Natural Science Collections and Environmental Breakdown
On May 27th and 28th 2021, NatSCA hosted an online conference, 'Natural Science Collections and Environmental Breakdown'.
This conference was recorded and can be viewed online on our YouTube channel. [External Link]
The description of each YouTube video contains the abstract for the talk. Each video has closed captions available.
Conference Programme
Conference Abstracts
Day 1 - May 27th 2021
Keynote
Recognising the Anthropocene Epoch in geological strata: the ongoing process of collecting and archiving a potential “golden-spike” section
Simon Turner, UCL / Anthropocene Working Group
First Session
Making the most of a collection that illuminates the debate on anthropogenic climate change: The HMS Challenger and Ocean Bottom Deposits Collection at The Natural History Museum
C.Giles Miller, Lyndsey Fox*, Tom Hill, Marina Rillo**, Steve Stukins, Epi Vaccaro, Natural History Museum, *University of Kingston, **University of Groningen
Accelerating Global Engagement Through Collaboration of Online Biodiversity Data Networks
Elizabeth Ellwood, Gil Nelson, Hamish Holewa, Dimitris Koureas, Joseph Miller, iDigBio / Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Second Session - Tours
Rex Annex: providing a small museum with additional exhibit & prep space
Patti Wood Finkle & JP Cavigelli, Tate Geological Museum at Casper College
The Natural History Galleries at Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery
David Waterhouse, Norfolk Museums Service
Fourth Session
Herbarium specimens inform species selection for agroforestry trial of African indigenous rainforest species in Republic of Congo
Teva Kami* (Université Marien Ngouabi), Michael Hands (Inga Foundation), Florent Lager, Pierre Mberi (MPD Congo), Yvette Harvey (RHS Wisley), Martin Cheek (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew) * Presenting
Synthetic and semi-synthetic microplastic ingestion by mesopelagic fishes from Tristan da Cunha and St Helena, South Atlantic
Alexandra McGoran 1,2,*, James S. Maclaine 2,*, Paul F. Clark,2, David Morritt,1, 1 Royal Holloway University of London, 2 Natural History Museum, London, * Presenting
Day 2 - May 28th 2021
First Session
Ecologising Natural History Collections through Interventions by Contemporary Artists
Sarah Wade, University of East Anglia
No Môr Plastic: Using the permanent natural science displays at Amgueddfa Cymru National Museum Wales to support museum activism
Julian Carter, Sarah Younan, Amgueddfa Cymru National Museum Wales
‘Nature and Love’ Stepping up to the Environmental Challenge
Jo Hatton, Horniman Museums and Gardens
Second Session
How To Move a Mountain: Populating a New Collections Store at the Sedgwick Museum
Catherine Craston & Helen Devereux, Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
Tour of Priceless Objects (van Onschatbare Waarde), the special exhibit in honour of Naturalis’ 200th birthday
Becky Desjardins, Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Third Session - Lightning Talks
Got a Bone to Pick? Creating an easy-to-use flowchart for cleaning skeletal specimens
Georgia Kay, Naturalis Biodiversity Centre
Fossils, firearms and naked ladies
Lorna Steel, Radnorshire Museum (Powys County Council)
What’s in the Box? Exploring Natural Science Collections with Home Educating Families
Philip Hadland, Hastings Museum & Art Gallery
Can the dead save the Earth? Exposing postgraduate students to Southeast Asian natural history collections
Ting Hui, NG, Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore
The profile of sediment profiles from Surinam
Kim König, Naturalis Biodiversity Centre
Plugging the gap: Resources to support the curation of biological sample collections
Kirsty Lloyd, Natural History Museum
Humanities Programming in a Natural History Museum
Patti Wood Finkle, Valeris Innella Maiers, Werner Wildlife Museum at
Casper College
The First Striped Dolphin on the Isle of Man, Working Collaboratively to Preserve it for the Manx Museum and Public
Laura McCoy, Manx National Heritage
Losing colour: the discoloration of plants in wet collections
Marion Dangeon, Elodie Granget, Latty Joane, Laura Brambilla, Haute Ecole Arc Conservation-restoration
“After breakfast purchase fossils of Miss Anning”: Jurassic Marine Reptiles in the Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge
Matt Riley, Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge
Fourth Session
Taxidermy – Material Sustainability & Progression
Jazmine Miles-Long
Indigenuity and Storytelling: Pluralising Natural Sciences and Environmental Knowledges
Alexandra Alberda, Manchester Museum