News & Blogs
The museum team has been posting blogs on the museum website since 2007
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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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December 2019: Museum Assistant Jerome on snoozy ellies and ill tempered fur seals
MUSEUM ASSISTANT JEROME ON SNOOZY ELLIES AND ILL TEMPERED FUR SEALS December 2019 December is the month when fur seal...
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November 2019: Taking pride in our work
TAKING PRIDE IN OUR WORK November 2019 Caitlin, the Fundraising Assistant, reports on the November activites at the South Georgia...
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October 2019: A crisp start to the season
A CRISP START TO THE SEASON October 2019 L to R: Caitlin, Pat, Jayne and Hannah ready to raise the...
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