


Jubilee
Jubilee By Sophie Stevens, Collections and Learning Curator * Click on the photos below to visit our Collections Online database and discover more. * This year, the Queen will become the first British monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee. It marks the 70...
Mammoths
Mammoths By Sophie Stevens, Collections and Learning Curator * Click on the photos below to visit our Collections Online database and discover more about that object. * Some of my favourite specimens in the Colchester Natural Science collections are the mammoth...
Animal diversity of the Ice Age
Animal diversity of the Ice Age Ipswich Museum’s new published type and figured catalogue By Dr. Simon Jackson, Collections and Learning Curator, Ipswich Museums This February we have published online most of our collection of type and figured fossil specimens, which...
Patch Boxes
Patch Boxes By Dr Liz Tregenza * Click on the photos below to visit our Collections Online database and discover more. * In Colchester’s collection there are a fairly large number of small and tactile delicately painted boxes. Mostly made during the 18th...