My traineeship is within the Norwich Castle: Gateway to Medieval England team. This project, known to its friends as the…
Sampling the Museum’s Collections
To get a good handle on collections management in museums I also need to learn about how visitors experience the…
A Knockout Punch
This week it was my turn to nearly supervise a small installation and make sure that no harm came to…
Community Time
Our entry for Suffolk Museums Object of the Year contest 2016, for which voting is now open here: http://suffolkmuseums.org/museums/ The…
Splitting Straws
Featured Object: Corn/straw splitters Following our meeting, Collections Manager Lisa decided it would be fun for me, as the Collections…
Rabbits, moths and eggs.
This is actually about something that happened today – 16/08/2016! The museum world is all pretty entwined and very keen…
Hanging Around with East Anglian Artists
My second full week (third calendar week in the job) saw lots of activity in the temporary exhibition galleries as it…
A Walk in the Woods
My first full week at MEAL continued in an equally endearing and varied manner. Between being bombarded with various tasks…
The Missing Link Evolves.
Yes, I’m back! And this time, I have different story to tell. To catch up, I finished studying the MSc…
Nutcracker Man or Human Cow?
After discussing orbital forcing of climate and how we can judge its effects in the geological record, I thought I…
What Missing Link? 