Please send replies to Peter Burston or Emma Ross at
[log in to unmask], TEL: 01603 756944, FAX: 01603 765886.
Survival Anglia TV LTD. has just started researching a series of
programs
based on individual museum specimens, each with a story to tell. We
would
like to contact as many museums in the UK as possible to find plenty of
subjects for the programs.
To the Curator,
POTTED HISTORIES: The Stories behind Museum Specimens
We are looking for stories for a series of short television programmes
on museum specimens for Survival Anglia Ltd. The specimens should be
broadly biological in nature - dried bugs, pickled fish, stuffed
mammals, fossils, etc... But, the most important thing is that they tell
an interesting story. Perhaps the specimen is of great scientific
significance, perhaps it has an interesting history or perhaps it is
just plain odd. For example, the head of a Basking Shark, now visible in
the Spirit Collection of the Natural History Museum, London, was found
in the display behind the fish counter in Harrod's!
If you can think of any specimens in your collection that tell a good
story then we would be very grateful if you could contact us. Thanks in
advance for you time, we look forward to hearing from you.
Best wishes,
Peter Burston
Please send replies to Peter Burston or Emma Ross at
[log in to unmask], TEL: 01603 756944, FAX: 01603 765886.
David Dawson
Museums New Technology Adviser, Museums and Galleries Commission
tel: 0171 233 4200, email [log in to unmask]
Visit our website at www.museums.gov.uk
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