[Nhcoll-l] FW: making the case for natural history collections and their wider benefit to society and the environment
Dirk Neumann
dirk.neumann at zsm.mwn.de
Fri Jan 22 08:35:05 EST 2016
Hi David,
hi Andy,
this is not only a problem for smaller collections / museums, we see
that budgets lines also for major collections are eroding and that there
are calls to set "priorities". This is suited to start a negative
cascade which leaves collections behind (with either "citizens science",
"public exhibition / museum" or "research" fighting to raise the
necessary attention to avoid cuts in their sector).
Instead of corporate approaches which integrate all parts of Natural
History Research Museums, the different sectors start to cannibalise
themselves in their struggle to survive. Vice versa, in some countries
collections are "integrated" and fused to form larger units, which does
not result in duplication of staff, of course.
The key question is to sell interesting pictures and news to media and
local politicians so that we with our core business (=collections)
remain present (and attractive) to a broad audience.
All the best
Dirk
Am 22.01.2016 um 13:51 schrieb Schindel, David:
>
> Hi, Andy,
>
> In reading this very attractive document, I was struck by the ABSENCE
> of an argument for collections. Rather, the document advocates for
> museums and their role in raising public awareness. No question that
> they are important for public awareness of Nature, extinction,
> environmental change, but I found no connection to collections. In
> fact, other than mentioning the total number of specimens in the
> region’s museums and two page that describe what the collections
> contain and what goes on ‘behind the exhibits’ there’s no focus on the
> use of collections or their relevance to the public education mission.
>
> This is not to say that we shouldn’t be advocating for museums as
> centers of education, advocacy and infotainment. That being said,
> based on the text alone (setting aside what we all know and believe),
> a general reader might ask why good museum space is being used for
> collections rather than public exhibits, since the collections don’t
> seem important for exhibits and education. I can imagine that this is
> a question that many smaller regional and local museums must answer.
> It would be very interesting to hear ideas from people in smaller
> museums on how they make this connection to the collections for the
> public and funders.
>
> David
>
> *From:*nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu
> [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] *On Behalf Of *Bentley,
> Andrew Charles
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 21, 2016 4:32 PM
> *To:* nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
> *Subject:* [Nhcoll-l] FW: making the case for natural history
> collections and their wider benefit to society and the environment
>
> This may be interesting to those folks looking at advocating for
> collections in various scenarios…
>
> Andy
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> Andy Bentley
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> Ichthyology Collection Manager
>
> University of Kansas
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> Biodiversity Institute
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> Dyche Hall
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> 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
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> Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561
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> Tel: (785) 864-3863
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> Email: abentley at ku.edu <mailto:abentley at ku.edu>
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> SPNHC President
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> *From: *The Natural Science Collections Association discussion list
> <NATSCA at JISCMAIL.AC.UK <mailto:NATSCA at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>> on behalf of
> Henry Mcghie <henry.mcghie at MANCHESTER.AC.UK
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> *Reply-To: *The Natural Science Collections Association discussion
> list <NATSCA at JISCMAIL.AC.UK <mailto:NATSCA at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>>
> *Date: *Thursday, January 21, 2016 at 9:34 AM
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> *Subject: *making the case for natural history collections and their
> wider benefit to society and the environment
>
> Hello- one of the things we have worked on in the North West is making
> a credible case for the value of natural history collections, in terms
> of the benefits they bring to people, society and the wider
> environment. This work was developed into an advocacy document which
> we have had it developed into a PDF, reformatted for printing/viewing
> on screen.
>
> The arguments are tailored towards those working with policy and
> strategy (NGOs, societies, schools, PHE, HE and FE etc etc) rather
> than primarily for public consumption, hence the emphasis on ‘need’
> messages rather than ‘love’/’feel’ messages. Although some of the
> content is specific to the North West, much of it is not; the PDF
> includes additional statistics not included in the hard copy.
>
> You’re welcome to make use of this and to distribute it further, and
> please do send it round your networks. The work was developed with
> funding from Museum Development North West as part of a package of
> activities to support NW museums, collections and museum staff.
>
> If you want to discuss this further, or if this sparks off ideas for
> possible collaboration, then feel free to get in touch. Any feedback
> is welcome.
>
> Yours,
>
> Henry
>
> *Henry McGhie BSc MA AMA*| Head of Collections and Curator of Zoology
> (Honorary Scientific Associate, Faculty of Life Sciences) | Manchester
> Museum | The University of Manchester | Oxford Road | Manchester | M13
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