David Gelsthorpe

Member
David Gelsthorpe
David Gelsthorpe

Curator of Earth Science Collections, The Manchester Museum, The University of Manchester

The Manchester Museum
The University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL

E-mail: david.gelsthorpe@manchester.ac.uk, bursaries@natsca.org
Tel: 0161 3061601
Fax: 0161 2752676

I set up and manage NatSCA’s Bill Pettit Grant to support natural science projects including conservation, access and use of collections. Since 2011, we have given out more than £13,000. Alongside this, I have raised over £10,000 for NatSCA through organising trade stands and sponsorship. I also support the running of the NatSCA conference.

I am passionate about using collections to inspire people to take action on climate change, biodiversity loss and decolonisation. I am Curator of Earth Sciences at Manchester Museum, where I lead exhibitions, decolonisation work, teaching, public programmes and facilitate research on the collection. My specialism is palaeontology and historical geology, but enjoy all aspects of the geology collection at Manchester. I am a panel member for the Arts Council Accreditation committee, representing natural history and university museums.

Current Tenure: 
2021-2023