The first museum collection at Eton was the bird collection left to the school by…
31 July 2025
Natural History Museum
We have become used to seeing Grey Herons fishing north of Barnes Pool but recent…
27 August 2021
The Eurasian Beaver (Castor Fiber), part of the Rodentia order (Rodents), is a large, semi-aquatic…
13 December 2020
Right so, imagine a cross between an Ostrich and an Emu, make it bigger and…
11 October 2020
I once had to disappoint a very excited young Etonian who came into the Museum…
10 April 2019
Eton’s Natural History Museum in South Meadow Lane was built to hold the Thackeray Collection,…
12 February 2017
One of the best things I have added to my garden in recent years has…
In the 18th century mathematics was considered an ‘extra’ subject at Eton to be…
10 September 2025
College Library
