This podcast celebrates the previous, current and way forward for the Hunterian Zoology Museum positioned within the Graham Kerr Constructing on the College of Glasgow. And who higher than our Museum’s specialist curator to disclose the life and occasions of this majestic place? On this Naturally Talking episode, Maggie Reilly tells Naturally Talking editor Martina Quaggiotto all in regards to the historical past of our Zoology Museum – from its creation in 1923 by architect John Burnet supervised by Professor Sir Graham Kerr, to its present position in offering a useful useful resource for each educating and analysis on the College of Glasgow.
The gathering, which began with William Hunter’s private specimens, now contains round 600,000 specimens. It’s a nice showcase for the animal world – together with current and extinct species – and highlights its variety.
In case you are involved in any features of the museum’s historical past, its structure and varied curious anecdotes of our Zoology Museum (do you know that Stephen Jay Gould came around it himself?) or extra usually how museum specimens are collected, saved and what organic data they will present, please hearken to this Naturally Talking podcast!
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This podcast was recorded, edited and produced by Naturally Talking contributors Martina Quaggiotto and Taya Forde.
Characteristic picture courtesy of M. Quaggiotto, 2018.
Intro and outro music sampled from: “The Curtain Rises” and “Early Riser” Kevin MacLeod [CC BY 3.0]
