Natural Sciences Collections Association

Leeds Museum Discovery Centre

2^nd November 2010

9.30am – 4.30pm

£35 members/£50 non-members

Dr. Sonia O’Connor of the University of Bradford will be running a one-day workshop on how to identify materials such as ivory, bone, antler, horn, baleen, tortoiseshell and imitations thereof. Structure, properties and appropriate care will be discussed as well as a practical session using objects from the collections at Leeds. You are welcome to bring your own objects for use in this session.

For further information contact: clare.brown@leeds.gov.uk 0113 2141563