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This is from a recent post on Giles Miller's Curator of Micropalaeontology blog on the Natural History Museum's website
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Is it wrong for the government to place such an emphasis on philanthropy when donations are in decline?
Letters
Extinct: natural history keepers in West Midlands Am I the only reader concerned by the unprecedented loss of natural history expertise from museums operated by local government, especially county services? When I joined Coventry’s Herbert Art Gallery & Museum in 1990 there were about 10 traditional keepers of natural history in the region. Over the …
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In light of a national museum advertising a freelance education post at less than £8 an hour, are museums exploiting freelancers?
Letters
Creating a contemporary museum habitat The recent closure of my local Habitat in Harrogate was a big come down for me, as a once stylish environment was reduced to a bargain basement full of half empty shelves and scrappy handwritten signs. As a museum curator with a passion for the development of domestic interiors and …