[Nhcoll-l] It's a great week to join SPNHC!

[Adrain, Tiffany S]

Hello everyone,

Don't forget that the deadline for Early Bird Registration for the 2014 SPNHC Meeting is Friday 25th April http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/spnhc2014/ Register now to save $67*.

Not a SPNHC member? Join now! The money you'll save more than covers the cost of membership ($45 - Regular, $20 - Student). http://www.spnhc.org/13/become-a-member

Conference prices and options

Early Bird

After 25th April

SPNHC/NatSca/GCG members

£190

£230

Non members

£230

£270

Students

£110

£110


Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, in partnership with the Natural Sciences Collections Association (NatSCA), are honoured to be hosting the 29th Annual Meeting for the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) from Sunday, June 22 to Friday, June 27, 2014 in Cardiff, UK.

The Meeting includes:

·         an exciting programme of presentations around the theme of Historic Collections: A Resource for the Future

·         seven fieldtrips to choose from

·         workshop: Legal aspects of shipping preserved animals and tissues

·         tours of the Museum collections

·         Icebreaker at National Museum Wales, with pre-event Newbies Introduction especially for new members and first-time attendees

·         Banquet

·         Opportunities to get involved with the various SPNHC committees (all our committee members are volunteers!)

·         Annual Business Meeting

Your Membership includes and provides:

·         Collection Forum, a biannual journal of reviewed technical information

·         two issues of the SPNHC Newsletter each year

·         involvement in an active and vibrant community of more than 600 members worldwide

·         development of professional publications

·         support for emerging museum professionals

·         social media networking

·         professional support through collaboration with large-scale museum initiatives

·         professional training opportunities

·         collective museum and collections advocacy

We hope you can join us - in Cardiff and/or throughout the year as a SPNHC member!

Best wishes,

Tiffany

(SPNHC Membership Committee Chair)



Tiffany Adrain
Collections Manager, Paleontology Repository
Instructor, Museum Studies
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (formerly Geoscience)
The University of Iowa
121 Trowbridge Hall
Iowa City, IA 52242

phone: 319 335 1822
fax: 319 335 1821
website: http://geoscience.clas.uiowa.edu/paleo/

*OANDA Currency Converter 4/23/2014

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