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#MuseumMonday: My visit and a quick history of the Powell-Cotton Museum

Last autumn I was able to visit a museum that had been on my bucket list for a while. I had planned to visit while I was living in Canterbury undertaking my PhD at the University of Kent, however the…

#MuseumMonday: My visit to the Guildhall Museum

Set amid the historic heart of Rochester’s High Street, in Kent, England you can find the Guildhall Museum. is much more than a repository of old objects; it is a living tapestry of Medway’s long and evocative story. Housed in…

#MuseumMonday: My visit to Museum Koenig Bonn

If you love natural history museums as much as I do, then you’re going to love this post! I was able to visit the Museum Koenig in Bonn during September while visiting the area for the 23rd European Congress of…

#MuseumMonday: A quick visit to the Natural History Museum, Colchester

Nestled at the end of Colchester’s High Street, directly opposite Colchester Castle and set within the atmospheric fabric of a medieval church, the Natural History Museum in Colchester is a small but remarkably rich local museum. It tells a regional…

#MuseumMonday: My thoughts on the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

As you’ve probably seen from my recent post about visiting the GIANTS exhibition, I’ve been to Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (BMAG) and therefore it is time to feature it for #MuseumMonday. This museum sits in the heart of the…

#MuseumMonday: Visiting the Grande Galerie de l’Évolution, Paris

Tucked within the leafy grounds of the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, the Grande Galerie de l’Évolution is a monument of natural history, architecture and museography. It is operated by the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (MNHN), and was the final stop on…

#MuseumMonday: Extinction at Braintree Museum

If you’re visiting the Braintree District Museum anytime soon, then please take some time to interact with the touring Extinction exhibition, which is in the first gallery you come to after entering through the shop. This exhibition is one of…

#MuseumMonday: My thoughts on the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie, Paris

It is hopefully clear by #MuseumMonday, that I love a good museum! The Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie, located in the Parc de la Villette in Paris’s 19ᵗʰ arrondissement, is one of Europe’s largest and most dynamic science museums….

#MuseumMonday: How about a map?

I am always trying to find new ways to make my blog posts more interactive, to innovate and find ways to help guide people through the content that I have created. One of the ways I am trialling is the…

#MuseumMonday: Visiting the Hastings Museum and Art Gallery

If you love museums that feel like friendly encyclopaedias of a place where local history, natural history, art and a surprisingly global collection rub shoulders in a handsome old building, then the Hastings Museum & Art Gallery is a quietly…