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#MuseumMonday: Muzeum Geologiczne ING PAN in Kraków

Kraków is a city whose history is usually told through its architecture, religious institutions, royal connections and cultural heritage. Its medieval streets, churches, castles and historic buildings attract visitors from across the world, while its position in southern Poland makes…

#MuseumMonday: A visit to the Muzeum Farmacji Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego

In the heart of Kraków, on the busy and historic Floriańska Street, is a museum that offers an unusually intimate journey into the history of medicine, science and everyday life. The Muzeum Farmacji Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, or Museum of…

#MuseumMonday: The Museum of the Botanical Garden of the Jagiellonian University

When I visited the Botanical Garden of the Jagiellonian University this summer, I also had to check out the museum that it houses. It would have been ruse not to! The Museum of the Botanical Garden of the Jagiellonian University…

#MuseumMonday: Muzeum Przyrodnicze Instytutu Systematyki i Ewolucji Zwierząt PAN in Kraków

There are natural history museums that overwhelm visitors through monumental architecture, vast galleries and spectacular collections (I’m thinking about a certain museum in South Kensington here), and there are museums whose importance lies somewhere rather different: in the scientific history…

#MuseumMonday: The History of Mail Rail at The Postal Museum

Deep beneath the streets of London lies one of the capital’s most unusual transport systems. For more than 75 years, small electric trains travelled through a network of tunnels carrying letters and parcels rather than passengers. The railway had no…

#MuseumMonday: Reviewing The Postal Museum and London’s postal heritage

There are few institutions in Britain whose history is so deeply woven into everyday life as the Post Office. For centuries, the postal system has connected people, businesses, governments and communities, carrying letters, parcels, newspapers, money and information across the…

#MuseumMonday: A quick visit to the Dorking Museum and Heritage Centre

A couple of months ago now, I visited the Dorking Museum and Heritage Centre with a few friends of mine, one of which whom is a volunteer at the Museum. The Dorking Museum and Heritage Centre is a small but…

#MuseumMonday: What is the Royal College of Physicians Museum?

The medical history rabbit hole continues! Where have I been this time you may ask? Well, the Royal College of Physicians Museum which to me is one of the most intellectually rich and compact, yet understated museums in Britain. It…

#MuseumMonday: Timeline of exhibitions at the Francis Crick Institute

The Francis Crick Institute, commonly known as the Crick, is one of the United Kingdom’s leading centres for biomedical research. Located in central London, next to St Pancras International and King’s Cross, the institute brings together scientists from different disciplines…

#MuseumMonday: Timeline of exhibitions at the British Library

The British Library is perhaps best known as one of the world’s great repositories of books, manuscripts and historical documents, but its collections also provide a remarkable window into the natural world and our understanding of it. Across its history,…