[Nhcoll-l] FW: FW: making the case for natural history collections and their wider benefit to society and the environment
bayshark at exemail.com.au
bayshark at exemail.com.au
Sat Jan 23 00:02:13 EST 2016
No surprise to me,
Book about Sydney botanic garden, around 100 pages in colour, published by
Botanic garden is about
Statues,
Views
Stairs
Birds
Animals
Politicians
But only 4 = FOUR sentences about plants.
Regards
Vratislav
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[mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Schindel, David
Sent: Friday, 22 January 2016 11:51 PM
To: Bentley, Andrew Charles; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: Re: [Nhcoll-l] FW: making the case for natural history collections
and their wider benefit to society and the environment
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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From: The Natural Science Collections Association discussion list
<NATSCA at JISCMAIL.AC.UK> on behalf of Henry Mcghie
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Date: Thursday, January 21, 2016 at 9:34 AM
To: "NATSCA at JISCMAIL.AC.UK" <NATSCA at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
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 9PL |
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