Natural Sciences Collections Association

Thursday 29thMarch 2012: Horniman Museum and Gardens

Please note that the Horniman Museum is approx 1 hour from Euston

10:00 – 10:30 Registration and coffee

10:30 – 10:35 Introduction: Paolo Viscardi, Jack Ashby

10:35 – 10:50 Welcome from Janet Vitmayer, Director of Horniman Museum

10:50 – 11:10 “Gaining young Children’s Perspective on Natural HistoryCollections”Elee Kirk, School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester, and independent museum researcher and educator

11:10 – 11:30 “The Giant Squid – the Making of an Iconic Specimen” Jonathon Ablett, Zoology Department, Natural History Museum

11:30 – 12:00 Coffee Break12:00 – 12:20 “How Museums can support Higher Education: EngagingUniversities with Museums”Jack Ashby, Grant Museum of Zoology, UCL

12:20 – 12:40 “400 years of Collection: The use of Bryozoans forenvironmental and biodiversity research” Mary Spencer Jones, Zoology Department, Natural History Museum

12:40 – 13:00 “Gorillas, graffiti and Dolly Parton: An A-Z of audience engagement through Natural Science” Liz Knight and Esther Amis-Hughes, Leeds Museums and Galleries

13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH

14.00 – 14.40 AGM

14:40 – 16:10 A selection of guided tours at either;
1) Crystal Palace Dinosaurs (numbers limited – info to follow)
Or
2) Horniman Museum, visiting: Gardens, Aquarium, Natural History Galleries

Travel back to Bloomsbury / Euston

17:30 – 19:00 Reception at Grant Museum of Zoology, UCL

19:30 – 21:30 Conference Meal

Friday 30th March 2012: Grant Museum of Zoology, UCL

09:30 – 10:00 Registration and coffee

10:00 – 10:15 Welcome from Sally MacDonald, Director, UCL Museums and Public Engagement

10:15 – 10:40 “A bit of a pickle: Reassessing the spirit preserved specimensat Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery.” Jan Freedman, Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery

10:40 – 11:05 “Connecting the dots: Natural Science Collections and theWeb” Ed Baker, Entomology Department, Natural History Museum

11:05 – 11:30 “Acquiring and reviewing collections for HE teaching” Hannah Russ, Archaeology Department, University of Sheffield

11:30 – 12:00 Coffee Break

12:00 – 12:25 “How to teach with objects – a guide for convincing lecturers to use your collection” Rosalind Duhs, Centre for the Advancement of Learning and TeachingLeonie Hannan, UCL Museums

12:25 – 12:50 “How to get grant funding” Sally Colvin/Gina Evans, Museums Association

12:50 – 14:00 LUNCH

14:00 – 16:30 Two tours and a workshop, in three groups (repeated):Workshop: Collections Review Toolkit for Natural HistoryMark Carnall and Jayne Dunn, UCL MuseumsTours of Wellcome Collections and one of UCL’s Museums

16:30 Conference end