'isi ya vamanda' are the Manda words for 'country of the Wamanda'. This epithet commemorates the effort the Wamanda people put into the collection of the holotype and associated fossils. If only we could honor individual locals who where on the '63 expedition, but their names were never recorded

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I've been awarded the 2026 🎉Diversity Engagement & Enhancement in Paleontology Award by the Paleontological Society🎉 For "early career professionals who enhanced the global paleontology community by advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in the field" Poignant, given recent work resignation.

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MA Museum Studies student Sydney Vu Huynh shares insights from her placement at the National Museum of Ireland's Collections Resource Centre, where she gained hands-on experience in collections management, conservation and archives www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec... #MuseumStudies #CollectionsManagement

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Seamus Heaney and the Bogs 🌿 Celebrate Bog Day 2026 at Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again with Dr Patrick Roycroft (National Museum of Ireland), exploring the bogs that inspired Heaney's poetry through natural history and readings. 📅 Sat, 1 Aug, 2pm https://ow.ly/RaQ150ZnI94

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“Opening a standalone women's museum in Ireland in 2026 risks reinforcing separation at a time when integration should be the goal” one of many issues worth discussing before an abandoned failed visitor centre in Limerick is turned into a ‘women’s museum’ www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2... #SpeirGorm

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