Who are you and what do you do?
George Fussey, Curator of Eton’s Natural History Museum.
What is your favourite part of the job?
Outreach in all its many aspects: a museum without people in it is just a collection.
What is your favourite piece of Eton (or Collections) trivia?
Our Kakapo is our most photogenic object and represents a species at the brink of extinction, the largest parrot in the world, the world’s only flightless parrot, and one of the longest lived birds on the planet.
George has written more about the Kakapo on the Eton NHM blog:
- http://etonnhm.com/virtual-tour/kakapo/
- http://etonnhm.com/2013/10/28/nature-notes/
- http://etonnhm.com/2013/01/31/object-of-the-week-310113/
Keep an eye on our blog and social media for more shared views across the summer months!
