Curator of Natural History, researching colonial histories of natural history. Book nerd. Autistic. She/her.
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ALT Exhibition of elephant-themed artworks displayed in an old wooden showcase and on the wall above it.
ALT Museum gallery with animal skulls covering the walls, and spears and shields mounted on the ceiling. A large bronze lion statue stands in the middle of the space.
ALT Same gallery in the early stages of renovation. Internal walls that blocked the view of a largescale habitat diorama have been removed. There are boxes and a ladder in the room for packing objects. The gallery walls are still covered in animal skulls, and the bronze lion is still there.
ALT The same gallery this morning! An open, bright space with new vinyl wood-effect flooring, cases of African material culture lining both walls (which are no longer covered in animal skulls), and a clear view of an amazing early museum diorama showcasing animals from the Himalaya.
ALT Taxidermised head of a young male African forest elephant, cradled in a wooden frame.
ALT Close-up of the ear of our mounted African forest elephant head. 'PAINTED 1967' is written in pencil in the pink inner area of the ear.
ALT Two pieces of red fabric with white snowflakes and hearts. These are the old soles of my slippers. They have large rips and holes!
ALT Components of the Mothership RPG deluxe set laid out on a wooden table. A set of paperback instruction manuals is fanned out on the table, with the folded game-master's screen behind. A set of dice is in the foreground. The box is back with swirly gold designs, and a big white M in the middle.
ALT Guardian article headline: "How a 'putrid' find in a museum cupboard could be the key to bringing the Tasmanian tiger back to life". Subheading: "A well-preserved thylacine head was a gruesome sight - but it also contained RNA molecules crucial to reconstructing the extinct animal's genome."