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Acknowledgements

To read more about the research underpinning this site, see:

Rigby, J. (2026). Decolonising the World Wildlife Gallery, Kendal Museum. Journal of Natural Science Collections, 14, 3–18. https://www.natsca.org/jonsc-vol-14

Rigby, J. (2025). From Kenya to Kendal: Colonel Edgar Garston Harrison’s taxidermy collection, Kendal Museum. Staveley and District Local History Society Journal, Spring 2025, 3–7. https://www.sdhs.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Journal-63-final.pdf

Rigby, J., Haslam, L., Colley, I., & Lincoln, P. (2025). ‘Reimagining the World Wildlife Gallery, Kendal Museum: A community engagement and reinterpretation project.’ Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals. ReCollections Special Issue, p. 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1177/15501906251345391

Thanks to Carol Davis and Morag Clement, natural and social history curators at Kendal Museum, and Kendal Museum staff Ila Colley, Seren Shaw and Holly Walling for their support in completing this research. Special thanks to Kipchoge araap Chomu and Kipnyango Seroney, from Nandi County, Kenya, for welcoming attempts to reconnect Kendal and Nandi in a new way.

These pages were developed in partnership with the University of Chester.