News & Blogs

The museum team has been posting blogs on the museum website since  2007

Read them all here.

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...
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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...
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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 –...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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News coverage on South Georgia Museum full reopening

News coverage of the full reopening of the South Georgia Museum. The Museum is fully open and offering all its...
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September 2022: An early start to the museum season!

September 2022: An early start to the museum season! Travelling to such a remote island involves a lot of planning...
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Enjoy a more intimate view of South Georgia.

In a weekly series of Facebook posts, Jerome Viard is looking back on the six months he spent living and...
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South Georgia Museum launches a new website

A new website for the South Georgia Museum means that anyone, from anywhere around the world, can “visit” the museum...
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March 2020: Leaving South Georgia

LEAVING SOUTH GEORGIA March 2020 It was a different end to the season than anticipated; the Covid19 pandemic affecting even...
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February 2020: Curator Jayne and the importance of proper tea

CURATOR JAYNE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF PROPER TEA February 2020 When you see South Georgia for the first time, all...
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January 2020: Museum Assistant Hannah educates you in the local lingo

MUSEUM ASSISTANT HANNAH EDUCATES YOU IN THE LOCAL LINGO January 2020 As a language teacher in ‘real life’, I’ve become...
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