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November 2014: Curator Deirdre starts tackling her huge range of tasks
November 2014: Curator Deirdre starts tackling her huge range of tasks

CURATOR DEIRDRE STARTS TACKLING HER HUGE RANGE OF TASKS Another month has flown by here at the museum! The elephant seal (ellie) pups are getting fatter, the fur seals have been arriving, and we’ve been busier than ever! As the Curatorial Intern this year, I

October 2014: A new museum team arrive ready for a busy summer ahead
October 2014: A new museum team arrive ready for a busy summer ahead

A NEW MUSEUM TEAM ARRIVE READY FOR A BUSY SUMMER AHEAD It’s a new season with a new team at the South Georgia Museum and all has started in fine style. The number of cruise ships visiting this season is substantially up on last season:

May 2014: Appeal for photographs of Stores in Grytviken Whaling Station Can you help the South Georgia Museum with your old photographs?
May 2014: Appeal for photographs of Stores in Grytviken Whaling Station Can you help the South Georgia Museum with your old photographs?

CAN YOU HELP THE SOUTH GEORGIA MUSEUM WITH YOUR OLD PHOTOGRAPHS? POSTED MAY 29TH 2014 The South Georgia Museum are looking for photos taken inside the old whaling stations stores at Grytviken Whaling Station before 1982…namely the Engineering Workshop and the Main Store (Magasinet). These

February 2014: Museum Assistant Josie Clark on film crews, yacht visitors, pipits and whales.
February 2014: Museum Assistant Josie Clark on film crews, yacht visitors, pipits and whales.

MUSEUM ASSISTANT JOSIE CLARK ON FILM CREWS, YACHT VISITORS, PIPITS AND WHALES… Greetings from a sunny South Georgia! Believe it or not we’ve had some really hot… yes, I did say hot… days this month! It’s also been a much quieter month on the cruise

January 2014: Museum Assistant Kris Allan on the events of January at the South Georgia Museum.
January 2014: Museum Assistant Kris Allan on the events of January at the South Georgia Museum.

MUSEUM ASSISTANT KRIS ALLAN ON THE EVENTS OF JANUARY AT THE SOUTH GEORGIA MUSEUM Greetings from a sunny South Georgia!Looking back to the start of January it’s hard to believe how many guests we welcomed through the Museum doors! We had a very busy, but

December 2013: ‘Tis The Season!
December 2013: ‘Tis The Season!

‘TIS THE SEASON! The weather in South Georgia is truly bizarre; one moment there isn’t a cloud in the sky and the next moment there are dense swirls of snow whipping down the valleys. (I suspect that it is this bewildering changeability of the weather

9 Dec 2013: Albatross raises funds for South Georgia’s birds – South Georgia Museum auctions stunning albatross sculpture.
9 Dec 2013: Albatross raises funds for South Georgia’s birds – South Georgia Museum auctions stunning albatross sculpture.

SOUTH GEORGIA MUSEUM AUCTIONS STUNNING ALBATROSS SCULPTURE Sculptor Anthony Smith who is volunteering at the museum this season has generously donated a superb bronze of an albatross to the SGHT Habitat Restoration project. The albatross will be auctioned during the 2013/14 season to raise funds

November 2013 Getting going for the new season.
November 2013 Getting going for the new season.

GETTING GOING FOR THE NEW SEASON It has been almost exactly a month since I, Suzanne, and our two Museum Assistants, Josie and Kris, arrived at Grytviken. It was a long journey down – one which involved a day’s drive from Dundee to Oxfordshire, two

March 2013: Louise survives another storm and it is goodbye to the museum team.
March 2013: Louise survives another storm and it is goodbye to the museum team.

LOUISE SURVIVES ANOTHER STORM AND IT IS GOODBYE TO THE MUSEUM TEAM The summer tourist season is tailing off, with five cruise ship visits in March and just a couple more to the end of the season. The last one will be Plancius on April 7th. That