Comments on: Nature’s Warehouse http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/12/natures-warehouse/ A blog about life, past and future. Written by DISCOVER contributing editor and columnist Carl Zimmer. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:00:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: PostNatural History | The Loom | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/12/natures-warehouse/comment-page-1/#comment-16166 PostNatural History | The Loom | Discover Magazine Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:05:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/12/natures-warehouse/#comment-16166 [...] after the actual event. The crowd was loaded with artists (for example, the wonderful photographer Justine Cooper) giving serious, interesting thought to how we think about science, and how science changes how we [...] [...] after the actual event. The crowd was loaded with artists (for example, the wonderful photographer Justine Cooper) giving serious, interesting thought to how we think about science, and how science changes how we [...]

]]> By: Karen James http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/12/natures-warehouse/comment-page-1/#comment-14726 Karen James Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:27:33 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/12/natures-warehouse/#comment-14726 Both the slide show and the article are brilliant, both in their contents and in their compositions. I count myself very fortunate to work in the Natural History Museum in London and not a day goes by when I don't wish I had more time ...time to wander around with my camera, photographing the same sorts of multi-layered, beautifully quirky scenes that you have captured so well here. Just the other day I found myself looking at a small, freestanding sign that had clearly once belonged somewhere else but had been moved into a hallway for disposal. It said, simply, "spirit building" and had an arrow pointing away down a generic-looking corridor, leading even further into the bowels of the museum. You've got me thinking I should perhaps start a new series of blog posts along these lines... Both the slide show and the article are brilliant, both in their contents and in their compositions. I count myself very fortunate to work in the Natural History Museum in London and not a day goes by when I don’t wish I had more time …time to wander around with my camera, photographing the same sorts of multi-layered, beautifully quirky scenes that you have captured so well here. Just the other day I found myself looking at a small, freestanding sign that had clearly once belonged somewhere else but had been moved into a hallway for disposal. It said, simply, “spirit building” and had an arrow pointing away down a generic-looking corridor, leading even further into the bowels of the museum. You’ve got me thinking I should perhaps start a new series of blog posts along these lines…

]]> By: casey jane http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/12/natures-warehouse/comment-page-1/#comment-14662 casey jane Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:18:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/12/natures-warehouse/#comment-14662 Truly eerie! Not only are the organisms and artifacts plucked out of their natural environment, but they have not yet fulfilled the museum purpose. In limbo. As the photographer says, "The objects are not just scientific objects, but wrapped in cultural tissue." Truly eerie! Not only are the organisms and artifacts plucked out of their natural environment, but they have not yet fulfilled the museum purpose. In limbo. As the photographer says, “The objects are not just scientific objects, but wrapped in cultural tissue.”

]]> By: Fenella Saunders http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/12/natures-warehouse/comment-page-1/#comment-14651 Fenella Saunders Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:13:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/12/natures-warehouse/#comment-14651 One of my grad advisors is at that museum, so I've spent far more time up in the labs than in the actual public museum. There is a ton of stuff just all over the place, in hallways because there's no other spot for it. But I think the coolest spot of all is above the ceiling in the main hall. If you can get up there, you can see through the lights down on everything. With a single key you used to be able to get all over the back hallways, but now with new electronic locks it's a lot harder. One of my grad advisors is at that museum, so I’ve spent far more time up in the labs than in the actual public museum. There is a ton of stuff just all over the place, in hallways because there’s no other spot for it. But I think the coolest spot of all is above the ceiling in the main hall. If you can get up there, you can see through the lights down on everything. With a single key you used to be able to get all over the back hallways, but now with new electronic locks it’s a lot harder.

]]> By: Anne H http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/12/natures-warehouse/comment-page-1/#comment-14650 Anne H Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:26:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/12/natures-warehouse/#comment-14650 What a terrific slide show. Thanks for posting it. What a terrific slide show. Thanks for posting it.

]]> By: Romeo Vitelli http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/12/natures-warehouse/comment-page-1/#comment-14649 Romeo Vitelli Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:17:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/12/natures-warehouse/#comment-14649 What is the current status of the human remains in the Museum's collection? What is the current status of the human remains in the Museum’s collection?

]]> By: Bob O'H http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/12/natures-warehouse/comment-page-1/#comment-14648 Bob O'H Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:54:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/02/12/natures-warehouse/#comment-14648 Oh wow. Imagine being allowed to rummage through that lot as your job. I've got a friend in Invertebrate Zoology there who does just that. They're struggling with their finances at the moment - there have been a bunch of redundancies, including scientific staff, and probably more next year. Oh wow. Imagine being allowed to rummage through that lot as your job. I’ve got a friend in Invertebrate Zoology there who does just that.

They’re struggling with their finances at the moment – there have been a bunch of redundancies, including scientific staff, and probably more next year.

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