Meet Sylvia Humphrey
Keeper of Geology
My current responsibilities include the care and interpretation of the fossil, mineral and rock collections at the Great North Museum: Hancock and Sunderland Museum, which include internationally important material. In addition, I provide an identification service.
I previously worked as a Geologist/Petrologist at the British Museum. My areas of specialist knowledge include: gemmology, ceramic petrology, local geology and mineralogy, Permian fish and palaeoart.
I worked with researchers on projects that include the Sound of the Singing Sands, Drawing the Hancock Museum and the JISC database of British Type Fossils.
