A group of boys who regularly attend the school’s Zoology Society recently enjoyed a trip to the famous Natural History Museum in London, but with a very special access.
If you have a curious mind, you might well have wondered what lies behind the ‘Strictly no admission to the public’ doors in museums. Well, thanks to Alessandro Giusti, one of the curators at the museum, the boys were able to go through these doors and experience the world behind the scenes in the Butterfly and Moths section. Alessandro was able to show them specimens that have been collected and stored away from the general public due to their importance.
Alessandro spoke with the boys about many of the specimens, some of which were even collected by Charles Darwin himself. He then showed them some of the 35 million specimens kept within the entomology department at the museum. Some of the boys attending had met Alessandro when they visited Dominica on a previous expedition, so it was great for them to see him again and speak about their experience and talk about the samples they had collected themselves. Very few people have the opportunity to see such samples close up, and it will be something the boys will never forget.
