[NHCOLL-L:1843] BCG & NSCG Annual Conference at The Manchester Museum, UK

[Jo Hatton]

Apologies to none UK members for late notification of this conference


No Pain, No Gain? Renaissance & Removals
Moving with the times: new buildings, different standards and changing
attitudes

The Annual conference & AGM's of the Biology Curator's Group & Natural
Sciences Conservation Group including the Inaugural meeting of the Natural
Sciences Collections Association (NatSCA) to be held at The Manchester
Museum, University of Manchester - 7th & 8th April 2003.

Conference Programme
Day 1 Monday 7th April 

Keynote speaker
Re-structuring and new developments at The Manchester Museum 
Tristram Besterman, Director of The Manchester Museum

Regional Hubs & the Single Regional Agencies
Steve Garland, Chief Museums Officer, Bolton Museum & Art Gallery

NSCG AGM
BCG AGM
Natural Sciences Collections Association (NatSCA) AGM  
 
Behind the scenes collections tours of The Manchester Museum
Tours likely to be offered for the Herbarium, Vivarium, Zoology, Geology,
Mineralogy & Discovery Centre 

Day 2 Tuesday 8th April 2003

Conservation experiences at Manchester and within the UK 
Velson Horie, Keeper of Conservation,The Manchester Museum

'Decant, Recant, Decant: A Moving Experience'
Donna Young, Botany Dept, Liverpool Museum

Developing a conservation strategy for a large museum 
Chris Collins, Dept. Paleontology, The Natural History Museum

Building & relocating a National Museum
Jan van Tol, Dept. Entomology, National Museum of Natural History -
Naturalis, Leiden, Netherlands

Squatters and hitchhikers - keeping pests out of stores 
David Pinniger, Entomologist & Pest Control Consultant

The Darwin Centre challenge at The Natural History Museum - a year on
Ollie Crimmen, Dept. Zoology, The Natural History Museum

'SPNHC, the case for cooperation' 
Rob Huxley, Dept Botany, The Natural History Museum & President of the
Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC), USA 

Conference costs:
Includes all refreshments and lunch provided on both days.

If booking form received before 28th February
£25 one day £40 two days
If booking form received after 28th February
£25 one day  £50 two days

Accommodation is available in University halls on the nights of Sunday 6th
& Monday 7th April.

Cost per night (includes breakfast):
Standard single room with sink 	£28.42 (5% service + VAT included)
Standard single room en-suite	£43.18 (5% service + VAT included)
(only 5 available)

Alternative accommodation can be found around the City, but is likely to be
more expensive. The following websites provide useful accommodation links: 
www.explore.destinationmanchester.com/accommodation
www.manchester.gov.uk/visitorcentre/stay/
www.manchester.com
www.manchesteronline.co.uk

Further information & booking forms can be obtained from:

Nick Gordon, New Walk Museum, New Walk, Leicester, UK,  LE1 7EA 
Phone 0116 225 4901       Email: gordn001 at leicester.gov.uk


Jo Hatton 
Assistant Curator
Grant Museum of Zoology & Comparative Anatomy
Dept. Biology
Darwin Building
University College London
Gower Street
London
WC1E 6BT

Tel: 020 7679 2647
Fax: 020 7679 7096