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Discover stories from our collections, work, research, and events. Warning: may contain absolute units.

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Alison Hilton
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Published Date
December 18, 2015

Explore Your Archive: Interview with Guy Baxter, University Archivist

Whitney, our marketing volunteer, has been continuing her exploration of the world of archives in an interview with University Archivist, Guy…

Author
Alison Hilton
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Published Date
December 16, 2015

Is this a garden or a teeny tiny farm?

Science engagement officer, Robyn Hopcroft, provides an update on our sugar beet growing project. It’s National Gardening Week, and at…

Author
Alison Hilton
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Published Date
December 16, 2015

Discovering the Landscape: Student bursary winners announced

We are delighted to announce that Moa Carlsson and Tianyi Jiang have been awarded Landscape Student Travel Bursaries. The purpose…

Author
Alison Hilton
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Published Date
December 15, 2015

Students take over!

This update from our Activity Plan team is written by Rachael Rogers, who has been a member of the MERL Student…

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Alison Hilton
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Published Date
December 4, 2015

#merlshopisopen : Christmas!

Author
Alison Hilton
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Published Date
November 26, 2015

Discovering the Landscape #21: 2000 books now catalogued!

Author
Alison Hilton
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Published Date
November 20, 2015

Explore Your Archive: Rats in the archives

Professor of Social and Cultural History at Leeds Trinity University, Karen Sayer is our Gwyn E. Jones Fellow exploring rat control in…

Author
Alison Hilton
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Published Date
November 20, 2015

Explore Your Archive: Interview with our Photographic Assistant

Continuing her exploration of the world of archiving, Whitney talks to Photographic Assistant, Caroline Benson about her role. 1. What is…

Author
Alison Hilton
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Published Date
November 19, 2015

Explore Your Archive: People Stories – Jean Young

One of the many topics we will be exploring in the museum’s new displays is rural healthcare. Our latest blog…