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We’re all heart at the Grant Museum
The dissected giraffe heart No matter who you are or where you come from, you have to admire the giraffe’s heart. It manages to pump blood up arteries in a neck that can reach over two metres in...
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Specimen of the Week: Week 136
Did you know that of the 135 previous specimen of the week posts only 20% of them have featured invertebrates! I’m abusing my specimen of the week writing privileges to do my best to address this grave...
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Specimen of the Week: Week 156 (The Evolution of Life on Land)
It’s the third birthday of the Specimen of the Week blogs, so this one is a special one, tackling one of the biggest events in global history (no exaggeration). It’s also the start of winter term at...
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Specimen of the Week: Week 180
This week’s specimen of the week is an object that is very special to me and one of the objects featured in our current exhibition Strange Creatures: The Art of Unknown Animals. The theme of the...
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Soon turned out we had a heart of papier-mâché
Every year UCL Museum Studies students get to choose an object from each of UCL’s museums and collections to research for a term. This is a guest blog by Jennifer Esposti one of this year’s students...
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Specimen of the Week 244: The historic wax flatworm
LDUCZ-D44 Fasciola hepatica Since its inception in 1828, the Grant Museum of Zoology collections have always been used for teaching. This continues in the present day and the Museum welcomes students...
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Specimen of the Week 250: Model of a crayfish embryo
In honour of the 250th Specimen of the Week, as well as the new wax model display in the Museum, it seemed fitting to choose a show-stopper of a specimen which is so fabulously bizarre that you might...
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Specimen of the Week 258 : Pteraspis models
LDUCZ-V733d Pteraspis sp. In a few days time the autumn term at UCL begins along with the many classes and practicals which take place in the Grant Museum. In the first term of last year, the Grant...
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Specimen of the Week 286: The Notebook Models
Student Notebook 1911 As is often the case, it is difficult to choose a single specimen to highlight in this blog. The Grant Museum has 68,000 specimens and each one has a story to tell. Sometimes the...
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Specimen of the Week 291: Leech Embryo Models
Back in January, this blog featured a set of 36 wax models which were chosen by UCL Museum Studies students as a research project for their Collections Curatorship course. At that time, the models were...
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Specimen of the Week 299 : The Cephalaspis Model and Mould
LDUCZ-V730 Cephalaspis salweyi model and mould This week’s Specimen of the Week pays tribute to one of the most influential natural history model makers of the 20th century, Vernon Edwards. A retired...
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Specimen of the Week 322: The Primordial Skull
Season’s greetings! As presents appear under Christmas trees, the anticipation and excitement grows as recipients wonder what treasures lie wrapped among the dropping needles. In the spirit of mystery...
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