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Hi
We haven’t done a major natural science gallery refurbishment at Perth In this time- our gallery dates from the mid 1980s but we have refurbished/replaced small parts of its, a couple of cases and created a childrens area. I’m beginning to wonder if anyone else has an older natural history gallery?
In this period we have done a series of medium sized temporary exhibitions on natural sciences. Perhaps a list of temporary exhibitions produced would also be of interest?
Best wishes
Mark
Mark Simmons
Principal Officer Natural History
Perth Museum & Art Gallery
78 George Street
Perth PH1 5LB
01738 632488
From: The Natural Science Collections Association discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Paolo Viscardi
Sent: 09 January 2014 09:04
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Subject: Re: Natural history galleries in last 15 years
Indeed. 'Refurbishment' can mean many things and no list is particularly helpful without a context (comparison against galleries for other disciplines, amount spent in comparison with other redevelopments in the same organisations, etc.). It all depends what the list is illustrating.
I would say that it doesn't necessarily fly in the face of loss of curatorial posts though, since you only need one curator (who can be bought in) to curate a redisplay. The issue with losing curators is the day-to-day work that makes collections a valuable resource for society.
On 9 January 2014 08:02, Ray Barnett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
The long list of galleries that have been refurbished seems, on the face of it, to imply all is well with natural science in museums and flies in the face of the decline in curatorial posts. Perhaps some qualitative analysis is necessary as well?
Ray Barnett
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From: The Natural Science Collections Association discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Luanne Meehitiya
Sent: 08 January 2014 18:44
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Subject: Re: Natural history galleries in last 15 years
For anyone who's interested, here's the list we've come up with so far:
Natural history displays roughly 1998-2014
Dinosaur Isle, Isle of Wight
Royal Memorial Museum, Exeter
Plymouth Museum
Natural History Museum, London
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry Thinktank Science Museum, Birmingham Leeds City Museum Manchester Museum Liverpool World Museum Great North Museum, Newcastle Weston Park Museum, Sheffield York Museum National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh Kelvingrove, Glasgow Ipswitch Museum Grant Museum, London Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery The Rotunda, Scarborough Dorset County Museum Keswick Museum and Art Gallery, Cumbria Norwich Castle Museum Market Hall, Warwick Maidstone Museum and Art Gallery, Kent Colchester Natural History Museum Abingdon Museum, Oxfordshire Bedford Museum Cromer Museum, Norfolk Great Yarmouth Museum, Norfolk Hunterian Museum, Glasgow Cambridge Museum of Zoology (currently undergoing development) Shrewsbury Museum Haslemere Museum Ulster Museum, Belfast Wakefield Library and Museum Museum of Somerset, Taunton
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