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Tag Archives: casts

Tests of time: Foraminifera and Radiolarians in science, art and 3D

19 July 2019by More than a Dodo Leave a comment

Doctoral researcher Elaine Charwat is exploring the value and meaning of models and casts in the Museum’s collections as part of her PhD. She has recently been studying some fabulous […]

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art, Earth Collections, Exhibitions, Research

A tale of two seahorses

19 February 2019by More than a Dodo Leave a comment

Real or fake? Do replicas have a value of their own? Elaine Charwat is exploring this in her PhD, using the Museum’s large collection of natural history models and casts […]

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Research

Is it real? – models, casts and replicas

3 October 2017by More than a Dodo 1 Comment

One of the most common questions asked about our specimens, from visitors of all ages, is ‘Is it real?’. This seemingly simple question is actually many questions in one and […]

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Earth Collections, Education, Learning, Life Collections, Museum FAQs

‘Flight’ of the Dodo

24 January 2017by More than a Dodo 2 Comments

By Mark Carnall, Life Collections manager The museum holds the only remaining soft tissue of the extinct dodo known anywhere in the world. The partially dissected skin of the head […]

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Conservation, Exhibitions, Life Collections, Presenting...

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