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Feb 12
3 min

Wombwell's travelling menagerie

Wombwell's travelling menagerie supplied unique animal specimens to various Zoology Museums including Cambridge, Norwich and Aberdeen

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Susan Elaine Jones

Jun 17, 2020
2 min

Bird Skeletons of the world

Skeletons. So often a labour of love. But two years of work at the University of Cambridge Zoology Museum is finally ready to share

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Susan Elaine Jones

Nov 18, 2019
2 min

What's wrong, short face?

Sorry it's been a while since I wrote a blog post - things have been going on with family. And I've been doing some drawing. And might...

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Susan Elaine Jones

Aug 16, 2019
2 min

New work!

Last month was four weekends of Open Studios - and what fun it was! Visitors included a number of professionals - an archaeologist, an...

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Susan Elaine Jones

Jun 10, 2019
2 min

Mapping the skull

This month, I have spent a lot of time at The Book Warren in Willingham (where the lovely Lindsay not only offers a dizzying selection of...

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Susan Elaine Jones

May 10, 2019
1 min

Death Fest 2019!

Death Fest time is here again! Okay, so we never officially called it that. Instead, this month, I've been helping put the final touches...

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Susan Elaine Jones

Apr 17, 2019
2 min

Handling death with the death maidens

As arrangements for the Dying for Life event "Things to do when you're dead"* are hotting up, I'm getting out and about talking to people...

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Susan Elaine Jones

Mar 16, 2019
3 min

Unlikely flights

This week I went to a talk at Zoology on Palaeognaths. (I spent much of the week guessing what Palaeognaths were... I knew I'd seen the...

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Susan Elaine Jones

Jan 13, 2019
2 min

Death Wishes

Goodness December was filled with depressing amounts of lying resting on the sofa. Starting to climb out of the fug now, and get active...

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Susan Elaine Jones

Nov 16, 2018
1 min

Honey coloured bones

Quick post as I'm up to my eyeballs editing skeleton photos. The local friendly archaeologist has been giving me great access to be able...

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Susan Elaine Jones

Nov 4, 2018
2 min

Best story of the month

This month I have been to a number of Death Awareness events: From Selfies to Runes, how do we want to be remembered? Face to Face with...

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Butterflies, bats, fish and flying things

Susan Elaine Jones

Aug 17, 2018
1 min

Butterflies, bats, fish and flying things

The Zoology Museum in Cambridge is now fully open! (Okay, that's been true for a couple of months, but I've been a bit run down and...

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Susan Elaine Jones

Aug 10, 2018
2 min

Faces of Tutankhamen

Also at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology this month (only till 23 September) are some original photos of the tomb of...

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Susan Elaine Jones

Aug 3, 2018
2 min

Horn dancing and headdresses

The Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (MAA) has an exhibition based on the Star Carr finds. If you're not familiar with it, it is...

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Susan Elaine Jones

Jun 29, 2018
1 min

Problems with primates

As I tidy my house (which is a fairly rare occurrence), I found a third drawing of the taxidermy cases of Ipswich Museum from back in...

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Susan Elaine Jones

Jun 22, 2018
2 min

All white cast (almost)

As part of a couple of days working with the Museum Detox/Museum Remix teams, I finally made a visit to the Museum of Classical...

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Susan Elaine Jones

May 25, 2018
3 min

Bulletproof Armadillo?

Having spent a lot of time in the newly re-opened Zoology Museum, I have recently been looking at Armadillos. Googling them, I see one of...

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Susan Elaine Jones

Apr 6, 2018
1 min

Dying for a panacea

A quick note to say, if you haven't been lucky enough to receive a panacea cure (available by post up until 2012) from the immortal...

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Susan Elaine Jones

Dec 18, 2017
1 min

Need a last minute present idea?

I interrupt myself and my series on the lovely Ipswich museum with this urgent seasonal message. I had a lovely tour of the Fitzwilliam...

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Susan Elaine Jones

Nov 9, 2017
1 min

Odd things I've overheard

When you hang around museums and their interesting people, you hear some odd things. Most of these raise more questions than they answer....

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SUSAN ELAINE JONES

Death Awareness - Dying for Life
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Wombwell's travelling menagerie

Bird Skeletons of the world

What's wrong, short face?

New work!

Mapping the skull

Death Fest 2019!

Handling death with the death maidens

Unlikely flights

Death Wishes

Honey coloured bones

Best story of the month

Butterflies, bats, fish and flying things

Faces of Tutankhamen

Horn dancing and headdresses

Problems with primates

All white cast (almost)

Bulletproof Armadillo?

Dying for a panacea

Need a last minute present idea?

Odd things I've overheard