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The Natural History Museum is pleased to offer the following short courses The Fundamentals of Integrated Pest Management Date: Tuesday 10th October 2017 Time: 09.00 registration for 9.30 course start. The course is expected to finish at 16.30 Venue: Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD www.nhm.ac.uk/business-services/training/the-fundamentals-of-integrated-pest-management.html The Natural History Museum is proud to be a world leader in integrated pest management, having been the first Museum to introduce such a strategy in 2002. Participants will be given special access to explore the Museum's cutting-edge facilities, including a quarantine facility with a hot/cold chamber, and find out how to apply these strategies at their own institution. The course will be led by our pest management team with input from our conservation team and entomologists from our Life Sciences department. The Fundamentals of Natural History Conservation Date: Tuesday 14th November 2017 Time: 09.00 registration for 9.30 course start. The course is expected to finish at 16.45 Venue: Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD www.nhm.ac.uk/business-services/training/the-fundamentals-of-natural-history-conservation.html Learn practical preservation techniques for different materials, and best practice for optimum museum environment control. The Natural History Museum is uniquely placed to share world-leading conservation expertise. Our collection comprises 80 million specimens, and our conservation work has to facilitate regular handling for analysis and research. Covering practical preservation and conservation techniques, the course will include tips and tools that can be applied to any material type, including taxidermy, paper and wet specimens. It will also cover best practice for optimum monitoring and control of the museum environment and collections. Disaster Planning and Salvaging Date: Wednesday 6th December 2017 Time: 09.00 registration for 9.30 course start. The course is expected to finish at 16.45 Venue: Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD www.nhm.ac.uk/business-services/training/disaster-planning-and-salvaging.html Planning for a disaster scenario that could significantly damage a collection is difficult but essential. Fires, floods and accidental damage do occur, and knowing how to act could save precious items and collections from destruction. This one-day course has two parts. Part one focuses on strategic steps to manage the risks and effects a disaster might have on a collection. Part two demonstrates the key practical conservation skills and techniques required to salvage a collection should disaster occur. Concessions and early bird rates available. For more information on these course and other development support available, please visit www.nhm.ac.uk/training //