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Kate Thank you for the invitation and apologies for not being able to attend. Just like to wish you and all your colleagues the best of luck with the opening and also for the new museum - it is always good news to hear of a new Natural History museum opening. Cheers Peter Davidson Senior Curator of Mineralogy Natural Sciences Department National Museums Collection Centre 242 West Granton Road Edinburgh EH5 1JA TEL: 0131 247 4283 E-mail: [log in to unmask] From: The Natural Science Collections Association discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kate Pocklington Sent: 21 April 2015 07:41 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Singapore's only Natural History Museum opens on 28th April Dear all, You may be interested to know the new Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM), formerly the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research (RMBR), is opening to the public on Tuesday 28th April 2015. The museum's collection dates back to the mid 1800s and was originally housed in the Raffles Museum (now the National Museum). After many years of moving from place to place, the LKCNHM now offers a brand new permanent home to the 560,000 specimens in the collections. The new museum is split over two gallery spaces; the Biodiversity Gallery on the ground level holds 15 themed zones beginning with Life and ending at Mammals, and the Heritage Gallery on the Mezzanine consists of a Landscape Walk overlooking the native specimens of Singapore, Singapore Today which explores the geographical growth of Singapore and acquisition of new land, and finally the Cabinets of Curiosity which delve into the history of the museum, the collection and notable scientists including Sir Stamford Raffles, Alfred Russel Wallace, and William Farquhar. The 'centre piece' of the museum is a family of 3 diplodocid sauropods known as Apollonia, Prince and Twinky. Tickets are to be booked in advance from Sistic<http://www.sistic.com.sg/> Find out more here: http://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/ We are also on Twitter<https://twitter.com/lkcnhm> and Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/lkcnhm> Cheers and hope to see you there! Kate Kate Pocklington :: Conservator, Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum :: National University of Singapore :: 2 Conservatory Drive, Singapore 117377 :: 65-65165082 (DID) :: 65-6774 8101 (Fax) ::[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> (E) :: www.lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg<http://www.lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/> (W):: Company Registration No: 200604346E ________________________________ Important: This email is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify us immediately; you should not copy or use it for any purpose, nor disclose its contents to any other person. Thank you. Featuring 100+ playable games, take on gaming's greatest icons at the National Museum of Scotland. Game Masters, 5 December 2014-20 April 2015, www.nms.ac.uk/gamemasters National Museums Scotland, Scottish Charity, No. SC 011130 This communication is intended for the addressee(s) only. If you are not the addressee please inform the sender and delete the email from your system. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of National Museums Scotland. This message is subject to the Data Protection Act 1998 and Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. No liability is accepted for any harm that may be caused to your systems or data by this message.