Curator News
Our Curator, Matt Williams, is responsible for the care and promotion of our Museum, Library, and Archive collections. From fossils to fire-arms, bat skulls to Byzantine pots, and manuscripts to malachite: here you'll get the inside story from the store rooms of 16-18 Queen Sqaure. Matt is an Associate of the Museums Association, has an MSc in Palaeobiology from the University of Bristol, and has worked at the BRLSI since 2004.
Museums at Night 2012
On Saturday 19th May the BRLSI’s current exhibition, ID Marks of Identity, will be kept open until 8PM as part of Museums at Night. You can see the full programme here.
Assessing the Plan of the Somersetshire Coal Canal
Yesterday (15th March 2012) we let down the Plan of the Somersetshire Coal Canal for the first time in perhaps as much as 40 years. This unique and intriguing manuscript map was produced from the survey for the planned canal by the famous William Smith (often dubbed the “Father of Geology”).
Science 'Busking' at the Roman Baths!
On 14th March our Curator, Matt Williams, went Science 'busking' at the Roman Baths, in celebration of National Science & Engineering Week. Matt, a geologist by training, was invited by the Roman Baths to talk to their visitors about the mineral content of the Hot Springs of Bath.
Cracking Horsetail from the Age of Coal
This spectacular Carboniferous plant fossil needed careful conservation after 305 million years in the ground, and 150 years in the museum.
Sacred "Amber": curating by scent
As museum specimen go this may not look spectacular, but it smells heavenly!
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