Martin Lewis

RLIANZA, Te Papa Research Librarian, Kotuku 2018 member, likes book marbling way to much...

[Dr Dean Lomax @Dean_R_Lomax]

The first-ever soft tissues of the Jurassic megapredator, Temnodontosaurus! The winglike, metre-long flipper contains structures never seen in any animal (living or extinct) & shows this giant evolved a unique hunting behaviour.

Nature: https://t.co/2Q5t2pslB4

[Dr Thom @ThomLinley]

Trying something new, preserving sections of #shark skin using an embroidery frame.
We #skeletonise some damaged specimens but a skin swach would be a great addition. #DermalDenticle shape and arrangement are often important.

[Pauline Reynolds @punahere]

https://t.co/x39PW4AGnX

Thrilled that my Curatorium piece on the reconstruction of a Tahitian chief Mourner’s regalia is featured in the latest Waka Kuaka | Journal of Polynesian Society
Shout out to all amazing editors of journals!
@waka_kuaka

[British Library @britishlibrary]

Polynesian high priest, navigator and artist Tupaia accompanied James Cook to New Zealand and Australia. Learn about his remarkable impact on the voyage https://t.co/rCmYTVVOA0 and see his surviving artworks in our #BLCookVoyages exhibition.

[Martin Lewis @RareBookGuy]

Connections across the Coral Sea: a story of movement (Queensland Museum, Australia) New Tuhinga article @Te_Papa https://t.co/ELeejh6mUR via @

[History_of_Geology @Geology_History]

"A lucky blow of the hammer discloses a new species of fossil fish. Great delight of the Geologist thereat." 🐟
Professor Ramsay Heatley Traquair's self-portrait, 1861

[Wellington City Archives @WCC_Archives]

These streetscape photos from the 1920s show what Wellington looked like 100 years ago 🏙️

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[Prof Alice Roberts💙 @theAliceRoberts]

This graph could be subtitled
“Getting the Big Calls Right”.

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

'Snapdragons', 1903 by Beatrix Potter, not only an author and illustrator but a keen naturalist #womensart

[Sarah Millican @SarahMillican75]

Lovely people in New Zealand. I’m on a TV show called Seven Sharp tonight. Such a fun interview.

[Wellcome Collection @ExploreWellcome]

These vivid 18th Century etchings show the fish, crayfish and crabs from the seas off the Maluku Islands in what is now Indonesia.

[ZSL Library @ZSLLibrary]

As today is #WorldSwallowTailDay we are sharing this lovely engraving of androgeus or queen swallowtails on a rose in Maria Merian's insects of Surinam. The edition in our #specialcollections was published in 1726.
#womensart #enthist

[NHM Library and Archives @NHM_Library]

Meet Jon our digitiser, an expert at handling bound and flat items. Before they come to him, items have been assessed for any conservation and cataloguing needs. #BehindTheScenesMW 🙋‍♂️

Over 120 #PublicDomain #DigitisedCollections are now available! 🍾

https://t.co/X3OtE6IBrs

[Nicole Kearney: find me @nicolekearney.bsky.social @nicolekearney]

The audience was blown away (as they always are) by @SiobhanLeachman’s talk about “BHL & the Wikisphere”, and her immense contribution to making biodiversity knowledge accessible, discoverable & linked online. #BHLDay2024 @BioDivLibrary

[Martin Lewis @RareBookGuy]

Our second blog in this series, where we talk about the 'Shaw' taonga, how it got here, and what it means for communities now. @te_papa https://t.co/eWge3l65Zq

[Martin Lewis @RareBookGuy]

Part one of a blog series about the work we did in Tahiti last year. Such an amazing experience! ‘Ahu: ngā wairua o Hina – a tapa making wānanga in Tahiti https://t.co/dxK0cjgiC8 via @te_papa

[Martin Lewis @RareBookGuy]

@Te_Papa filming waiata at the Bounty monument , Point Venus, Tahiti

[Martin Lewis @RareBookGuy]

Install done - #rarebook from @Te_Papa at Te Fare Iamanaha, Tahiti

[National Library of New Zealand @NLNZ]

Watch, listen or read this kōrero. Seán McMahon, Curator Manuscripts, on the collections of authors’ papers held in the Alexander Turnbull Library which reflect Aotearoa New Zealand’s rich literary history Part of our Connecting to Collections series.
https://t.co/dgNF9FC7PD