Natural history

Q&A | ‘We’ve created a false divide between human culture and the natural world’

As Manchester Museum prepares to redevelop its Vivarium, Georgina Young tells us about the power of curation in conservation

Digital | Unusual specimens, Bridgerton and Andy Warhol

A scroll through the latest digital developments from museums

Case study | Repatriating natural history collections

Shani Roper from the University of the West Indies Museum shares her experiences of a recent repatriation

Working life | ‘We’re preparing for the world’s largest-ever natural history collection migration’

Jessica Bradford, who recently became director of collections at the Natural History Museum, talks us through her role

NHM’s Broken Planet hits one million visits

Nearly 50% of the museum's visitors have seen the new permanent gallery since it opened in April

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Natural history museums can help save the planet

They can tackle social justice and environmental issues, says Jack Ashby

Best of the west | Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery, Truro

Sarah Riddle is impressed by the rebirth of the former Royal Cornwall Museum

Sound the alarm | Fixing Our Broken Planet, Natural History Museum, London

Annika E Mazzarella is inspired by the message of hope at a new gallery devoted to ecological issues

US entomologist becomes director of University of Oxford Museum of Natural History

Gavin J Svenson joins institution from Cleveland Museum of Natural History

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Specialism | Natural Sciences Collections Association

Jennifer Gallichan on supporting natural sciences

Organic matter | Life, As We Know It, Oxford University Museum of Natural History

These revamped displays are enthralling

Kew Gardens and NHM announce £4.5m mycological research programme

Research using institutions’ fungi and lichen collections aims to halt biodiversity loss