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Globe progress

Deep Oceans - Painting ocean formations

For our Deep Oceans exhibition Tina Mansson is painting the formations of the ocean floor onto the Museum’s ‘Globe’...

By: Category: At The Museum, Date: 16 Mar 2012

Photoshop screen

Point and Shoot #6 - Photoshop and other image editing software

From the blog series 'Point and Shoot' by Museum photographers Carl Bento and James King

By: Miriam Arndt, Category: At The Museum, Date: 15 Mar 2012

Telephoto lens

Point and Shoot #5 - What lens or focal length should I use

From the blog series 'Point and Shoot' by Museum photographers Carl Bento and James King

By: Miriam Arndt, Category: At The Museum, Date: 15 Mar 2012

Michael Kelly in the Materials Conservation Lab

Historic taxidermy storage project

Keeping the bugs at bay...

By: Jen Cork, Category: At The Museum, Date: 14 Mar 2012

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Deep Oceans - Dive in June 2012

Our newest exhibition, Deep Oceans, will be ready for the world to enjoy this June.

By: Jen Cork, Category: At The Museum, Date: 14 Mar 2012

Deep Oceans - Yuri at work

Deep Oceans - A word from prep…

For our Deep Oceans exhibition, Angus Adameitis and our prep team are building a full scale replica of Otis Barton and William Bebee's Bathysphere.

By: Category: At The Museum, Date: 13 Mar 2012

Globe from Archives

Deep Oceans – Viewed from the 'Globe'

While building the Deep Oceans exhibition, we’ve had to come up with ways of effectively demonstrating the vastness, as well as the conditions of the Deep Oceans.

By: Jen Cork, Category: At The Museum, Date: 27 Feb 2012

Deep Sea fish building

Deep Oceans - Meet Mr Anglerfish

Progress on the Deep Oceans exhibition is swimming along at a cracking pace...

By: Jen Cork, Category: At The Museum, Date: 23 Feb 2012

Point and Shoot #3 - understanding people

Point and shoot #3 - Understanding People

Museum photographers Carl Bento and James King on the power and practice of photography. This week, it's 'understanding people'...

By: Michael Hugill, Category: At The Museum, Date: 30 Jan 2012

Point and Shoot #2 - telling stories 1

Point and shoot #2 - Telling Stories

Museum photographers Carl Bento and James King on the power and practice of photography. This week, it's 'telling stories'...

By: Michael Hugill, Category: At The Museum, Date: 30 Jan 2012