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…
April 2023
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…
March 2023
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 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…
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…
February 2023
Object Title: Steel rivet. This month, in celebration of the opening of the Grytviken Main Store to visitors, our object of the month will focus on an item that…
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,…
January 2023
Object of the month: Endurance22 Tribute. January’s Object of the Month was left on South Georgia by a very special team of people. On 5th March 2022, the Endurance22…
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…
December 2022
Object of the Month December 2022 Crampons worn on the first ascent of the highest mountain on South Georgia Object Title: Crampons Object Number : 2015.3 These crampons…
