Dear all,

 

Nominations are now open for the Marsh Award for Palaeontology, Mineralogy and the Best Earth Science Book of 2017.

 

The Marsh Awards recognise unsung heroes who have made a major contribution to the promotion of palaeontology or mineralogy in the UK and abroad. 

These contributions could include:

• popular publications
• websites
• collecting and donation of natural history collections to museums
• superb preparation or conservation of specimens in public collections
• artistic or technical innovations

 

For full details of how to make nominations or to attend the award ceremony on 8^th December , please see the Natural History Museums website.

 

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/events/the-marsh-awards-for-palaeontology-mineralogy-earth-sciences-book.html

 

 

Please circulate this amongst your networks.

 

Best wishes,

 

Emma

 

Emma Bernard

Curator of Palaeobiology

Department of Earth Sciences

The Natural History Museum

Cromwell Road

London

SW7 5BD

 

T: +44(0)20 7942 5854

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Twitter: @NHM_FossilFish

 

Search our specimen database: http://data.nhm.ac.uk/

 

Advance Notice: The Fossil Vertebrates collections will be closed to visitors during PALASS 2017 (17-19 December).  Access will be possible pre and post-event,  but visitors need to contact curators well in advance to schedule their visit.