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HUMANIMALS SEASON Date: 18 January - 20th March | Location: Grant Museum of Zoology | The influence animals and humans have on each other is enormous. This Season at the Grant Museum of Zoology we will be exploring the interactions between animals and humans. Through classic film nights, lectures, discussions and hands-on workshops we will investigate human concepts in the animal world, and animals venturing into the human world. We’ve got a lot to learn from the cross-over.
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ART BY ANIMALS Date: 1 February-9 March | Time: Mon-Fri 1-5pm | Location: Grant Museum of Zoology, Rockefeller Building, University College London, University Street, WC1E 6DE | Price: Free. There is no need to book | Age group: All | 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.
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NATURE’S BEST INVENTIONS – HALF TERM ACTIVITIES Date: 13–17 February | Time: Drop in 1-5pm | Location: Grant Museum of Zoology, Rockefeller Building, University College London, University Street, WC1E 6DE | Price: Free. There is no need to book | Age group: Family activities, but the Museum is suitable for all ages | Get your hands on some of the Museum’s most amazing specimens as we investigate the incredible structures that animals have evolved. Just as buildings are designed with every column and beam in the right place, a vast number of odd animal adaptations have evolved to fulfill a specific purpose. Discover trident-shaped teeth, hammer-shaped heads and needle-shaped gnashers.
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ANIMAL MAGNETISM – VALENTINE’S DAY AT THE GRANT MUSEUM Date: 14 February | Time: Drop-in 5.30-8pm | Location: Grant Museum of Zoology, Rockefeller Building, University College London, University Street, WC1E 6DE | Price: £4 payable on the door. Includes a glass of wine or a soft drink | Age group: Adult | Whether you’re looking for love or heading out to a romantic dinner, join us for a glass of wine and discover how seduction is done in the animal world. Come and find just how big a heart can get, which animals play a role in romantic human superstitions and see how far creatures will go to get the girl in this one night only exhibition. A special evening drinks reception with unusual specimen labels for this amorous occasion.
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STRANGE CREATURES: UCL ART MUSEUM POPS-UP AT THE GRANT Date: 23 February | Time: Drop in 1-2pm | Location: Grant Museum of Zoology, Rockefeller Building, University College London, University Street, WC1E 6DE | Price: Free. There is no need to book | Age group: All | Huge volumes of art have been produced with representations of animals, but not all are particularly accurate. Historically, artists may have never seen the creature they depicted and mythological and religious themes allow for the creation of some truly strange creatures. Take this chance to see these intriguing works and more contemporary creations from UCL Art Museum amongst the strange, but real, creatures in the Grant Museum.
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SCIENCE FICTION; SCIENCE FUTURE: A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT’S AROUND THE CORNER Date: 1 March | Time: 6pm | Location: JZ Young Theatre, Anatomy Building, University College London, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT | Price: Free - there is no need to book | Age group: Adults | Everyone worries about the future. What’s going to happen? What can we do about it? In his Rough Guide to the Future, Jon Turney explores past, present, and future approaches to the “what’s next?” His guide was short-listed for the 2011 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books. Join us for an evening of conversation with the author and an expert panel of science historians and scientists who also study future-ology. Bring along your ideas about how we might best think about the future.
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MICE PEOPLE: CULTURES OF SCIENCE Date: 7 March | Time: 6.30pm | Location: JZ Young Theatre, Anatomy Building, University College London, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT | Price: Free. There is no need to book | Age group: Adults | Join Dr Gail Davies (UCL Geography) as she explores the world inhabited by animal researchers with former geneticist Dr Steve Cross (Head of Public Engagement, UCL). What cultures have developed around scientists who work with laboratory mice? In this candid discussion discover how Davies’ ethnographic approach to the practice of modern science has uncovered some intriguing findings about the humans involved.
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FOSSIL FORAGE: NATIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING WEEK ACTIVITIES Date: 10 March | Time: 11am-4pm | Location: Grant Museum of Zoology, Rockefeller Building, University College London, University Street, WC1E 6DE | Price: Free. There is no need to book | Age group: Family activities, but the Museum is suitable for all ages | Take this chance to visit the Grant Museum on the weekend with an amazing opportunity to sieve through our genuine fossil-rich sediment from a time when London was patrolled by sharks and rays. Find a 50 million year old shark's tooth and take it home!
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BURIED ON CAMPUS Date: 19 March–13 July | Time: 1-5pm | Location: Grant Museum of Zoology, Rockefeller Building, University College London, University Street, WC1E 6DE | Price: Free. There is no need to book | Age group: All | 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.
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THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS (1953) ON THE BIG SCREEN Date: 20 March | Time: 6.30pm | Location: JZ Young Theatre, Anatomy Building, University College London, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT | Price: Free. There is no need to book | Age group: Adults | This dinosaur classic follows a terrifying beast accidentally resurrected following nuclear testing as it rampages through America. It is said to be one of the inspirations for Godzilla. The trailers ask “Are we delving into mysteries we weren't meant to know?", “Who know what waits for us in nature's no-man's land?"
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EASTER EGG-LAYING ANIMALS Date: 2-4 April | Time: Drop in 1-5pm | Location: Grant Museum of Zoology, Rockefeller Building, University College London, University Street, WC1E 6DE | Price: Free. There is no need to book | Age group: Family activities, but the Museum is suitable for all ages | For the Easter holidays the Grant Museum is exploring the wonderful world of eggy animals. From penguins to platypuses, sharks to snails and bullfrogs to butterflies, our fantastic specimen-based activities will investigate the best shells and spawn. Come and unscramble our games and whip up some eggcitement with our amazing animal specimens. Part of the Humanimals Season at the Grant Museum. Admission is free and there is no need to book.
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EASTER EGG-LAYING ANIMALS Date: 12-13 April | Time: Drop in 1-5pm | Location: Grant Museum of Zoology, Rockefeller Building, University College London, University Street, WC1E 6DE | Price: Free. There is no need to book | Age group: Family activities, but the Museum is suitable for all ages | For the Easter holidays the Grant Museum is exploring the wonderful world of eggy animals. From penguins to platypuses, sharks to snails and bullfrogs to butterflies, our fantastic specimen-based activities will investigate the best shells and spawn. Come and unscramble our games and whip up some eggcitement with our amazing animal specimens. Part of the Humanimals Season at the Grant Museum. Admission is free and there is no need to book.
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