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Fenja Schultz
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BSc Biological Anthropology, MSc in Science Communication. Fascinated by all things Natural History and Human Evolution, working part-time in a museum. Author of Queer Nature guided tour. She/her
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Throwback to one of my internship projects, which ultimately resulted in the disposal of several hundred gross storage boxes, replaced by shiny new ones. It's been nearly 6 years since then! #museum30 #box
45 small cardboard boxes in different shades stacked on a narrow shelf before being disposed. Each box is closed with a slide-on lid. Accession numbers and other information can be seen written on some of the boxes, but most of it is illegible.
November 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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#QueerNature Tours are running today and tomorrow. Find out more: powell-cottonmuseum.org/event/queer-...
A blue sign in a black standing frame. The sign lists tour times for "Quex House Tour" and "Queer Nature", alongside the meeting point for each tour.
October 4, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Had a lovely evening at @linneansociety.bsky.social, listening to @aquadan1.bsky.social and generally being nerdy about #QueerNature, queer people in the sciences and why it's important to talk about both. Always great to hear different perspectives, Thank you! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
A presentation slide on light blue background. Along the left are 8 different Pride Flags, with each stripe containing an animal or plant. The text on the right side of the slide reads: Welcome to The Linnean Society Queer Ecology Evening.
September 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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A massive thank you to all the lovely people who joined a #QueerNature tour at the Powell-Cotton Museum over the last 2 weeks. Being able to share my work has been such a rewarding experience, I cannot wait to continue this project. Keep your eyes peeled for more Queer Nature in the future 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
Tourguide talking to a small group of adults, while children play in the background. All are in front of display cases with taxidermy animals and material culture. Tourguide talking to a group of 5 adults. They are standing in front of display cases of taxidermy animals and material culture.
August 18, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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As part of my Master's project at Uni Edinburgh, I developed "Queer Nature". The guided tour explores LGBTQ+ behaviours in animals, based on the dioramas at the Powell-Cotton Museum. Yesterday was the first time I presented it to a small audience, to prepare for its launch in August 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
3 people standing in front of a large, glass-covered diorama. Most of the photo has been blurred, the tour guide is the only one in focus. She is pointing at an animal in the diorama, the other two are watching closely.
July 5, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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There are many rubbish things going on in the world right now, so it was a nice change of pace to see many familiar faces come and celebrate Canterbury Pride 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
People gathering for a pride parade. Many wear colourful outfits and various pride flags are flying above the crowd. 6 stripe pride flown on Westgate Towers in Canterbury
June 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Sometimes what makes your day at work is a kid drawing a buffalo trophy head for you.
Drawing of a buffalo head, all done in brown pencil
May 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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My cousin's pre-teen sons informed me that I have a cool workplace (The Powell-Cotton museum). I tend to agree, but it's nice to have their discerning approval.
Gallery 2 at the Powell-Cotton museum. The background is taken by a large taxidermy diorama, covering an entire wall. The right front corner and left middle plane show some display cases made from dark wood and glass. Most of the image is the gallery's empty floor.
April 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Object cleaning may not be the most glamorous job in #Museums, but seeing the immediate effects is definitely satisfying.
A woman sitting at a desk that has been turned into an object cleaning station by placing extraction tubes, hoovers, cleaning brushes and wet wipes. She is wearing protective goggles, a mask, gloves and an apron, cleaning a small section of a spear. A section of a wooden staff, laid on plastic sheeting. The left side of the staff has been cleaned, on the right the dust deposit is making the staff seem lighter, clearly showing the cleaning progress.
December 16, 2024 at 5:49 PM
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New here, so to start this of *just* right, here's a picture of my parents cat, being ridiculously pretty.
A small, black and orange tabby cat with white socks, curled up on a red blanket
November 20, 2024 at 2:25 PM