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Beeping Bats for Museums at Night!

Posted on June 3, 2010 by sarah

Thump, thump, thump. Hmm, what’s the noise coming from this box, I asked Bobby the Ranger. Oh that’s a few live mice I caught earlier to show people tonight. Eeek. We have (unfortunately) had mice at our museum before, but … Continue reading →

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Hands on and Smells of the sea

Posted on May 22, 2009 by sarah

 It’s a very handling objects themed blog today. Hence the gloves. By that, I mean that I’ve been considering the importance of letting our visitors access our handling collection.   Plans for the John Gray Centre are rolling on. For those of you who don’t know, the … Continue reading →

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