Author: Rebecca Lush
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We arrived in Amsterdam yesterday and have hit the ground running. This is my third time visiting Amsterdam, so I wanted to explore some more niche museums and sites. I am also so excited to finally see the tulip fields! Today, we visited two museums, one of which was Museum Vrolik, located within the Academisch…
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Today we travelled from Berlin to Hamburg to visit the Medizinhistorisches Museum or Medical Historical Museum Hamburg. The train from Berlin to Hamburg takes approximately two hours and runs through some pleasant scenery. As well as having an amazing medical history museum, Hamburg is a great city to explore. Definitely worth a day trip at…
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My experience at Med Uni Graz was truly incredible – a career highlight. The Department of Macroscopic and Clinical Anatomy team was so welcoming and taught me all about their teaching facilities and specimen collection. I have since left Graz and ventured on to Berlin. My first medical museum post-Graz has been the Berliner Medizinhistroische…
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I am so excited to be in Europe for the next month visiting Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, and England. Next week, I’m travelling to Graz, Austria, for a one-week Erasmus mobility grant awarded by my university, The University of Queensland, and the Medical University of Graz. I will be joining the anatomy department in Graz…
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I’ve spent the last week in Auckland attending the Australasian Institute of Anatomical Sciences conference. It was a fascinating conference, and I was grateful to have the opportunity to present on a current work project. I had a couple of free days before the conference so visited both the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki…
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I finally have the time to write another blog post about our recent trip to America. The focus for this post will be the Charleston Museum – America’s first museum (according to them). The museum is a short walk from the city centre but also has a small car park if you are driving. It’s…
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One type of heritage place that has been at the top of our itinerary for almost every city we’ve visited is historic cemeteries and graveyards. I’m excited to write about the ones we have explored. As well as a bit of context, I’ll also share whether or not we did a tour, walked around on…
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The final museum I’d like to review in New York is the Tenement Museum. As well as the Gilder Center (American Museum of Natural History), Tenement Museum, Ellis Island, and New York Historical Society, we visited the Whitney Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Museum of the Dog, and the 9/11 Memorial Museum. I’m glad we…
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A lot has happened since my last post. We left New York for Atlanta, spent a few days exploring Atlanta, and are now heading further south to Charleston and Savannah. There are a couple of museums and heritage places I still want to review from New York. And maybe one or two from Atlanta. For…
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As soon as we booked tickets for New York my Instagram algorithm bombarded me with videos and images of the newly opened (2023) Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation. This Center is a four-storey extension of the American Museum of Natural History, housing an insectarium, butterfly vivarium, and some displays that highlight the museum’s…
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