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Hi Dan, Some years ago Helen Fothergill (then of Plymouth City Museum) and Jan Freedman (still of that institution) developed an exhibition together called Nature Collected that toured museums across the South West and looked at changing attitudes to, and purposes of, collecting natural history objects over time. I'm fairly sure we used trophy heads in that exhibition at some of the venues to talk about sport hunting. I also conserved and displayed a Bison head from the American Museum in Britain in an exhibition of Audubon plates. Not sure if that helps, they certainly prompt mixed emotions from visitors,m which is a great opportunity to discuss attitudes to conservation and our changing relationship with the natural world. Best wishes, Matt ________________________________ From: The Natural Science Collections Association discussion list <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Dan Gordon <[log in to unmask]> Sent: 30 March 2020 15:21 To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Trophy heads Hello everyone, I hope you're all safe and well at this troubling time. I'm currently researching a large collection of game trophies - mostly stuffed African antelope heads - that were donated to our museum in the 1930s. This type of stuffed animal head, mounted on a shield and hung on the wall, is an iconic museum object. I'd like to find out more about how these are used in museums. Do any of you have trophy heads on display in your museums? If so, how do you display them? What sort of interpretation, if any, do you provide with them? Please reply off list. many thanks in advance, and take care, everyone, Dan. Dan Gordon Keeper of Biology The Great North Museum Barras Bridge Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4PT, UK Tel: +44 (0)191 208 6784 Tel: +44 (0)191 277 2346 Mobile/WhatsApp: +44 (0)7961 890275 [cid:cdd90f95-cf73-493c-9862-7c4dd5236f57] ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the NATSCA list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=NATSCA&A=1 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the NATSCA list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=NATSCA&A=1