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@ucl.ac.uk’s Grant Museum of Zoology is one of the UK’s oldest natural history collections and home to some of the world’s rarest specimens. Find out more: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/ucl-grant-museum-zoology

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Grant Museum of Zoology @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social · 1d

We will open at the later time of 3pm on 15 October due to a private event. We apologise for any inconvenience. www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...

Grant Museum of Zoology @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social · 1d

We will open at the later time of 3pm on 15 October due to a private event. We apologise for any inconvenience. www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...

Grant Museum of Zoology @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social · 3d

Andrew Knapp shares his research on the coevolution between brain and skull shape in birds and mammals. Join us at the Research in Focus talk on 22 October.

Research in Focus talks: What Museum Collections Can Tell Us About Brain Evolution

Join us in UCL Grant Museum of Zoology for our monthly talk series spotlighting current research into the collections and displays.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Grant Museum of Zoology @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social · 4d

#WelcomeToUCL! We are one of the oldest natural history collections and home to 100,000 specimens from every continent, every ocean, and every animal group.

Find out more and plan your visit here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/ucl-grant-museum-zoology

The exterior of the Grant Museum of Zoology.

Grant Museum of Zoology @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social · 8d

Take part in activities celebrating World Anatomy Day! Join us on 18 October and find out how our museum is used for cutting-edge approaches to study ecology, evolution and skeletal anatomy.

Family Event: Amazing Anatomy

The Grant Museum has a takeover day in partnership with UCL Centre for Integrative Anatomy. Pre-book for 11:00, drop-in 12:00 - 14:00

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Grant Museum of Zoology @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social · 12d

We are currently closed for essential refurbishment works and will now reopen as normal on Tuesday 7 October at 1pm. We apologise for any inconvenience. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/ucl-grant-museum-zoology

Grant Museum of Zoology @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social · 16d

Did you know that wasps purr, or that they wag their bodies and tap their antennae to communicate? Find out more about these fascinating animals at our exhibition. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-collections/events/2025/jun/world-wasps #GMZWasps

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Hannah Cornish @hannahcornish.bsky.social · 25d

Why is @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social closed for two weeks? We are refitting some cases, so right now, it looks like this. Trust me, it's more organised than it appears! I'm enjoying sharing a desk with my lion skeleton coworker

An office with a lion skeleton on one of the desks and large jars of fish specimens on another

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Grant Museum of Zoology @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social · 24d

Peter Ayres, the artist behind Shell & Comb, talks about his creative process and seeing things from a wasp’s perspective. Read more about how he crafted the World of Wasps exhibition nest sculptures. #GMZWasps

Interview: Crafting the World of Wasps nest sculptures

Peter Ayres, the artist behind Shell & Comb, talks about his creative process and seeing things from a wasp’s perspective.

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Grant Museum of Zoology @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social · Sep 11

We were delighted to work with Animating Education and young filmmakers from Camden Summer University last month showcasing the Museum. Watch their video about us here.

A tale of Zoology - A Visit to the Grant Museum in London

YouTube video by Animating Education

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Grant Museum of Zoology @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social · Sep 9

We are excited be featured as one of ten accessible event highlights of Heritage Open Days due to our step-free access and VocalEyes audio described tour. Come along to our museum late on 12 September. #HODs

Everyone’s invited – 10 accessible event highlights

From sensory art events to finding quiet spaces in glorious gardens; sign language tours of historic buildings, and audio descriptions of international science collections. There is something for ever...

www.heritageopendays.org.uk

Grant Museum of Zoology @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social · Sep 4

Explore our Zoology collection after hours! Join us on a half-billion-year journey through the story of life on Earth at our upcoming museum late on 12 September as part of #HeritageOpenDays. https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-event/zoology-after-hours.html

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Grant Museum of Zoology @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social · Aug 12

We will be closing early for a private event at 3pm on 4 September. We apologise for any inconvenience. www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...

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Apollo @apollo-magazine.com · Aug 11

An exhibition @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social swats away some of our negative perceptions of wasps. Will Wiles considers the success of its attempt to ‘reposition the beer-garden menace as an evolutionary marvel’.

If we liked wasps more, we could learn from them

Wasps have a terrible image problem but, after seeing an exhibition that highlights their design abilities, Will Wiles thinks we could learn from them

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Grant Museum of Zoology @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social · Aug 8

Get to know the team behind World of Wasps in this interview about creating our latest virtual reality exhibition. www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll...

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UCL News @uclnews.bsky.social · Aug 7

Wasp scientists are calling for your help in a very simple survey: the next time a wasp visits your picnic, if you mark down whether it goes for protein or sugar, you can help Prof Seirian Sumner @waspwoman.bsky.social and her @uclcber.bsky.social colleagues better understand the wasp life cycle

Ham or jam? Help scientists by recording wasp food preferences

The next time a wasp visits your picnic, if you make a note of whether it goes for protein or sugar, you can help UCL scientists better understand the wasp life cycle.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Grant Museum of Zoology @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social · Aug 5

Our recently opened World of Wasps exhibition hopes to reveal the unseen lives of wasps. Speaking to @cnn.com, Professor Seirian Sumner (@waspwoman.bsky.social) gave her top five reasons why we should all love wasps as much as she does.

Everyone hates wasps. But this scientist wants us to love them. | CNN

If you think wasps only exist to spoil summer picnics, Professor Seirian Sumner is here to set you straight.

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Idris Adams @idrisadams.bsky.social · Aug 3

Nice article by @willwiles.bsky.social in @apollo-magazine.com on the #WorldOfWasps! Be sure to visit @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social!
apollo-magazine.com/wasps-nests-...

If we liked wasps more, we could learn from them

Wasps have a terrible image problem but, after seeing an exhibition that highlights their design abilities, Will Wiles thinks we could learn from them

apollo-magazine.com

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Grant Museum of Zoology @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social · Jul 28

Explore our exhibition at night, listen to talks from @ucl.ac.uk wasp experts, and take part in relaxed paper-making activities led by artist Peter Ayres. Book now for 7 October or 4 November. www.ucl.ac.uk/event-ticket... #GMZWasps

Black and yellow artwork showing flowers, grass, wasps and an outline of a wasp nest. Text reads 'World of Wasps'.

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Idris Adams @idrisadams.bsky.social · Jul 24

Have had a very exciting and unexpected start to this week, travelling to Salford for an interview with BBC Breakfast talking all things #wasps! Many thanks to @waspwoman.bsky.social for trusting me with this opportunity, and the fantastic #WorldOfWasps at @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social for the props!

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Alice Leavey @leaveylab.bsky.social · Jul 17

The scan I did of a paper wasp nest earlier this year is now a VR exhibit at the @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social - check it out next time you're in London!! 🐝

Grant Museum of Zoology @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social · Jun 25

Wasps are complex and extraordinary animals but are often misunderstood. Our new exhibition and immersive VR installations invite you to experience this hidden world. www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-coll... #GMZWasps

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Grant Museum of Zoology @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social · Jul 11

Explore the museum with the Bloomberg Connects app! Learn more about some of the favourite specimens with highlights and audio described tours. links.bloombergconnects.org/6Ggw/s3dia4gm

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RDAa @dani-vw77.bsky.social · Jul 6

In all the excitement of taking part in @The__Herds in London last weekend, I forgot to update that I finished my @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social pangolin zine 💚🐾🌎

Wraparound cover of “The Secret life of a Pangolin” zine, showing a pencil drawing of a pangolin approaching a termite nest amongst the long grass with the words: “Discover a creature you never knew existed… A story of a pangolin tells us about this termite-living animal who needs our help!”

First spread of “The Secret life of a Pangolin” zine, showing a pencil drawings of a comic style strip showing a day in the life of a pangolin: “Hidden in a burrow is a creature that is also known as a scaly-anteater… let me introduce myself; I am a ground pangolin… and I am hungry!… There are 8 species of pangolin in the world: they have a tongue longer than their body… finally food at last! Pangolins love termites and other invertebrates… so tasty! Pangolins are in the family Xenarthra and are also prey for other animals like the big cats (lions and leopards)… pangolins roll up into a ball in self-defence… Ha! Ha! Ha! Can’t get me!”

Centre spread of “The Secret life of a Pangolin” zine, showing a pencil drawing of a pangolin in its natural habitat in Africa amongst animals such as a porcupine, elephant, rhino, lion, and zebra.

Final spread of “The Secret life of a Pangolin” zine, showing a pencil drawing of a comic style strip with information about pangolins: “pangolins are found in the grasslands, savanna and jungle… tree pangolin (I’m from the jungles of Asia)… however, pangolins face worse threats than hungry lions, humans destroy their habitats and kill them for bushmeat and their scales… but, it is not too late for our scaly friends… people need to protect pangolins and learn more about them in order to save them. We want a world with pangolins in it!”

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Grant Museum of Zoology @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social · Jul 2

Due to unforeseen circumstances we will be closed today but will reopen as normal on Thursday 3 July at 1pm.

We apologise for any inconvenience.

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Seirian Sumner @waspwoman.bsky.social · Jul 1

Fun start to the day, filming @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social for #WorldOfWasps with @cnn.com who are featuring the exhibition in #CallToEarth #PerpetualPlanet campaign.

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Grant Museum of Zoology @uclgrantmuseum.bsky.social · Jun 30

Head of Zoology and Science Collections @tannisdavidson.bsky.social talks to BBC Radio London about our new exhibition, 'World of Wasps' and how wasps play a crucial role in our ecosystem. Tune in from 1:17:00.

Carrie and David Grant - 28/06/2025 - BBC Sounds

Looking ahead to London's weekend with Carrie and David Grant.