Previous Events and Workshops

Bone collections: using, conserving and understanding osteology in museums

Tuesday, September 8, 2015 -
09:30 to 17:00

University Museum Of Zoology, Cambridge

Many institutions look after diverse osteological collections with complicated care and management needs. Understanding, using, maintaining and conserving these collections is a large and complex topic. This day uses talks, examples, advice from experts in the field and the opportunity for hands-on tutoring to give collection managers greater insight into looking after these wonderful objects.
Museums Unleashed: using traditional and social media to communicate collections

Thursday, May 21, 2015 - 09:15 to Friday, May 22, 2015 - 17:00

Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives, Bristol

Our conference is now over, but you can download abstracts of the talks and view tweets from the conference at #natsca2015.
Identification of Osseous & Keratinous Materials Workshop

Thursday, January 29, 2015 -
10:00 to 17:00

Leeds Museum Discovery Centre

Dr. Sonia O'Connor of the University of Bradford will be running a one day workshop on how to identify materials such as ivory, bone, antler, horn, baleen, tortoiseshell and imitations thereof. Structure, properties and appropriate care will be discussed as well as a practical session using objects from the collections at Leeds.

This course is now fully booked. Please join the waiting list - we will be in touch in case of any cancellations.
Hazards in museum geological collections – the practicalities

Friday, October 17, 2014 -
10:00 to 17:00

Oxford University Museum of Natural History

We will be running a joint workshop from the Geological Curators' Group and Natural Sciences Collections Association and run jointly by the Oxford University Museum of Natural History and the National Museum of Wales this October.