Monday was my final day at the natural history museum in Berlin. It had been a fantastic week and I had a weekend full of sightseeing and walking and visiting interesting places in the city. It’s a beautiful place and I recommend it to anyone with an interest in culture, museums, history, architecture, shopping, good […]
My penultimate day at the museum was an ad hoc one. Luckily it worked out really well and I had one of the best days of the week. I was handed over to Anja who is on the arachnid & myriapod collection team. Her boss, Jason Dunlop, is from the UK and has been working […]
On my third day in Berlin, I was unsure exactly what I would be doing. My contact there had told me only palaeo was an option and that I’d find out on the day. Unfortunately most of the department were at a conference out of town, with only a skeleton crew left at the museum […]
So, day two at the Berlin Museum für Naturkunde. After the first day spent walking around the museum, as well as walking around the city in the evening, I was very tired. Luckily the prospect of seeing another department was galvanising and I couldn’t wait to get stuck in again. For my second day I […]
I have been waiting for months to visit the Museum fur Naturkunde in the German capital and Tuesday was my first day. I was met in the morning by Jürgen Fiebig, the preparator of the ornithology department. His job title, as I found out, is taxidermist. He is part of a team of five who […]
September and October have been very busy months; apologies for not posting as often as I should have. The last six weeks were spent (as many of you know) between Berlin, London and Brighton. As soon as I got back I had a lot of work to catch up on, as well as document and […]
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