Karen Banton

Regularly found hiding in cupboards. All views my own.

[Karen Banton @karen_banton]

@BenPaites @ColMuseums Someone got fustrated by their cat eating their pins? Usually, people stab pins into the back of things, not their mouths! (mine is a fabric hedgehog)

[X @Pteroterror]

They were friends 🐀🧡

[Jordan Mallon @Jordan_Mallon]

Some exciting news to share this morning:
"An extraordinary fossil captures the struggle for existence during the Mesozoic"

https://t.co/uGOQX0sVK8

[Karen Banton @karen_banton]

@ColMuseums @AskAnArchDay What's your silliest archeology/dig story?

[Karen Banton @karen_banton]

@BenPaites @ColMuseums I most definitely will!

[Karen Banton @karen_banton]

@BenPaites @ColMuseums Looking forward to seeing it!

[The Sedgwick Museum @SedgwickMuseum]

COLLECTIONS MOVE UPDATE!

This month we worked on the thin section store move. We moved 3160 thin section drawers!

#MovingAMountain has moved 8487 drawers, and is nearly at the end of this phase of the collections move. We're planning out the next phase now.

#MovingMonday

[Aldo Benites-Palomino @paleoAldo]

Hey paleo twitter, we have started a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for building an equipping a new paleo prep lab in Peru 🇵🇪. We would be very happy for any help or RT, as we are truly in the need of a proper/new space.

https://t.co/FXgWvs8WO6

[Ipswich Museums @IpswichMuseums]

We are delighted to announce that our Post-Cretaceous #Geology Collection has just been accorded #Designated status by @ace_national which includes our rich #iceage fauna.

Read more – https://t.co/gDJemKbTvJ
#ACEsupported #collections #museums

[The Sedgwick Museum @SedgwickMuseum]

COLLECTIONS MOVE UPDATE!

We've finished moving the thin sections. Since the start of this project, we've moved over 100 tonnes of rocks! 

We've now started moving the heat flow cores and our boxed rock samples.

#MovingAMountain #MovingMonday #MondayMotivation

[Karen Banton @karen_banton]

@trina_gragg @ColMuseums I think it's a knitting sheith. You'd stick the wing-ish shaped bit into your belt, and the handle should have a hole on the base you would put your knitting needles in (I think, I'm actually more of an embroidery and occasional crochet kind of girl...)

[Karen Banton @karen_banton]

@RiaLMitchell Well, they still have seat space left... so it could be bigger. It's not like you need people sitting under it. How would they see it?

[Karen Banton @karen_banton]

@Tweetisaurus @RobTheodore He started off based on a monal colour wise, but er... then the plates happened, and he ended up a bit hors piste

[Karen Banton @karen_banton]

@JackDAshby They make the best secret agents

[Scott Duncan @ScottDuncanWX]

European freeze coming to an end right now with a huge surge of warmth bulldozing in from the Atlantic.

Some places are more than 20°C warmer by night.

[Aimee @aimee_speaks]

I have been incredibly thankful for each & every response & piece of feedback so far, it is great to see so many people taking an interest in this research

If you have work/volunteered in museums, galleries or cultural heritage in the last 5 years, I would love to hear from you!

[The Sedgwick Museum @SedgwickMuseum]

COLLECTIONS MOVE UPDATE!

We've finished moving the sedimentary PhD thesis materials, and have started moving the thin sections and sand samples.

#MovingAMountain #MovingMonday

[Karen Banton @karen_banton]

@StuartGreenSG A successful morning for Bandit then!