On May 8th and 9th 2025, NatSCA hosted 'Making a Difference: Showing the Positive Impact of Natural History Collections', the 2025 NatSCA Conference at the Manchester Museum.
DiSSCo UK – unlocking impact from the UK’s natural science collections Helen Hardy (NHM), Vincent Smith (NHM), Laurence Livermore (NHM), Sally Jennings (NHM), Tao Tao Chang (AHRC), & David Selway (AHRC): The Natural History Museum London and the Arts & Humanities Research Council
On April 18th and 19th 2024, NatSCA hosted 'Trials and Triumphs: sharing practice across the museum sector', the 2024 NatSCA Conference at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
Funding of £155 million for a 10-year programme has been announced by the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology as part of the UKRI Infrastructure Fund. The programme will digitise collections; applying AI tools and related technologies to create vast data sets and unlock the impact of collections data in supporting research and collaboration on critical issues including the environmental emergency.
The Journal of Natural Science Collections Volume 12 is now available to NatSCA members!
Print copies are on their way to our members and members can also access Volume 12 online here. Articles are accessible to NatSCA members only and can be unlocked by using the password provided by our membership secretary. Most articles will be available exclusively to NatSCA members for the first year following their publication.
The Journal of Natural Science Collections Volume 11 is now available to NatSCA members!
Print copies are on their way to our members and members can also access Volume 11 online here. Articles are accessible to NatSCA members only and can be unlocked by using the password provided by our membership secretary. Most articles will be available exclusively to NatSCA members for the first year following their publication.