[NHCOLL-L:3463] Fwd: RE: Looking for case studies on curatorial facility/building projects

[Julie Droke]

Dear Frannie,

I am the Registrar at the SNOMNH at the University of Oklahoma, and a  
member of SPNHC.  We would be pleased to offer you any assistance.   
Our new 190,000 sf building opened on May 1, 2000 and we are a part  
of the University of Oklahoma.  I have copied in the name of our  
former director (still here at the museum, but serving as curator of  
mammals), Dr. Michael A. Mares, and Mr. Peter Tirrell, Associate  
Director.  All three of us were all here during this process, from  
fundraising to completion. Any of us would be happy to help you.  I  
can also provide some names of consultants that were especially  
helpful throughout our project.

Please feel free to call on us.

Thanks,
Julie


http://www.snomnh.ou.edu/

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> From: Jean-Marc Gagnon <JMGAGNON at mus-nature.ca>
> Date: June 6, 2007 11:41:32 AM CDT
> To: frannie.blondheim at ualberta.ca, nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu
> Cc: "Andrews, Janine" <andrewsj at lse.ualberta.ca>
> Subject: [NHCOLL-L:3462] RE: Looking for case studies on curatorial  
> facility/building projects
> Reply-To: JMGAGNON at mus-nature.ca
>
> Dear Frannie,
>
>
> It is unfortunate that you did not attend the recent SPNHC Annual  
> Meeting in St. Paul, Minnesota. This was the exact topic of the  
> conference and subsequent workshop.
>
> There are a number of institutions that are going through or have  
> gone through the development of a curatorial facility, starting  
> with us at the Canadian Museum of Nature.
>
>
> I am certain that places like Yale University (The Peabody Natural  
> History Museum), and Oklahoma University (The Sam Noble Oklahoma  
> Natural History Museum, where the next SPNHC conference will take  
> place) can provide you with good information in the context of a  
> university setting. I am sure these and many other will jump in and  
> offer their support.
>
>
> If you have any specific questions, I’ll be happy to respond.
>
>
> Jean-Marc
>
>
>
> Jean-Marc Gagnon, Ph.D.
>
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> Canadian Museum of Nature                         Musée canadien de  
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu [mailto:owner-nhcoll- 
> l at lists.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Blondheim, Frannie
> Sent: June 6, 2007 11:57 AM
> To: nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu
> Cc: Andrews, Janine
> Subject: [NHCOLL-L:3461] Looking for case studies on curatorial  
> facility/building projects
>
>
> Hello,
>
> The University of Alberta Museums is currently in the process of  
> developing a business case for a new Curatorial Research Facility  
> and we are looking for case studies on how other organizations have  
> addressed similar challenges.
>
> The University of Alberta is one of Canada's foremost research- 
> intensive universities, with approximately 36,000 students in more  
> than 200 undergraduate programs and 170 graduate programs and a  
> growing body of international students from more than 100  
> countries.  The University of Alberta Museums is a distributed  
> system of 35 museums and collections located throughout the campus  
> in 15 faculties and departments where they are used in research and  
> teaching programs.  In total there are more than 20 million objects  
> and specimens in disciplines that range from printmaking and fine  
> arts, to paleontology, ethnomusicology and zoology.
>
> The Curatorial Research Facility is envisioned to house the  
> collections centrally with classrooms, research labs, digitization  
> facilities, and a range of other facilities that provide a forum  
> for object-based research and teaching, while maintaining the  
> distributed nature of the teaching and research functions of our  
> faculty, graduate students, and partnerships. A new  
> interdisciplinary graduate degree in object-based teaching and  
> research/museums arts and sciences, is also being developed to  
> complement the facility.
>
> If you have recently or are in the process of undertaking a similar  
> project, we would appreciate hearing from you.
>
> Please contact:
> Janine Andrews, Executive Director
> Museums and Collections Services/LSE
> Ring House #1
> University of Alberta
> Edmonton, Canada  T6G 2E1
> Janine.Andrews at ualberta.ca
>
>
> Further information on the University of Alberta, and the  
> University of Alberta Museums can be found at the link below.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Frannie Blondheim
> Museums and Collections Services
> The journey from wonder to wisdom begins at http:// 
> www.museums.ualberta.ca
>
>
>

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