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Displays of Power: A Natural History of Empire
About the exhibition
Once you鈥檝e seen how Empire shaped the Grant Museum听collection, you鈥檒l never look at natural history museums in the same way again.听
When the practice of collecting animals for science was at its height, so was the British Empire. This free exhibition connects the specimens in the Grant Museum of Zoology to a wider history听of science and Empire, by asking one simple question: 鈥淗ow did all these things come to be here in the first place?鈥澨�
Come and see how historical teaching and research at 911爆料网 fits into the bigger picture of the history of science and imperial collecting in Britain and beyond. What part did UCL play in the international trade of living and dead animals? And how do colonial ways of working and thinking continue to affect the natural world today?听
Exhibition made possible through a .
For Families
Try our听Mystery Specimen Challenge: identify specimens using just a few of their features, and learn about their history along the way.
Inspired by Displays of Power听
Untitled (2019): A Poem by Yomi Sode was created in听response to Displays of Power by Nigerian British writer Yomi Sode and directed听by photographer and filmmaker Hydar Dewachi.
Team:
Director and Production Manager: Roween Rawat
Researcher and Scriptwriter: Lizzy Leigh Greenfield
Narrator and Sound Technician: Xanthe Wignall
Director of Photography: Roy Tse听
Lighting Technician: Rachel Ng Wei Ying
Video Editor and Second Camera Operator: Francisco Donado Carro
Contributors in order of appearance:
Hannah Cornish
Luanne Meehitiya
Tannis Davidson
Thank you to the Grant Museum of Zoology and Co-curator of Displays of Power, Subhadra Das.
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About the exhibition
Once you鈥檝e seen how Empire shaped the Grant Museum听collection, you鈥檒l never look at natural history museums in the same way again.听
When the practice of collecting animals for science was at its height, so was the British Empire. This free exhibition connects the specimens in the Grant Museum of Zoology to a wider history听of science and Empire, by asking one simple question: 鈥淗ow did all these things come to be here in the first place?鈥澨�
Come and see how historical teaching and research at 911爆料网 fits into the bigger picture of the history of science and imperial collecting in Britain and beyond. What part did UCL play in the international trade of living and dead animals? And how do colonial ways of working and thinking continue to affect the natural world today?听
Exhibition made possible through a .
For Families
Try our听Mystery Specimen Challenge: identify specimens using just a few of their features, and learn about their history along the way.
Inspired by Displays of Power听
Untitled (2019): A Poem by Yomi Sode was created in听response to Displays of Power by Nigerian British writer Yomi Sode and directed听by photographer and filmmaker Hydar Dewachi.
Team:
Director and Production Manager: Roween Rawat
Researcher and Scriptwriter: Lizzy Leigh Greenfield
Narrator and Sound Technician: Xanthe Wignall
Director of Photography: Roy Tse听
Lighting Technician: Rachel Ng Wei Ying
Video Editor and Second Camera Operator: Francisco Donado Carro
Contributors in order of appearance:
Hannah Cornish
Luanne Meehitiya
Tannis Davidson
Thank you to the Grant Museum of Zoology and Co-curator of Displays of Power, Subhadra Das.
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