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We invite you to learn more about our team and our work. Through our social media and blogs you can discover the stories and activities of our work on island. Together, we strive to inspire a sense of wonder and responsibility for the planet we all share, whilst encouraging responsible travel and tourism. Join us on our journey...

October 2023 Museum Blog – Any journey to South Georgia is a bit of an epic, and this year proved to be no different!
October 2023 Museum Blog – Any journey to South Georgia is a bit of an epic, and this year proved to be no different!

Any journey to South Georgia is a bit of an epic, and this year proved to be no different! Setting off from Brize Norton, Oxford, in the wee small hours of a late-September morning, were Curator Jayne, Retail Manager Lauren and SGHT Director SG Deirdre.

New way to search the SG Museum Collection
New way to search the SG Museum Collection

Discover the story of South Georgia by using the new search function that makes it easy to search all the historic objects in the South Georgia Museum Collections. The search function on the South Georgia Museum website is user friendly and multi-layered to make it

Capturing the Human Stories of Whaling
Capturing the Human Stories of Whaling

Announcing the launch of The Whalers’ Memory Bank – a digital platform collecting and sharing important whaling social history. With thanks to funding from the UK National Lottery Heritage Fund, SGHT announced today the start of a major project capturing the human stories of ex-whalers

March 2023 Museum Blog – On South Georgia, time has a habit of getting away from you
March 2023 Museum Blog – On South Georgia, time has a habit of getting away from you

South Georgia Museum Blog – March 2023 On South Georgia, time has a habit of getting away from you – and this season has been no different. One moment the team were arriving on the island, and the next we were busy deep-cleaning and packing

February 2023 Museum Blog – BUSYNESS, BIRTHDAYS AND BUGS!
February 2023 Museum Blog – BUSYNESS, BIRTHDAYS AND BUGS!

February Blog by Helen Balfour (Museum Assistant) BUSYNESS, BIRTHDAYS AND BUGS!   When reading all of the previous blogs that my colleagues have written, we always reflect on how busy the months have been, and February is no exception to this. This month began with

January 2023 Museum Blog – Happy New Year!
January 2023 Museum Blog – Happy New Year!

January 2023 Museum Blog – Happy New Year! Happy New Year from the SGHT Gritvyken team! January has seen fewer visitors at Grytviken which has given us the opportunity to tackle some essential museum maintenance. We are lucky to have a vast space in Grytviken

December 2022 Museum Christmas Blog
December 2022 Museum Christmas Blog

December 2022 Museum Christmas Blog by Aoife McKenna, Curatorial Assistant December already! It certainly crept up on us down in South Georgia. With over a thousand visitors to the museum, a bustling social events calendar, and the peak of Fur Seal mating season, we had

November 2022 Museum Blog: Our first full month as a whole team
November 2022 Museum Blog: Our first full month as a whole team

November was our first full month as a whole team and we have already attended weddings together, witnessed births and successfully moved house! Let me introduce you to my new Family of the Southern Hemisphere : Aoife: (Museum Intern) Whaling station tour leader extraordinaire and

October 2022 Museum Blog: October started with the first elephant seal pup being born on the track to Grytviken
October 2022 Museum Blog: October started with the first elephant seal pup being born on the track to Grytviken

Top Image: Male elephant seal using a pipe on the track as a pillow October started with the first elephant seal pup being born on the track to Grytviken and for the next few weeks we were treated to watching it grow on our daily