Collections for All: natural science collections is a collaborative space:
- for qualitative informal learning between natural science curators, educators, researchers, medical professionals etc. via forums, information and knowledge exchange
- to share good practice and expertise via toolkit blogs on appropriate subjects (collection care, handling objects etc.) for non-science and generalist curators in order to support the use and maintenance of UK natural science collections.
The museums and organisations currently working together to either shape this space and/or share expertise and knowledge are [in no particular order]: Arts Council England, Horniman Museum and Gardens, Leeds Museums and Galleries, Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Natural History Museum, Natural History Museum Tring, National Museum of Wales, Museum of London, Geological Curators Group, NatSCA, Manchester Museum, Hunterian Museum at Royal College of Surgeons, London, Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle, Collections Trust, Grant Museum of Zoology, UCL, Museum of London, Tate, London, Birmingham Museums Trust and National Museum Directors Council. This list will be added to as the space grows and you find details of all of the organisations in Connections.
This space at the moment is a seed and will grow throughout the year. If there are areas or subjects you would like to see covered or you would like to get involved with knowledge sharing please contact Julie Reynolds, Collections for All, coordinator via collectionsforall@nhm.ac.uk