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Over the past
three years a number of projects have taken
place which have made our natural history
collections more accessible.
The Virtual
Store
project, which has been online since April 2000,
has made over 1000 specimens available through
the museum’s website and through a gallery
interactive. A wide range of biological and
geological specimens are covered and a number of
specimens have photographs taken from various
angles, maps of where they were found and close
up shots.
Keystages
to Natural History,
which is available through the Potteries Museum
website, provides information about natural
history and science for keystages 1 to 4. A vast
amount of information is included, as are games
and teachers’ resources, and we know that the
website is being used in schools as far away as
Texas in the U.S.A, Turkey and India.
Stoke
Safari,
which is available through the internet and
through a computer in the natural history
gallery, provides information about 20 sites of
natural history interest in Stoke-on-Trent. It
can be used to find out about local geological
features, wildlife species or general
information about each site.
The Exploring the
Potteries website, which you are currently
visiting, is aiming to provide information about
hundreds of sites of natural history interest
across Staffordshire, and is also providing
information about wildlife species and habitats.
Our Learning
Zone holds
a range of mini-websites providing greater
detail about a range of natural history topics.
As a longer term
project, we intend to computerise the data
associated with individual specimens. At
present, out of 140,000 items, about 20% is
computerised using MODES. We hope to make these
records available over the internet soon.
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