Scientific models in the spotlight in Manchester

Conservators from the Manchester Museum painstakingly removed a century of grime from around 25 objects used as life science teaching aids ahead of an exhibition opening this month that presents them as works of art. The treated pieces, many of which have never been on display before, are from the University of Manchesters collection. They will be exhibited alongside pieces from Liverpools World Museum and those collected by George Loudon, a retired UK banker who amassed a sizable collection of