Museum Presentations & Lectures 2020

Travelling presentations have been cancelled due to COVID-19.

Seika Groves BSc, will return with new and thrilling exhibits, presentations and more!

New in 2020, Meet “Peat” the Iron Age Bog Mummy, Dr. Mooney’s latest acquisition. Dig into history as Dr. Mooney unravels a story that will simply BOGgle the mind. The Doctor takes you on a CSI adventure back in time when human sacrifice, rituals, and death were all a part of the fabric of Iron Age culture.

Celebrating the Rights & Freedoms of Women and International Women’s Day ( all year long) meet Eugenia the TrailBlazer of women’s rights in 1890. Attend a rally right in your own museum as Eugenia speaks out for women’s suffrage with A Woman’s Fight For Rights: Visionaries, Violence or Vote. This interactive lecture experience will have everyone waving placards in support!

Back By Popular Demand

“Bob” the Mummy (who has gained a bit of an infamous reputation over the years) is always a hit, so Dr. Mooney will return with her educational, intriguing, humourous and slightly horrifying parlour style Victorian Mummy Unwrapping.

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