Monkeys After Dark: Adults

Callum Gibson is the Chimpanzee keeper and Budongo team leader at Edinburgh Zoo. Callum will share recent developments in primate cognitive research.

Dr Charlotte Brassey is a Senior Lecturer in Zoology at Manchester Metropolitan University. Based on primate specimens from National Museums Collection Centre, her research investigates the evolution of male and female primate genitalia.

Dr Matilda Brindle is an evolutionary biologist at the University of Oxford. Her work looks at primate sexual behaviours and morphology (the study of the form and structure of organisms). Matilda will discuss her research on the sexual and social evolution of primates and other animals, exploring how sexual behaviours such as masturbation and the evolution of the penis bone are related to reproductive success.

Anatomy demonstrator and PhD student Betzy Manners currently works at the University of Liverpool within the Human Anatomy Resource Centre (HARC). Working with Dr Alana Sharp (Senior lecture at The University of Liverpool) and Dr Charlotte Brassey (Senior lecture at MMU), her PhD work focuses on the anatomy of female primate (human and non-human) genitalia. 

Lifts are available to all floors of the museum. You can check the museum map or ask a member of staff for the nearest lifts. 

There are escalators in the Collecting Stories gallery on Level 1 leading to the exhibition gallery on Level 3.

Information on lift and escalator dimensions is available on the AccessAble website.  

There are toilets on all levels of the museum. Accessible toilets and baby changing facilities are available on most floors. There is a Changing Places (U) toilet in the Entrance Hall on Level 0.  

You can access the museum map to find those nearest toilets or ask a member of our Visitor Experience team for directions. 

Seating is available throughout the exhibition.

There are 4 wheelchair spaces at the front of the auditorium.

Large print labels are available in this exhibition.

There are hearing induction loops:

• at the information desk outside the exhibition gallery
• in the Auditorium

Ear defenders are available to borrow for free from the exhibition ticket desk on Level 3. 

A limited number of sensory backpacks are available at the information desks in the Main Entrance Hall and the Tower Entrance. These backpacks cannot be booked in advance.