum day, and I’m back to working on the insects since my upgrade stuff is all turned in.

[fuzzysparrow]

The Colourful World of David McKee

Until 16th April 2023, the Horniman Museum in London is holding a retrospective of the late David McKee’s colourful illustrations. Mckee was a British author of children’s books, most notably Elmer the Patchwork Elephant. Since its publication in 1968, the original Elmer book has sold over ten million copies worldwide, making it one of the most-read children’s books. McKee is also responsible for…

[insidecroydon]

Crystal Palace Park Trust hires head of Horniman as new CEO

The Crystal Palace Park Trust has appointed as its new chief executive Victoria Pinnington, who currently heads up the world-acclaimed Horniman Museum and Gardens. Park keeper: Victoria Pinnington takes over at Crystal Palace Park Trust next month Pinnington will take up the new post next month, taking over from Val Shawcross, who has worked as interim CEO for almost a year, at a crucial period…

[tyrannus55]

The Deed is Done! Dinosaur rEvolution is a resounding success at the Horniman Museum!

Dinosaurs at the Horniman Museum like you have never seen them before!

[shuttergremlin]

[underthehawthorn]

This is in the horniman museum in London, not far from where I grew up - we used to go and see it a lot! I assumed all walruses looked like this untill I was in my 20s. I was watching a nature documentary with my partner when I discovered what they really looked like. It was a shock! I had been lied to my whole childhood!

She laughed. A lot.

Today's Seal Is: No Facelift Just Natural Beauty❤️

[sheltiechicago]

Image credits: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra

Horniman Museum To Return 72 Benin Artifacts To Nigeria, Brings Forth A Discussion On Object Repatriation

Image credits: Son of Groucho

Image credits: Archie

[durchdenspiegel]

London field trip 02.07.-08.07. ~ Part 2

[petsincollections]

toy animal

Stuffed animal toy, possibly in the form of an owl, consisting of white fur with two paws including claws, and two attached textile eyes. There is a hole in the skin at the front below the eyes, presumably where the beak would have been.

Horniman Museum and Gardens via Europeana

[in-the-horniman]

Despite being winter, it’s still not typical penguin weather here in London. Luckily, this little jackass penguin is from walmer climes. They live in South African waters and got their name due to the loud honking noise they make!

This specimen, may become part of a new permanent display as we will soon begin dismantling our current Natural History Gallery.

[deadnaturalhistories]

19 February 2023 / Hasn’t been too much to report, thus the long silence! This is going to seem like a lot, but most of my time has been spent reading, which is kind of boring to report on.

Over the last week, I sent in all of my funding application stuff, got confirmation that we’re done with page proofs for the second paper, had a data-centric meeting about a couple more papers, took notes on Making Entomologists, read and took notes on The Evolutionary Synthesis, and started Dear Lord Rothschild.

I also did a hell of a spring cleaning today! And over the weekend, I binge read Under the Whispering Door - Babel is a lot, and I needed something cozy.

Tomorrow, I need to do some code testing and keep reading Dear Lord Rothschild.

[arminreindl]

TetZooCon 2024

I am back from the UK and what was the „final“ TetZooCon ever. As every year before it was two great days of talking with fellow natural history enthusiasts, bleeding my wallet at stalls of awesome art and literature and of course some fascinating presentations.

The actual convention was then followed by a three day trip, the tetzootour, stopping at the Horniman Museum for Luis Rey‘s „Dinosaur rEvolution“, Lyme Regis for fossil hunting and Howletts Wild Animal Park.

[centuriespast]

Scene from the 'Dahamsonda Jataka' [18th c.] unknown artist Horniman Museum and Gardens

[wildjas]

Atlas moth - Attacus atlas

Taken June 9th 2024, Horniman Museum, London

[detournementsmineurs]

“The Wagner Girdle" by Alexander Fisher for Mrs Laura Isobel Horniman in steel with gold inlay and set with enamelled plaques and assorted stones (circa 1893-96) presented in “A History of Jewellery: Bedazzled (part 6: Jewellery of the Arts and Crafts Movement 1890-1914)” by Clare Phillips - Curator at the V&A Museum - for the V&A Academy online, march 2024.