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Society for the History of Natural History
Please reply to Gina Douglas, SHNH Meetings Secretary, mailto:[log in to unmask]
Saturday 14 May 2005 SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF NATURAL HISTORY SPRING MEETING & AGM London
This Spring meeting will give members and friends an opportunity to view the newly refurbished Hunterian collections in the Royal College of Surgeons, see a display of natural history books in the Sir John Soane Museum, and also visit the Grant Museum at University College London.
LOCATION The Hunterian Museum, Royal College of Surgeons, 35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PE and The Grant Museum of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy, University College, Gower Street, London, WC1E 5BT
Programme
10-10.30 Registration/coffee at the Hunterian Museum
10.30-12.00 Curator's tour of the Hunterian Museum
1200-13.00 AGM
There will also be an exhibition of natural history books in the Sir John
Soane Museum nearby
13.00- 14.30 lunch at RCS/walk to Grant Museum
14.30-16.00 Tour of Grant Museum - with talk from Curator
17.00-18.00 Guest speaker: Dr Kees Rookmaaker "Explorers, collectors, artists - the pleasures of
investigating the history of natural history"
Dinner in nearby Indian restaurant (for those who pre-book).
REGISTRATION FORM:
SPRING MEETING & AGM
London 14 May 2005
Please complete and return this form, with payment (cheques payable to the
S.H.N.H) to G. Douglas, Meetings Secretary, 23 Jeffreys Road, London SW4
6QU. For payment by credit card please send details of affiliation/card
number/expiry date direct to the Administrator SHNH, 23 High Street,
Welshpool, Powys, SY21 7JP, U.K. (Ref: Spring Meeting 2005) with a copy of
the booking form or e-mail confirmation to:
G. Douglas (mailto:[log in to unmask]) or address above
Conference Fee : ( includes coffee/tea and buffet lunch)
Members of SHNH/Friends the Grant Museum
£15 (non-refundable) £ ......
Non Members
£20 (non-refundable) £.......
TOTAL £.......
I am/am not interested in attending a Conference Dinner
after the meeting (with .... guests)
Names
(Prof/Dr/Mr/Mrs/Miss/other) ..............................................
Address........................................
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