With tongue fixed firmly in cheek it has been a long standing joke in the Booth Museum that from a conservator’s perspective the ideal Natural History Museum would be situated in deep space, shielded in some way from the ravages … Continued
… Lee Ismail, Curator of Natural Sciences This is the second blog on mammal taxidermy. This time describing the processes of preparing a mammal as a posed mount rather than as a flat skin. [slideshow] The mammal used was a rabbit … Continued
… Lee Ismail, Curator of Natural Sciences This article describes the processes of taxidermy. Any keen readers of the Royal Pavilion & Brighton Museums blog will know that I previously worked on bird taxidermy as part of the Monument Fellowship programme at the … Continued
By the time the Booth Museum was built in 1874 Brighton had three established taxidermy companies and the Museum has examples from all three in its collections. The history of taxidermy is told, in part, through the exhibition ‘Life in … Continued
The single most important source of information about Booth’s collection is the publication “Catalogue of the Cases of Birds in the Dyke Road Museum, Brighton”. This was written by Booth with additional notes by Arthur Foster Griffith. The catalogue states that … Continued
Prolific collector During his lifetime Thomas Parkin assembled a large and significant collection of eggs. The collection was, in the majority, purchased, chiefly from the Stevens Auction Rooms in Covent Garden. Parkin’s collection along with all of his catalogues and … Continued
Solicitor, Author, Museum owner, Collector. The Booth Museum biographical archive has numerous items relating to Frederick William Lucas. These include nine original photographs of his Rottingdean Museum, his original hand written catalogue, a photographic portrait of him and a letter … Continued
Solicitor, Alderman, Naturalist, Collector. Arthur Foster Griffith was the son of Dr Griffith, the popular head master of Brighton College, and the brother of the well-known Egyptologist, Francis Llewellyn Griffith. Griffith donated significant quantities of objects to Brighton Museum & Art Gallery many … Continued
On Thursday 12 May, we very much hope that you will join Jeremy Adams, retired Assistant Keeper at the Booth Museum, on Twitter. Jeremy will be around all day to answer all questions zoological. In the run up to the day of … Continued
The Booth Museum in Brighton has been in existence since 1874 when it was simply the Booth Museum of Birds. 100 years later, during the 1970s, it became the Booth Museum of Natural History when the science collections from Brighton Museum … Continued
On Thursday 12 May, we very much hope that you will join Jeremy Adams, retired Assistant Keeper at the Booth Museum, on Twitter. Jeremy will be around all day to answer all questions zoological. In the meantime, why not test your knowledge of … Continued
On Thursday 12 May, we very much hope that you will join Jeremy Adams, retired Assistant Keeper at the Booth Museum, on Twitter. Jeremy will be around all day to answer all questions zoological. In the meantime, why not test your knowledge of … Continued
On Thursday 12 May, we very much hope that you will join Jeremy Adams, retired Assistant Keeper at the Booth Museum, on Twitter. Jeremy will be around all day to answer all questions zoological. In the meantime, why not test your knowledge of … Continued
On Thursday 12 May, we very much hope that you will join Jeremy Adams, retired Assistant Keeper at the Booth Museum, on Twitter. Jeremy will be around all day to answer all questions zoological. In the meantime, why not test your knowledge of … Continued
On Thursday 12 May, we very much hope that you will join Jeremy Adams, retired Assistant Keeper at the Booth Museum, on Twitter. Jeremy will be around all day to answer all questions zoological. In the meantime, why not test your knowledge of … Continued
[slideshow] The Monument Fellowship is a Museums Association scheme which is aimed at capturing collections knowledge held by experienced individuals who have retired from museums. As part of this scheme I have been working alongside the recently retired assistant Keeper, Jeremy Adams, … Continued
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