Curator at work
It’s always exciting to get a new gadget and museum curator, Alex, loves this one. Using a conservation vacuum, with a goat’s hair brush attachment and set to low suction,…
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Collections care team at work
Museum volunteer, Jenny and Curator, Alex have been busy crafting in the name of collections care. Cutting out pieces of plastazote to match the shape of the museum’s objects, means…
Our Young Roots project has come to an end!
Our Young Roots project, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund has now been completed. It has been an amazing opportunity for the museum to engage with a wide variety…
National Storytelling week – story number two
Today we have the second story of the Erasmice at Erasmus Darwin House with the story of Millicent the Milliner – read by our volunteer Pat
Celebrating National Storytelling Week
To celebrate National Storytelling Week (30 Jan to 5 Feb 2023) Mrs Darwin (aka our volunteer Pat) will read a couple of stories that were written by our volunteers during…
