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Reflecting the Now: Project Management and Contemporary Collecting in a Multi-disciplinary Museum

open access: yesMuseum & Society, 2018
Nearly two million visitors a year will pass through the new permanent galleries of the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. This article reflects on the planning and collecting that presaged their redevelopment in the context of twenty-first ...
Samuel J M M Alberti   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Observation of a black‐cheeked waxbill (Brunhilda charmosyna) cleaning a Kirk’s dik‐dik (Madoqua kirkii)

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, 2022
The vast majority of interspecific interactions are competitive or exploitative. Yet, some positive interspecies interactions exist, where one (commensalism) or both (mutualism) species benefit.
Brendah Nyaguthii   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Description of a new genus and three new species of the family Palpimanidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Kenya [PDF]

open access: yesAfrican Invertebrates, 2020
A new genus and three new species of the spider family Palpimanidae Thorell, 1870 from Kenya are described. Sceliscelis Oketch & Li, gen. nov.
Ambata D. Oketch   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Checklist of the spiders (Araneae) of Kenya [PDF]

open access: yesAfrican Invertebrates, 2021
A checklist of 805 spider species and subspecies belonging to 57 families described and/or reported from Kenya up to 31 December 2018 is provided. Species distribution within Kenya is given according to counties and specific localities.
Grace M. Kioko   +4 more
doaj   +3 more sources

First record for Malawi of Kenrick’s Starling (Poeoptera kenricki Shelley, 1894) (Aves: Sturnidae) [PDF]

open access: yesCheck List, 2015
We report on the first record of Kenrick’s Starling for Malawi. A flock of more than 150 birds was observed in the Misuku Hills in far northern Malawi; two individuals were collected for voucher specimens and deposited in museum collections.
Joshua Engel   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Embedding civil engagement in museums [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Initiatives over the last decade on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond have sought to reposition museums at the heart of their communities as agents for civil engagement.
Black, G
core   +1 more source

Collecting the personal: stories of domestic energy and everyday life at the National Museum of Scotland

open access: yesScience Museum Group Journal, 2018
Energise is one of ten award-winning new galleries at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. Aimed at a family audience, it explores the sources, generation, distribution and use of energy and questions how science and technology may transform how
Elsa Cox   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Museums of Łódź as an Element of Tourism Space and the Connection between Museums and the City’s Tourism Image [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This article deals with the museum potential of Łódź. The first sections describe the kinds and significance of museums, their location in the city and the attractiveness of their collections, premises and organized events.
Krakowiak, Beata
core   +1 more source

When the River Began—The Formation of River Motala Ström and Human Presence in the Early Holocene, Sweden

open access: yesQuaternary, 2020
In conjunction with the extensive archaeological projects conducted at the current outlet of Sweden’s second largest lake, Lake Vättern, macrofossil, pollen and diatom records have been studied from 14C-dated lake and river sediments from River Motala ...
Jonas Bergman   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The first report of Nervilia lilacea Jum. & H. Perrier (Orchidaceae, Epidendroideae) from Kenya and the Northern Hemisphere [PDF]

open access: yesPhytoKeys, 2019
Nervilia lilacea is recorded from Kenya as well as the Northern Hemisphere for the first time. A plate of ink drawing and a distribution map are provided based on the new collection.
Jing Tian   +5 more
doaj   +3 more sources

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