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Wombwell's travelling menagerie
Wombwell's travelling menagerie supplied unique animal specimens to various Zoology Museums including Cambridge, Norwich and Aberdeen
Susan Elaine Jones
Feb 12, 20213 min read
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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
Susan Elaine Jones
Jun 17, 20202 min read
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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...
Susan Elaine Jones
Nov 18, 20192 min read
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New work!
Last month was four weekends of Open Studios - and what fun it was! Visitors included a number of professionals - an archaeologist, an...
Susan Elaine Jones
Aug 16, 20192 min read
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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...
Susan Elaine Jones
Jun 10, 20192 min read
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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...
Susan Elaine Jones
May 10, 20191 min read
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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...
Susan Elaine Jones
Apr 17, 20192 min read
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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...
Susan Elaine Jones
Mar 16, 20193 min read
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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...
Susan Elaine Jones
Jan 13, 20192 min read
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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...
Susan Elaine Jones
Nov 16, 20181 min read
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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...
Susan Elaine Jones
Nov 4, 20182 min read
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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...
Susan Elaine Jones
Aug 17, 20181 min read
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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...
Susan Elaine Jones
Aug 10, 20182 min read
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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...
Susan Elaine Jones
Aug 3, 20182 min read
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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...
Susan Elaine Jones
Jun 29, 20181 min read
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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...
Susan Elaine Jones
Jun 22, 20182 min read
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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...
Susan Elaine Jones
May 25, 20183 min read
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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...
Susan Elaine Jones
Apr 6, 20181 min read
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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...
Susan Elaine Jones
Dec 18, 20171 min read
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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....
Susan Elaine Jones
Nov 9, 20171 min read
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