September 2023
Object Title: Patagonian Toothfish Object Number: 2022.29 The South Georgia Museum Object of the Month for September Is a Patagonian Toothfish made from a cast of a large adult fish…
Object Title: Patagonian Toothfish Object Number: 2022.29 The South Georgia Museum Object of the Month for September Is a Patagonian Toothfish made from a cast of a large adult fish…
Object Title: Felt hat Object Number: 2017.4.1 Continuing the theme of hats, this month we look at a hat from the late 18th century collected from a shipwreck camp at…
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…
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,…
Object Title: Whaler’s Cap Object Number: 2021.1 There is something about this old tweed cap, with its frayed and stained lining from years of wear, which connects us to the…
Object Title: South Georgia Pipit Object Number: 2022.25 Our Object of the Month is the wonderful South Georgia Pipit, Anthus antarcticus. This tiny song bird is endemic to South Georgia…
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…
Object Title: Petrel blueprint Object Number: 2013.13 Our Object of the Month is a very fragile blueprint of a whale catcher called Petrel. A blueprint is a technical drawing, created…
Object Title: Copper plate etched with rabbit and penguin motif Object Number : 2022.43 This month’s object was chosen by Aoife McKenna, the Curatorial Intern for the 2022-23 museum season.…
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…