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I'm sure most of you will be aware of this http://www.museumsassociation.org/museums2020/about-museums2020. However, it appears that the loss of natural science curators in museums is not a priority issue for the MA at the moment and apparently it's up to NatSCA to make a fight of it! Personally I think that is an appalling stance for the MA to take, if they're not concerned about the loss of these posts what are they worried about? If what is on their web site under the 2020 vision section is anything to go by it appears social history is the primary reason for museums to exist and there is more than one voice implying that collections should be an optional extra too.

The MA are hosting a webchat tomorrow http://www.museumsassociation.org/museums2020/25102012-museums2020-q-and-a-collections-impact-webchat it might well be worth trying to take part or at least getting some more science related posts into the system - as of last week there were hardly any to be found on any of the web pages which showed responses to various questions raised.

When the body which has set itself up as the promoter of museums and best practice within them takes no interest in science and there is a general lack of interest taken in natural history by senior managers/funding agencies the future for science in museums is looking rather bleak!

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