> THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN
> 21 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4BS www.ri.ac.uk
>
> 'NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMS IN THE 21ST CENTURY'
>
> DR NEIL CHALMERS, Director of the Natural History Museum
>
> Wednesday 7 February 2001 7.30pm - 8.30pm
>
> Topic: Many people think of natural history museums as places to take the
> children on a rainy day. Not so many realise that behind the scenes in
> the world's great natural history museums reside dynamic and important
> scientific research institutions. This is certainly the case with the
> Natural History Museum in London. Yet how do these two apparently
> different sides of the Museum's work fit together? What should be the
> role of a national natural history museum as we move into the 21st
> century? At a time when the public are rightly wanting to make up their
> own minds on big issues relating to our natural environment, such as
> global warming and habitat destruction, what contribution should natural
> history museums be making? Can a single museum serve both the general
> public and the world of science, or does it risk damaging its credibility?
>
> Speaker: Dr Neil Chalmers is a Zoologist, trained at Oxford and Cambridge
> Universities, with a research career in the field of behavioural ecology.
> In 1970 he joined the Open University in Britain, having returned from
> several years lecturing in Zoology at the University of East Africa.
> During this time he became involved in the problem of making science
> accessible to lay people using a wide variety of education and media
> techniques. He progressed to become Dean of Science, then Director of the
> Natural History Museum in 1988. Whilst in this position he has taken
> measures to make the Museum's science more accessible to a wider range of
> audiences, including politicians and decision-makers, the visiting public
> and the international research community.
>
> Entry fee: £5 for Members of the Royal Institution and Concs. £7 for
> non-members
> Tickets will be sold on the door
> Booking information:
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> ' Have credit card details ready and phone 020 7670 2985
>
>
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