Scott Polar Research Institute, home to... Polar research - The Polar Museum - The Polar Library - The Thomas H. Manning Archive - The SPRI Picture Library
Cambridge, England
Joined January 2011
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A great article about some of the work we've been doing building connections between communities and objects in the Polar Museum:
ccc.cam.ac.uk/blog/inuit-mat…
Thank you Dr Elizabeth Walsh and Corina Qaaġraq Kramer!
Join Scott Polar Research Institute's very own Dr Rebecca Dell at 12.30pm on Tuesday 13th May for a live alumni webinar: 'Melting Ice & Rising Seas: How Cambridge research is deepening our understanding of climate challenges'
alumni.cam.ac.uk/events/the-…
Join the Friends of @scottpolar at the @RGS_IBG on Tues 3rd June 2025, for a special fundraising event honouring the life of polar pioneer Prof. David Vaughan OBE FRGS.
Doors open 6.30pm for a 7.30pm start
£25 per person⬇️
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Great new exhibition of former Friends of @scottpolar Artists in Residence, opened this evening by Captain Scott’s granddaughter, artist Dafila Scott.
My yearning continues!
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Can't join us in the evening? Visit during the day to 'meet' Mary Anning @SedgwickMuseum, learn about penguins @scottpolar, join a Discovery Day @CamTechMuseum, or go on Crazy Cone Caper @CUBotanicGarden.
See all events: museums.cam.ac.uk/whats-on (3/3) #TwilightAtTheMuseums
ALT A hands draws a white penguin outline on black paper, flanked by illustrations of penguins from Captain Scott and Shackleton.
ALT Two boys hold pine cones in the Botanic Garden.
ALT A woman wearing a shawl and red neck ribbon holds an ammonite fossil in her hand, above a woven basket.
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🌍 New SCAR Visiting Scholar Report! ❄️
Prof. Silvia Dotta (@UFABC) visited @scottpolar to explore polar education in museums, share insights from Brazil & spark new collaborations.
Full report: scar.org/scar-news/dotta-vis…
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Interested in polar archives?
A workshop on establishing a Polar Archive Network is set for 17–18 March 2025 at the @scottpolar (Cambridge, UK & online) to shape a Polar Archive Network & draft a SCAR action group proposal.
Register by 28 Feb: scar.org/scar-news/archive-w…
If you missed Polar Museum Curator, Dr David Waterhouse talking to @michaelastracha on 'Ice Age: apocalypse/a frozen world' on @channel5_tv on Sunday, then you can catch up here:
channel5.com/show/ice-age-ap…
Make sure you're watching @channel5_tv on Sunday (9th Feb) at 7.30pm!
Our Polar Museum Curator, Dr David Waterhouse features in 'Ice Age: apocalypse' both on screen and as one of the mini-series' consultants.
channel5.com/show/ice-age-ap…
Please vote for the Polar Museum!🐧🐻❄️
Our People’s Choice Best Tourist Attraction Award 2025 is sponsored by @visitcambridgeofficial, and recognises the best local landmark or attraction that provides an outstanding visitor experience. To vote or nominate, visit cambsedition.co.uk/community…
The Polar Museum has been shortlisted for @CambsEdition People’s Choice Awards as ‘Best Tourist Attraction’!
Please vote for us before the vote closes on 14th February!
VOTE HERE: surveymonkey.com/r/5CXJ2MF
We were honoured to host @GreenlandMFA'ss Minister for Statehood & Foreign Affairs, Vivian Motzfeldt, at SPRI last week.
Minister Motzfeldt and the Greenlandic delegation spent the afternoon at SPRI, exchanging ideas about how we can co-operate even more on research in Greenland.
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📢We're hiring! 📢Do you have great communication & organisational skills? We're seeking someone to support our corporate venue hire & public engagement programme. We're a small, friendly team, come & join us! Closing date 9 Feb @CamUnivMuseums jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49969/
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This month @MAACambridge is hiring for three exciting #MuseumJobs:
🔹Front of House Assistant (PT)
🔹Senior Education & Outreach Assistant
Closes 30 January
🔹Studio & Digitisation Assistant - Photographic Collections (PT)
Closes 4 February
Find out more ➡️museums.cam.ac.uk/Opportunit…
ALT Two women in blue MAA t-shirts smile and speak to two guests in a gallery at the museum.
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#Greenland Minister of Statehood and Foreign Affairs (and Research) visited London for meetings with the British Government as well as #Arctic science related meetings with @BAS_News and @scottpolar.
Important partnership potential 🇬🇱🇬🇧
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"Particularly because they're black & white, we're not dizzied by the amazing colours; you can actually see the shape and the contours."
Click below to watch the full interview with Christine Finn, Guest Curator.
'Under the Rays' runs until Feb 22.
youtu.be/-__8Y05XD7o?si=tLhK…
Mark your calendars! The Friends of SPRI are hosting a talk at the Scott Polar Research Institute on 18 February, A lecture with Nick Cox: 'Surviving Antarctic Winters.'
Reserve your place here: eventbrite.com/e/a-lecture-w… @FoSPRI #cambridge
Fancy blowing away those January blues with a jigsaw puzzle🧩?
Look no further than the Polar Museum Shop!
We have both poles covered!🐻❄️🌐🐧
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📸 Sophus Tromholt, Picture Collection, University of Bergen Library, Norway
Under the Rays of the Aurora Borealis: Sophus Tromholt Refound is on at The Polar Museum @scottpolar until 22 February 2025.
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Happy New Year from all of us at University of Cambridge Museums! 🎉 We hope you had a restful break.
Our Museums & @CUBotanicGarden are open with usual hours from this week. The Polar Museum @scottpolar & @classarch reopen on Tuesday 7 & @whipplemuseum on Thursday 9 January.
ALT A black and white image of the Northern Lights.