Immerse yourself in the wonderful world of plants and join us for an evening of flower power. Discover the fascinating relationships between plants and their pollinators and learn how flowers have conquered the world! Activities include mini talks, object handling, … Continued
Celebrate International Day for Women and Girls in Science at our family friendly discovery day. Get hands-on with activities led by local women in STEM and find out who their unsung heroes are. Meet Mary Anning and discover fossils on our handling … Continued
Mick Jackson is the new writer-in-residence at the Booth Museum, funded by Arts Council England, from September 2014 to August 2015. Throughout the residency he will be running creative writing workshops and conducting his own research. Mick is on Twitter, … Continued
One of the jobs that a Keeper of Natural Sciences in a museum must do is look after the scientific interests of the collections for which he is responsible. I have blogged several times about visits to the Booth Museum … Continued
The Booth Museum has had two international visitors this month on very different missions. Both were from North America, and both are studying for their Ph.D.s. First we welcomed Caitlin Silberman from California, but studying for her doctorate in Art … Continued
The fossil collections at the Booth Museum are currently getting some attention they deserve! Two scientists from the British Geological Survey (BGS) are spending a week with us photographing some of our most important specimens. International science codes require that … Continued
While history celebrates the individual scientists and artists who change our understanding of the world, it rarely remembers the assistants who make this pioneering work possible. Perhaps it’s time to spare a thought for George Fleming Richardson, who supported the … Continued
Following the visit of a noted academic, a number of the fossils in Brighton Museum’s collections have been found to be preserved parts of armoured dinosaurs (nodosaurids) commonly known as anklyosaurs. Any examples of nodosaurid fossils are rare in the … Continued
… Gerald Legg, Keeper of Natural Sciences Fossil Human Teeth We get all kinds of enquiries and this one was particularly unusual. A member of the public ‘phoned saying they had hundreds of teeth embedded in stone in their garden, forming part … Continued
One of the most famous figures in Sussex history is the doctor and geologist Gideon Algernon Mantell (1790-1852). He was born and bred in Lewes, and from an early age developed an interest and passion for the many different types … Continued
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