Behind Closed Doors: Exploring Archives and Special Collections and the Earth, Sea, Sky Exhibition

This hour-long session will include a guided “behind the scenes” tour of the department to our specialist storage area and Conservation studio with time to explore our Earth, Sea and Sky exhibition.

Our exhibition features material of a number of ‘citizen scientists’ such as Revd Gilbert White whose work is said to have a profound influence on that of Charles Darwin.

You can enjoy the development of nautical charts, the result of expeditions such as those to the Arctic in the 1820s as recorded by William Mogg.

You will also have a glimpse of the deep and maritime archaeology in action as we look at the excavation of the Punic ship in Marsala, in which Honor Frost played a significant role.

We will be providing curator talks for the exhibition and there will be a self-guided treasure hunt!