Happy 100th birthday to @davidattenborough 🎉
An inspiration to so many, here he is examining some of the Grant Museum amphibian specimens in 2014 as part of filming for ‘Attenborough’s Fabulous Frogs’ 🐸
🫙🔍 The Jar of Moles mystery… finally solved by AI!
After our CT scan adventures in earlier episodes, AI tools are used to count every mole – and other jarred specimens from the UCL Grant Museum of Zoology.
Secrets revealed, surprises ahead… and a cliffhanger that will leave you wanting more!
#museumscience #aiinresearch #ctscanning #naturalhistory #digitalheritage
Where are the moles?
You may have noticed an imposter jar of moles during your visit…
The glass jar of moles is currently on display in the UCL Wilkins Building in the free exhibition ‘Two Centuries Here’ celebrating 200 years of UCL.
Ask a member of staff if you need any help locating the real moles!
Swipe to see inside…
We recently scanned this freeze dried chameleon with our colleagues in the UCL Centre for Integrative Anatomy and we found an eggciting surprise!
We are excited to share that we have been shortlisted for Best Use of Digital in the 2026 @museumsandheritage Awards for our work on the World of Wasps exhibition.
Read more via link in bio. #MandHAwards #MandHShow
🫙🔍 Secrets Inside The Jars – Episode 2
Medical-grade CT scanners. Historic museum specimens.
Imaging specialists from UCL Hawkes Institute and UCL Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering team up with the UCL Grant Museum of Zoology to scan jarred specimens – revealing anatomy hidden for decades and pushing clinical imaging technology far beyond its clinical limits.
What happened when preservation met precision imaging?
What did the scans reveal?
Watch closely – some details only appear once!
#medicalimaging #ctscan #museumscience #digitalheritage #sciencereels
We have now wrapped up our World of Wasps exhibition. It’s been great sharing their extraordinarily complex social structures, and celebrating their importance in our ecosystem. #GMZWasps
Last chance to see our World of Wasps exhibition, available to view until 24 January! Zoom inside a virtual wasp’s nest and see their life as master architects, pest controllers and pollinators. #GMZWasps
Wasps are extraordinary animals living within complex social structures. Zoom inside a virtual nest and experience their homes, lifestyles and relationships at our exhibition - World of Wasps, until 24 January.
Link in bio for more information. #GMZWasps
What’s missing from natural history collections? @_mariadragoi , @UCL Museum Studies alumna and current PhD candidate, discusses her research into the @grantmuseumucl ’s entomology collection and the importance of interpreting collections through a decolonial lens.
Link in bio for more information.
🧪🫙🐾 A jar full of moles. A team of engineers. And one very curious museum.
In Episode 1 of our new series, we go behind the scenes at the UCL Grant Museum of Zoology to explore an unexpected collaboration between science and heritage.
Why is a CT scanner involved? What secrets lie sealed in jars?
Watch to find out 👀
🔍 #UCL #UCLEngineering #UCLGrantMuseum #UCLLCCOS #GlassJarOfMoles #UCLResearch #UCLMedPhysEng #MedicalImaging #ScienceAndCulture #DigitalPreservation #InterdisciplinaryResearch
