Collecting marine mammals

Resource type

Blog post

Creator (person)

Hantke, Georg

Date published

February 19, 2021

Abstract

Our natural sciences collection includes an internationally significant collection of marine mammals. In this post, Curatorial Preparator Georg Hantke explores how that collection continues to grow and how it informs new understanding of the whales, dolphins and porpoises found around the coasts of Scotland.

Publisher

National Museums Scotland

Place of publication

Edinburgh

Official URL

https://blog.nms.ac.uk/2021/02/19/collecting-marine-mammals/

Related URL

https://www.nms.ac.uk/collections-research/collections-departments/natural-sciences-department/news/truesly-amazing-whale-discovery/

https://www.nms.ac.uk/national-museum-of-scotland/things-to-see-and-do/past-exhibitions/scotland-s-precious-seas/

https://www.nms.ac.uk/collections-research/collections-departments/natural-sciences/vertebrate-biology/

https://blog.nms.ac.uk/search/hantke

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