This year has been a riotous 365 days of wolves in dresses, spiral poo, and googly-eyed owls, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. We’ve had more articles (up by *84%* on 2016) (that number surely requires bold text), more comments, more feedback, and most importantly- more authors than ever before. The NatSCA blog is clearly the place to find stupendous stories, pretty pictures, wondrous wisdom, and… alluring alliteration it seems. To round up 2017, we have identified the top ten most read blogs of 2017, and, because we are super nice, we have even included links to save you searching for them and facilitate your viewing pleasure. You’re welcome, enjoy, and…
Happy New Year to you all!
The top ten most read blogs in 2017:
1- The curious life of a museum curator
2- Neither a Borrower Nor a Lender Be?
3- Stirring the hornet’s nest – are natural science collections even legal?
4- National Gorilla Day! (or Racist Skeletons in our Closets)
5- Private Bone/Taxidermy Collection: The Good, The Bad and The Illegal
7- Top Ten Most Read Blogs of 2016 (curiously)
8- It’s All In The Subconscious
9- Making Nature; at Wellcome Collection
10- What is a museum curator made of? Slugs and snails and puppy dog tails, and then some…
The number of blogs that have been published through NatSCA this year is the highest we’ve ever had, but next year we want to beat that record so do get in touch with your idea/s if you would like to submit an article to us. You don’t have to be a professional in natural history, as blogs are relatively informal by nature (no pun intended), it just needs to be related to a natural sciences subject which, let’s face it, with the right twist can encompass just about anything. So drop us an email, or peruse the guidelines and then send us a submission; blog@natsca.org. We look forward to hearing from you after you’ve recovered from the turkey and mince pies.
Written by Dr Emma-Louise Nicholls, Deputy Keeper of Natural History at the Horniman Museum and Gardens and NatSCA Blog Manager.
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