The 1st Joint Meeting of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) and the Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) also known as the Taxonomic Databases Working Group, will take place from August 25th to September 2nd 2018 in Dunedin, New Zealand. The theme of the conference is: Collections and Data in an Uncertain World. The destructive forces of nature were never more evident than with the 2011 Tōhoku tsunami in Japan or the earthquakes that struck Christchurch in 2010 and 2011. The damage to museums and collections, and data loss were staggering. As reconstruction is now well underway, what have we learned from these catastrophes and how can we mitigate damage to our "libraries of life" in the future? ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
The Florida Museum of Natural History and partners are honored to host the 30th Annual SPNHC General Meeting. The meetings will be a week long and are scheduled for May 17, 2015 to May 23, 2015. Traditional symposia, general sessions, tradeshow, demo camps and workshops are currently being planned. These will be held at the Hilton University of Florida Conference Center across from the UF campus and the Florida Museum of Natural History. In addition to the above conference events, we will have various fieldtrips, a plenary session and social events culminating in the 30th Annual SPNHC gala. The overall theme of the conference will be Making Natural History Collections Accessible through New and Innovative Approaches and Partnerships, which we hope will be an opportunity to link the collections at the heart of our institutions to the demands and uses these collections are addressing in the 21st century. ... [Information of the supplier]
The Museum für Naturkunde Berlin and the Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin are glad to welcome you to the 2016 SPNHC conference, held from June 20 through 25, 2016, in Berlin, Germany. Under the heading “Green Museum – How to practice what we preach?” this 4th meeting of the society evaluates green thinking in collections, museums and botanical gardens. In a world of climate change and ever decreasing biodiversity, sustainability should be the criterion that ideally determines all planning and decisions, ranging from field work to construction projects, from ethical aspects to cost-benefit analyses. In practice this often is compromised by constraints beyond the control of the institution, be it monetary, legal or other. The conference will offer a forum to discuss possible ways of reconciling the seemingly opposing requirements. We welcome your contributions to this or other topics and look forward to hosting you in 2016. ... [Information of the supplier]
The 36th General Meeting of CETAF that will take place in Vienna, Austria, on the 14th-15th October 2014 at the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien. This meeting will constitute an ordinary General Meeting of the CETAF AISBL. CETAF 36 will focus on the finalisation of CETAF strategy and strategic development plan, and discussion of the role of CETAF in European Cultural Heritage initiatives and common European infrastructures. In this context, the new work plan of the General Secretariat has been drawn up, following the recent developments in the Consortium, to support and underpin the global CETAF strategy that is to be presented during CETAF 36. ... [Information of the supplier]
Nach der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg und der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen ist im Jahre 2013 die Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg der Ausrichter der Sammlungstagung der deutschsprachigen Universitätssammlungen. Die Vorgängertagungen wurden viel beachtet und haben viel bewirkt. Die Umsetzungspraxis der Empfehlung des Wissenschaftsrates zu „Wissenschaftlichen Sammlungen als Forschungsinfrastrukturen“ wurde vorangebracht und neue Forschungen und Förderungsmöglichkeiten initiiert. Eine sehr aktive Koordinierungsstelle für wissenschaftliche Universitätssammlungen in Deutschland ist eingerichtet worden. Die Gesellschaft für Universitätssammlungen wurde gegründet und ein Netzwerk für Universitätsmuseen und –sammlungen etabliert, das auch eine offene Mailing-Liste betreut. Ziel der kommenden Arbeitstagung ist es nun, in vier sammlungsrelevanten Bereichen konkrete Vorgaben auszuarbeiten. ... [Information des Anbieters]
Gemeinsam mit der Gesellschaft für Universitätssammlungen e.V. werden die TU Bergakademie Freiberg und die TU Dresden die 7. Sammlungstagung der Universitätssammlungen ausrichten. Der Nutzen historischer Sammlungen als Datengrundlage für aktuelle wissenschaftliche Fragestellungen wird ein Schwerpunkt der Tagung sein. Ebenso werden praktische Fragen des Erhalts, der Erschließung, Deponierung und Präsentation von Sammlungen thematisiert. Traditionell stehen Sammlungsbesuche vor Ort auf dem Programm, um sich an konkreten Beispielen über Probleme der Universitätssammlungen und Lösungsansätze auszutauschen. ... [Information des Anbieters]
We are pleased to be holding a joint annual meeting with the Society for Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC). We have grouped sessions into subject modules, which we will present in Zoom (with automated closed captioning). [Information of the supplier]
The American Museum of Natural History is one of the leading institutions in scientific and cultural research worldwide. It was founded in 1869 and is situated in the Central Park in New York. Several departments (anthropology, geology, palaeontology and zoology) contribute significantly to the discovery of natural history. Furthermore the collection grew of the centuries (more than 30 million objects) and therefore is of worldwide relevance. Many special and permanent exibitions gain an insight into nature and the mankind's cultural development. A special online platform for children is available, allow a easy overview of natural science and coherences. The library host one of the most comprehensive collections of the world. Some contents are accessible online (own publications, as part of the Biodiversity Heritage Library). ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
Naturschutz hat Geschichte! Seit fast zweihundert Jahren engagieren sich in Deutschland Personen, Gruppen, Verbände und Institutionen für den Schutz der Natur. Von der Gründung von naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaften und Verbänden des Natur- und Heimatschutzes am Ende des 19. Jh. bis hin zu den Diskussionen der Gegenwart um internationale Naturschutznetzwerke und nachhaltiges Nutzen reicht der geschichtliche Bogen des Naturschutzes. Die Stiftung Naturschutzgeschichte will die Geschichte der sozialen Bewegung Naturschutz lebendig und wirksam erhalten. ... [Information des Anbieters]
The Naturhistorische Museum - Natural History Museum - was set up again after the devastating fire of 1865 by the Admont Benedictine Father Gabriel Strobl in the years 1866 to 1910. In his scientific activity Father Gabriel Strobl built up a huge insect collection with roughly 252,000 specimens, with the collection of about 80,000 flies being one of the three most important in Europe. Through his own collecting, exchange, buying and in the form of gifts Father Gabriel Strobl acquired over 44 years the collection that can be admired in the partly newly planned Natural History Museum. A glass-case ribbon stretches for about 24 metres and shows in texts, pictures and exhibits the historical development of the Natural History Museum. The first side room is dedicated to Father Gabriel Strobl’s life work. His scientific and artistic work is described in a large table glass-case, while an exhibition of various insect groups can be seen on the walls. The second side room presents all 243 examples of the wax fruits made by Father Constantin Keller (1778-1864) in an impressive installation. ... [Information of the supplier, translated]