A painting of some little critters by Jan van Kessel the Elder brought to life for today's #Museum30 theme, #nature! Jan van Kessel was a Flemish artist who specialised in nature still lifes and allegorical series representing the four elements, the senses and more 🍃🐞
#Museum30 Day 27: #Music. Questioning the wooing potential of a serenade? Studies undertaken on cows found that they produce more milk when listening to soothing music. The song that encouraged the most milk production? R.E.M.'s ‘Everybody Hurts’...
Day 28 of #Museum30 - Dream.
After a long day in the Dead Zoo, the lights go out and the staff go home to dream about the collections, while the collections, presumably, dream about the staff.
Some dreams are nightmares.
Good night!
Day 30 of #Museum30 - Why Museums?
For us the answer is simple - where else can you find the physical evidence needed to understand life on Earth?
Type specimens and vouchers in our collections help scientists define diversity, understand change and study the species we've lost.