Ashley Scopes

Resident museum goblin, boardgame fan and Artist

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Today's Entomology Draws and the completed cabinet! It's so nice to see them in the clean draws, brings back the wow factor for sure! 😎 🦋
#Entomology #Butterflies #moths

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All the draws I sorted from Monday and Tuesday. This is 4½ out of 10 Drawers I need to do.

#Entomology #Butterflies

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More Entomology saved from the unsuitable drawers.
#Entomology #butterflies

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If we had time I would love to spend weeks organising them by Taxonomy, there's nothing more satisfying than neatly sorted entomology!

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This week I'm moving entomology out of a nasty stiff cabinet into a much nicer, modern entomology draw. Moving collections like this would usually require a lot of paper work but luckily,
These collections are unnumbered, so i only need to make notes of where they were before. 🐛

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@IpswichMuseums Thank you!🫡😊
Because of redevelopment work, our team have managed to get so much done! I have a huge backlog of amazing jobs to share so keep an eye out!
Special Thanks to the Team manager, Carrie and my coworkers Caleb, Tim, Micheal, Peter, Lottie and Bob(head of conservation)

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I think I held my breath the whole way down, if broken this dome would be very hard to replace. (video is sped up)
#taxidermy #birds #museum

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The Glass has been cleaned and Carrie helped me carefully return the dome to its base(quite nerve-wracking!).

*Bonus picture of the dome in the 1970s(?) #ipswich #ipswichmuseum #museums #taxidermy

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This is the biggest bell jar case I've worked on! Last year I made its crate out of recycled wood and now we are cleaning and conserving the birds for redisplay. #taxidermy #museums

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Anouther before and after (but I've turned it so not as comparable 🤔😑 whoops). Peter and I worked from top to bottom and had to keep track of which birds had been cleaned.

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This is pine marten is one of my favourite bits of taxidermy in the Ipswich museum collection. With such an adorable expression its definitely in my top 10. #taxidermy

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Don’t miss the next session today at Ipswich County Library from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm, where we’ll continue our journey through the wonders of the natural world! #FamilyFun #HandsOnLearning #IpswichEvents

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In our latest blog, find out how works at Ipswich Museum are progressing. Plus, discover how we protected some of our largest exhibits in preparation for the project, including Wool-I-Am the mammoth.

Read here: https://t.co/buV6fPvbaC

@HeritageFundM_E @HeritageFundUK @GippingC

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All finished! Now, the case can be wrapped in plastic and returned to our stores. I look forward to seeing it on display. 🌿🐦🌿

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Today I'm working on these Huia birds. The glass and birds need a clean and then I'll have to reconstruct the glass case.

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At this point, i start the long process of cleaning the glass before I can reconstruct it. We use gum tape to hold the glass together, which can be removed with warter if needed. This is painted black to match the case.

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Case repaired! Quite a glowup from how it looked before. This case houses two platypus and an echidna!

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This has to be my favorite project of 2024: repainting puffins' beaks! I worked with a lot of references, and I'm happy with how they came out. It's incredible how vibrant puffins truly are.
#museum #taxidermy