#science museum

[fallbabylon]

Model bisections of human head- Science Museum, London

[webdiggerxxx]

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[raptor-dash]

I love you natural history museum I love you "a walk through time in this region" I love you Dunkleosteus head I love you giant dinosaur diorama I love you guy cleaning fossils behind the pane of glass I love you bird skeletons next to dinosaur skeletons I love you geologic time mural I love you dinosaur-themed gift shop

[rosewind2007]

System Collapse! In the flesh!!!

With horrified looking robot!

[escapismsworld]

Blundell's blood transfusion apparatus, 19th century. London, England. Science Museum.

James Blundell (1790-1878) was a British obstetrician. He performed the first recorded successful human-to-human blood transfusion in 1818, using the patient’s husband as the donor.

[heracliteanfire]

Progression of four solid bodies (in clay) of Genus 2, showing stages in the deformation of a solid cylinder with two holes, to a teapot shape.

Mrs M. Jones, 1967.

(via Science Museum)

[thetimetravelinglady]

For museum professionals, you can answer with how your institution refers to frontline staff who assist with guests, but please make a note in your tags so I know not to count your answer with "the public". Thanks!

(For transparency, I am a museum professional in a history museum. I'm interested in learning more about how the general public refer to certain jobs that we have evolving names for. I'll make a follow up post after the poll ends about the results and any thoughts I have.)

[thursdayisbetterthanfriday]

Cybernetic Tortoise

Year: 1950 Inventor: Walter Grey Current Home: London Science Museum

"A landmark both in robotics and cybernetics (the science of communication and control systems), the tortoise invented by William Grey Walter was an 'artificial animal' designed to investigate brain functions.

It was devised at the Burden Neurological Institute in Bristol, a unique centre combining experimental and clinical work, established in 1939. A favourite at the science exhibition of the Festival of Britain, held at the Science Museum, under the name Machina speculatrix, was designed to behave like a simple animal.

It was wired to display certain characteristics: it travelled around floors, manoeuvred to avoid obstacles and slopes, and was equipped with a photo-receptor so that it would approach moderate light but avoid bright illumination." - Science Museum Website Entry

[belovedapollo]

from when I went and visited the Zoological Museum in Hamburg 🪲 reblog is ok, don’t repost/use

[dandelionjack]

on thursday i met with my older brother that i hadn’t seen in ages, so we decided to go to london and do something fun together. we thought it would be cool to visit the science museum for an exhibition devoted to the psychology of music. unintentionally, i dressed in, among other items of clothing, my dramatic long beige coat, pink converse and a blue scarf. when we arrived, the attendant warned us that the museum was closing early, but if we were fast and persuasive we might make it through as the last visitors of the day. so i fucking sprint up the stairs, begin talking at 90 miles an hour to the baffled woman at the ticket desk, saying theguyattheentrancetolduswecouldspendhalfanhouratthemuseumeventhoughitstechnicallyclosedsoyouhavetoletusinpleasewespentagesgettingherespecificallyandwe’rereallypassionateaboutmusic(truth) and she was so taken aback by my bizarre insistence and audacity that she let us through

brother said bet you enjoyed all that. clocked! aoab (assigned osgood at brother). to quote mx. grimes with their bene gesserit outfit, there’s nothing wrong with a little bit of larpery — it got us in to the exhibition! we had a great time.

now, i am perfectly aware that this smells like a 2012 fake tumblr story of the superlock kind, so enclosed below is some photographic evidence!

various unique musical instruments made out of bizarre household items + flame organ

tuning forks and other pitch/volume measuring implements (once again, my special interests seem to stalk me. the trailer dropped one day later. it featured a tuning fork and LOTS of ‘music psychology’)

theremin!

what a surprise

^maybe some of them become songs :)

brilliant visit. pure autism sustenance. i’ve transcended cringe i’ve become post-cringe it brings me joy and mental peace. <3

[fallbabylon]

Model depicting internal organs for medical study (1700's)- Science museum, London

[bunniesloveanimals]

So so so SHOUTOUT TO THE NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE!!!

Tw for a dead animal and a lot of beetles later down

I've just returned home from a trip there to see the dueling dinosaurs exhibit which is SO FUCKING COOL!!! They're actively working on the fossils right there in front of you, you're in the same room as this amazing piece of history!!!

Most of the tyrannosaur's body inside the lab, the tail has been separated. Incase you don't know, the dueling dinosaurs is a fossil that was found in Montana. The fossil contains the remains of an old diseased triceratops and a young unknown tyrannosaur species together. It's unknown currently how they ended up here but a popular theory is that they fell in battle, the tyrannosaur attacking the triceratops before suffering a fatal hit to the head, the triceratops falling soon after from weakness and the attack. That's why it has been named the dueling dinosaurs.

Reconstruction of the fossil.

Triceratops foot on display outside the lab.

Triceratops skull inside the lab.

Flowers outside the museum with a bee!!! One thing the museum also does is it has gardens of native flowers for bees to pollinate outside. Because of this you can always find atleast a couppe bees flying around the flowers that they know and love.

Beetles eating away a carcass. They also utilize beetles to eat away at the bodies of dead animals, as not to waste the animals remains while also being able to get the skeleton, which I think is such a good way to do it.

I forgot what the said this was but it looks like part of the triceratops' leg. I genuinely love it at the museum so much and if you have the time I definitely recommend going. Museum admissions and tickets to the exhibit are both free and absolutely worth the trip.

[museumnerdery]

Greetings, fellow travelers! 🌎

On this blog you will find wild stories, stunning photos, quotes, random gossip, whimsy & snark, from staff and visitors to:

Museums 🏛️

Science centers 🔭

Zoos 🐼

Aquariums 🦈

Botanical gardens 🌿

& related institutions.

I have some stories of my own to tell, and I want to hear about your experiences in these places, too!

About me: I just took early retirement after working for more than 25 years as the web designer, editor, and photographer for a natural history museum. I have a BA in anthropology and a master's in museum studies. I had graduate assistantships in the exhibits, entomology, and geology/paleontology departments of the university museum where I was working towards my degree. Before that, I worked as a sort of general assistant in a small science museum. Earlier still, I volunteered with the exhibits team at a science & nature center that also had a small zoo.

My parents were both scientists - mom was a high school biology teacher (and a botanist by training) and dad was a physicist. They both loved to travel, and we did a lot of that when I was a kid. We took a few cross-country road trips, and also took trips to Canada, France, the UK and Switzerland. I've done limited travel on my own to Germany and Denmark. I've been to museums and similar places on most of these trips. I plan to share my thoughts on those experiences here.

Please join me in exploring the world of museums!

[hyper-coasters]

Blue Angels. Udvar-Hazey Smithsonian Hangar, 2024.

[angel-braids]