Grant Museum Exhibitions
On now
Buried on Campus
23rd April - 13 July 2012
A huge mass of human bones was discovered in UCL during construction
work in 2010. This installation displays the investigations undertaken
to discover what they are and why they were buried. Remains of at least
84 individual people and many animals have been identified. Uncover
where they came from and what we can learn from them in this unusual
exhibition co-curated by UCL forensic anatomists and osteologists.
Admission is free and there is no need to book.
There is a special Saturday opening on 12th May 11am-4pm.
The UCL News article can be found here: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1204/120423-buried-on-campus
QRator: Current Questions and iPads
Ongoing
The Grant Museum is a centre for discussion and dialogue.
Ten of our displays have iPads attached asking visitors to get involved
in conversations about the role of science in society and how museum
should be run. Visitors can respond on our iPads, on their own smart
phones using QR codes or the Tales of Things App, via Twitter using #GrantQR and @uclmuseums or on their home computers.
Get involved in the conversations at http://www.qrator.org/
These questions will change every few months. The project - called QRator - has been developed in partnership with UCL Centre for Advanced Spacial Analysis and UCL Digital Humanities, funded by UCL Public Engagement Unit.
Previous Exhibitions
Art by Animals
February-April 2012
Do animals make art? This exhibition includes paintings by apes and
elephants and examines whether they are artistic works or just pointless
lines on a page.
Placing their handiwork alongside animal specimens and historical
documentation we explore why some animal creations are considered
valuable and creative, while others are dismissed as meaningless.
Here is a video about the exhibition:
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Fish in Science: Zebrafish at UCL
October - December 2011
Fish have been used in science since the early 20th century. Working with the UCL Zebrafish Facility,
the Grant Museum's new pigeon hole exhibition looks at the role of fish
in science, focusing on zebrafish. Because of the transparency of the
embryos and their high reproductive rate, zebrafish became a popular
species for developmental biology in the late 1970s. More recently this
popularity has extended to human disease research such as cancer and
tissue regeneration studies - including cardiac and spinal regeneration.
A Crucial Difference: Celebrating Diversity in Nature
7th April - 30th June 2010
Click here to view the exhibition website
An exhibition investigating the amazing differences between similar objects in natural history collections - why are they important, why were they collected and what can we learn from them?
