McrMuseum Collection

New blog out today about how to start the process of decolonising natural history collections natsca.blog/2023/10/26/how…

Sharing the amazing and important contributions of Black people to the natural history, especially working in museums. Three more days of inspiring conversations, Join: #BlackinNHMs for the Black in Natural History Museums Week @Nat_SCA @Mcrmanchester

Join the community of Black professionals in Natural History Museums for conversations and reflexions this week, blackinnhms.org/binhmsweek Oct 15 - Oct 21 / 2023: blackinnhms.org/2023-binhms-we… #BlackInNHMs #SciArt #BlackinNHMsLeadership #BlackinNHMsOutreach @Nat_SCA @NatSciNMS @McrMuseum

A great day to be out in Boz Country Park with @CityofTreesMcr. Come on over and discover what's living in the meadows, woodlands and ponds

Who is using our collection and what for? An A level Art student really inspired after a visit to the stores. Final project👏👏 *A: “insects arranged across multiple pages reflecting a journey from shadows and incomplete forms to the splendid variety of insect life!” 🪲🦋🦟🪳🪲

From behind the scenes in Entomology #NationalVolunteerWeek. The support given by all volunteers is helping us to better maintain and keep our entomological collections and increase their usefulness and value. A huge thank you to all! entomologymanchester.wordpress.com/2022/12/21/emb… @McrMuseum

@McrMuseum Beautiful Orchid bees: entomologymanchester.wordpress.com/2020/10/15/orc…

@McrMuseum @artfund More about bees in our Entomology blog: entomologymanchester.wordpress.com/2020/08/05/bee…

annacollettehuntI’ve had the most magical day today at @mcrmuseum - I’ve got to give the biggest thank you in the world to Diana from Entomology who gave me a behind the scenes tour of the insect collections. What an absolutely incredible day! So much inspiration to take forward

See this Instagram video by @annacollettehunt instagram.com/reel/CsHJE_Os6… Showing part of our collection🐝🐝🦋🦋🦋🦋🪰🕷️🪳🐞🪲 to #annacolletehunt @McrMuseum @amentsoc

Who uses our collections and what for? Taxonomy, recording data, DNA, etc. Museums, universities,recorders, etc. Use them. But who else?... #natsca2023

Diana taking us through the significant impacts from @MuseumInsight collections - collaboration is key! #NatSCA2023

#insects 🦋🦋🪲🪲 and conservation stories from Central and South America also made it to the event. Celebrating #biodiversity in the Neotropic 🥳. I was feeling closer to home 😍. Many thanks to the visitors for the great comments!! @Panwildlife