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HUMANIMALS SEASON
Date: 18 January - 20th March | Location: Grant Museum of Zoology |
The influence animals and humans have on each other is enormous. This Season at the Grant Museum of Zoology we will be exploring the interactions between animals and humans. Through classic film nights, lectures, discussions and hands-on workshops we will investigate human concepts in the animal world, and animals venturing into the human world. We’ve got a lot to learn from the cross-over.
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HUMANIMALS FAMILY ACTIVITY DAY
Date: 28 January | Time: 11:30am-4pm | Location: Grant Museum of Zoology, Rockefeller Building, University College London, University Street, WC1E 6DE |Price: Free. There is no need to book | Age group: Family activities, but the Museum is suitable for all ages |
How much of an animal are you? Through our hands-on specimen-based activities we will be investigating how humans and animals are linked. Come and build a skeleton from real bones and see just how similar we are? Discover how we have benefited from animals and how we threaten to destroy them.
Part of the Humanimals Season at the Grant Museum. Admission is free and there is no need to book. |
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ART BY ANIMALS
Date: 1 February-9 March | Time: Mon-Fri 1-5pm | Location: Grant Museum of Zoology, Rockefeller Building, University College London, University Street, WC1E 6DE | Price: Free. There is no need to book | Age group: All |
Do animals make art? This exhibition includes paintings by apes and elephants and examines whether they are artistic works or just pointless lines on a page.
Placing their handiwork alongside animal specimens and historical documentation we explore why some animal creations are considered valuable and creative, while others are dismissed as meaningless. Part of the Humanimals Season at the Grant Museum. Admission is free and there is no need to book. |
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GET A GRIP: A HANDS-ON HISTORY OF HANDS
Date: 2 February | Time: 6.30pm | Location: Grant Museum of Zoology, Rockefeller Building, University College London, University Street, WC1E 6DE |Price: Free, but booking is essential at Eventbrite | Age group: Adults |
Join Grant Museum zoologists Jack Ashby and Mark Carnall as they unravel the story of the hand, paw, hoof, fin and flipper.
The evolution of hands has been argued to have kick-started the development of humans. In a light-hearted exploration of the history of the things at the ends of arms, the Museum’s amazing specimens will be used to explain the incredible role they have played in the evolution of life today. Following the workshop a free glass of wine will be served. Part of the Humanimals Season at the Grant Museum. The event is free but booking in advance at eventbrite is essential:http://historyofhands.eventbrite.com/ |
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NATURE’S BEST INVENTIONS – HALF TERM ACTIVITIES
Date: 13–17 February | Time: Drop in 1-5pm | Location: Grant Museum of Zoology, Rockefeller Building, University College London, University Street, WC1E 6DE | Price: Free. There is no need to book | Age group: Family activities, but the Museum is suitable for all ages |
Get your hands on some of the Museum’s most amazing specimens as we investigate the incredible structures that animals have evolved. Just as buildings are designed with every column and beam in the right place, a vast number of odd animal adaptations have evolved to fulfill a specific purpose. Discover trident-shaped teeth, hammer-shaped heads and needle-shaped gnashers.
Part of the Humanimals Season at the Grant Museum. Admission is free and there is no need to book. |
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ANIMAL MAGNETISM – VALENTINE’S DAY AT THE GRANT MUSEUM
Date: 14 February | Time: Drop-in 5.30-8pm | Location: Grant Museum of Zoology, Rockefeller Building, University College London, University Street, WC1E 6DE | Price: £4 payable on the door. Includes a glass of wine or a soft drink | Age group: Adult |
Whether you’re looking for love or heading out to a romantic dinner, join us for a glass of wine and discover how seduction is done in the animal world. Come and find just how big a heart can get, which animals play a role in romantic human superstitions and see how far creatures will go to get the girl in this one night only exhibition. A special evening drinks reception with unusual specimen labels for this amorous occasion.
Part of the Humanimals Season at the Grant Museum. There is no need to book. |
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STRANGE CREATURES: UCL ART MUSEUM POPS-UP AT THE GRANT
Date: 23 February | Time: Drop in 1-2pm | Location: Grant Museum of Zoology, Rockefeller Building, University College London, University Street, WC1E 6DE |Price: Free. There is no need to book | Age group: All |
Huge volumes of art have been produced with representations of animals, but not all are particularly accurate. Historically, artists may have never seen the creature they depicted and mythological and religious themes allow for the creation of some truly strange creatures. Take this chance to see these intriguing works and more contemporary creations from UCL Art Museum amongst the strange, but real, creatures in the Grant Museum.
Part of the Humanimals Season at the Grant Museum. This event is running alongside the Art by Animals exhibition – you can see creations by animals as well as depictions of animals by humans. This event is free and there is no need to book. |
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SCIENCE FICTION; SCIENCE FUTURE: A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT’S AROUND THE CORNER
Date: 1 March | Time: 6pm | Location: JZ Young Theatre, Anatomy Building, University College London, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT | Price: Free - there is no need to book | Age group: Adults |
Everyone worries about the future. What’s going to happen? What can we do about it? In his Rough Guide to the Future, Jon Turney explores past, present, and future approaches to the “what’s next?” His guide was short-listed for the 2011 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books. Join us for an evening of conversation with the author and an expert panel of science historians and scientists who also study future-ology. Bring along your ideas about how we might best think about the future.
Following the event join us for a free glass of wine in a private view of the Museum. |
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MICE PEOPLE: CULTURES OF SCIENCE
Date: 7 March | Time: 6.30pm | Location: JZ Young Theatre, Anatomy Building, University College London, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT | Price: Free. There is no need to book | Age group: Adults |
Join Dr Gail Davies (UCL Geography) as she explores the world inhabited by animal researchers with former geneticist Dr Steve Cross (Head of Public Engagement, UCL). What cultures have developed around scientists who work with laboratory mice? In this candid discussion discover how Davies’ ethnographic approach to the practice of modern science has uncovered some intriguing findings about the humans involved.
Part of the Humanimals Season at the Grant Museum. Admission is free and there is no need to book. |
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FOSSIL FORAGE: NATIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING WEEK ACTIVITIES
Date: 10 March | Time: 11am-4pm | Location: Grant Museum of Zoology, Rockefeller Building, University College London, University Street, WC1E 6DE |Price: Free. There is no need to book | Age group: Family activities, but the Museum is suitable for all ages |
Take this chance to visit the Grant Museum on the weekend with an amazing opportunity to sieve through our genuine fossil-rich sediment from a time when London was patrolled by sharks and rays. Find a 50 million year old shark's tooth and take it home!
Come to the Grant Museum of Zoology and see what you can find in a day of free hands-on activities for the whole family. Explore the amazing fossils from prehistoric creatures with our interactive specimen-based games. Admission is free and there is no need to book. |
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BURIED ON CAMPUS
Date: 19 March–13 July | Time: 1-5pm | Location: Grant Museum of Zoology, Rockefeller Building, University College London, University Street, WC1E 6DE |Price: Free. There is no need to book | Age group: All |
A huge mass of human bones was discovered in UCL during construction work in 2010. This installation displays the investigations undertaken to discover what they are and why they were buried. Remains of at least 84 individual people and many animals have been identified. Uncover where they came from and what we can learn from them in this unusual exhibition co-curated by UCL forensic anatomists and osteologists.
Admission is free and there is no need to book. |
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THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS (1953) ON THE BIG SCREEN
Date: 20 March | Time: 6.30pm | Location: JZ Young Theatre, Anatomy Building, University College London, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT | Price: Free. There is no need to book | Age group: Adults |
This dinosaur classic follows a terrifying beast accidentally resurrected following nuclear testing as it rampages through America. It is said to be one of the inspirations for Godzilla. The trailers ask “Are we delving into mysteries we weren't meant to know?", “Who know what waits for us in nature's no-man's land?"
Any fan of dinosaurs, films, 1950s melodrama and monsters rising from the ocean can’t afford to miss this legendary masterpiece. Film buff and science historian Dr Joe Cain (UCL Science and Technology Studies) will introduce the film. Part of the Humanimals Season at the Grant Museum. Admission is free and there is no need to book. |
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EASTER EGG-LAYING ANIMALS
Date: 2-4 April | Time: Drop in 1-5pm | Location: Grant Museum of Zoology, Rockefeller Building, University College London, University Street, WC1E 6DE |Price: Free. There is no need to book | Age group: Family activities, but the Museum is suitable for all ages |
For the Easter holidays the Grant Museum is exploring the wonderful world of eggy animals. From penguins to platypuses, sharks to snails and bullfrogs to butterflies, our fantastic specimen-based activities will investigate the best shells and spawn. Come and unscramble our games and whip up some eggcitement with our amazing animal specimens. Part of the Humanimals Season at the Grant Museum. Admission is free and there is no need to book.
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EASTER EGG-LAYING ANIMALS
Date: 12-13 April | Time: Drop in 1-5pm | Location: Grant Museum of Zoology, Rockefeller Building, University College London, University Street, WC1E 6DE |Price: Free. There is no need to book | Age group: Family activities, but the Museum is suitable for all ages |
For the Easter holidays the Grant Museum is exploring the wonderful world of eggy animals. From penguins to platypuses, sharks to snails and bullfrogs to butterflies, our fantastic specimen-based activities will investigate the best shells and spawn. Come and unscramble our games and whip up some eggcitement with our amazing animal specimens. Part of the Humanimals Season at the Grant Museum. Admission is free and there is no need to book.
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