Written by Nadine Gabriel, Curator, Mineralogy at the Natural History Museum, London. 2024 is a golden year for the GCG! Friday 17th May 2024 marked 50 years since the group had its first official meeting at the Geological Society’s headquarters in Burlington House, London. To celebrate this important date, an anniversary meeting was held in … More A Golden Anniversary – Celebrating 50 Years of the GCG
Written by Gemma Laker, Palaeontology and Geobiology MScR Student at the University of Edinburgh and GCG EDI Coordinator. There has come to be an increasing understanding and awareness that science is better done by diverse groups of scientists, each contributing their unique experiences and perspectives to the scientific community (Mogk, 2020). However, Geoscience remains the … More You Can’t Be What You Can’t See: Queer Perspectives in Geoscience
Written by Cindy Howells, GCG Committee Member and Palaeontology Curator at Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales. I started this blog series in 2021 intending to work quickly through the majority of GCG’s industrious history leading up to our 50th anniversary in 2024. As always, time has slipped away and this momentous event is now … More The Geological Curators Group history – Bringing us up to the end of the 20th century.
Written by Sophia Reinisch, Amateur entomologist interested in taxonomy, life history, and evolution of Hymenoptera. For the Geological Curators Group (GCG) Digital Morphology Workshop we were kindly invited to the Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) to learn about techniques of digital morphology within the palaeo sciences. The tutors for this workshop were the … More Reconstructing the Palaeontological Object: Digital Morphology with the Geological Curators Group
Written by Lu Allington-Jones (Principal Conservator), The Natural History Museum, London UK Mould is probably not at the top of the list of worries of a geological curator, but it does frequently occur in geological collections. It is not only a significant health risk, but it can leave permanent staining, it is an indicator of … More Mould in Geological Collections
Written by Matthew Butler, Work Experience Student Anticipation was high when cars rolled into the quarry car park. The group grew steadily. There was a buzz of noise as we all became acquainted, preparing for the day’s adventure. Present was a wonderful mix of people at varying stages of their careers, palaeontological or otherwise. We … More Walking in the Footsteps of Sauropods
Written by Sherri Donaldson, curatorial assistant volunteer, National Museums Scotland Since late 2017 I’ve been a curatorial assistant volunteer at the National Museums Scotland Collection Centre in Granton, Edinburgh, working on accessioning their historic Hugh Miller Collection. How did I become inveigled into volunteering on this specific collection? Back in September 2017 whilst at the … More Making a right use of my eyes… getting to grips with physical curation
News from the Sector is a monthly blog series featuring the latest geological and palaeontological news, jobs, exhibitions, and conferences. If you or your institution has anything they would like to add, advertise on GCG’s News from the Sector, or write a blog for GCG, please get in touch at blog@geocurator.org or share via the GCG mailing list. … More News from the Sector – August and September
News from the Sector is a monthly blog series featuring the latest geological and palaeontological news, jobs, exhibitions, and conferences. If you or your institution has anything they would like to add, advertise on GCG’s News from the Sector, or write a blog for GCG, please get in touch at blog@geocurator.org or share via the GCG mailing list. … More News from the Sector – July
Written by Dr Emma Nicholls, Collections Manager – Vertebrate Palaeontology, Oxford University Museum of Natural History Chapter 1: A Job No-One Can Explain It seems no one outside of the sector really understands what curators do. It wasn’t until workingfrom home together for an extended period in 2020 that my own husband exclaimed “wow, yourjob’s … More So Far So Good – The Next Step in a Curatorial Career
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