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Call for Papers – Taipei National University of the Arts

The Taipei National University of the Arts and its partners announce its upcoming biennial conference this October. It is an excellent opportunity for members of ICOM NATHIST to engage in diverse and stimulating programme.  The 2014 International Biennial Conference of Museum Studies(IBCMS) bridges its conference program into its second decade under the theme “Restoration and Rejuvenation of Cultural and Natural Heritage: …

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New Director General for ICOM

On the 12 of December, ICOM Chairs received the following announcement from Hans-Martin Hinz, President of ICOM: To the Chairpersons of the National Committees, the International Committees, Regional Alliances, Affiliated Organisations and Technical Committees NEW DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR ICOM Dear colleagues, It is a pleasure for me to announce that ICOM has a new Director General. The Executive Council of …

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Seasons Greetings

Dear Members and Friends of ICOM NATHIST, It has been an exciting and busy for us. Platform 2022 went back online after changing servers, we solidified our relationships with UNEP, WAZA, BGCI and others, including jointly presenting at the United Nations Convention on Biodiversity conference in Hyderabad. The conference in Brazil last August was a great success. A new Board was formed, the …

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UNEP Children's Painting Competiton

UNEP Children’s Painting Competition. Click on the picture to follow the link. ICOM NATHIST is pleased to be associated with The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in promoting their 23rd International Children’s Painting Competition on the Environment. The International Children’s Painting Competition on the Environment is organized every year by UNEP, the Japan-based Foundation for Global Peace and Environment (FGPE), Bayer …

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Meeting: Indian Council of Science Museums

The Indian Council of Science Museums in collaboration with the Indian Museum, Kolkata, is holding a meeting from the 10th to the 14th of February 2014. The theme is Strategic Transformations: Museums in the 21st Century. Please click on the announcement or here for more information.

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Annual Conference 11-16 October, 2014

We are pleased to announce that the 2014 ICOM NATHIST conference will be held from 11-16 October in Croatia, from kindly hosted by the Croatian Museums of Zagorje. The theme of the conference is The future of natural history museums: relevance, balance and innovation, which gives plenty of scope for philosophical debate, innovation and reflection. Our hosts: The Croatian Museums of Zagorje …

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Talk: Natural History Museum Materials as Cultural Assets

On the 13th of August 2013, Dr Osamu Kamei Head, CTR of the History of Japanese Industrial Technology National Museum of Nature and Science (formerly, The National Science Museum) gave a talk Natural History Museum Materials as Cultural Assets as part of the Annual General Meeting of ICOM NATHIST in Rio de Janeiro. The talk provided considerable personal insight into …

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ICOM NATHIST Archive Project

We have started an archive section of this website to make available past publications of ICOM NATHIST, as well as a repository for new ones. If you have, or know of, something that you feel should be part of that archive, please contact us. Similarly, if you would like to contribute something to an upcoming newsletter, please let us know.

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Announcement: National Grants for American Museums

The American Alliance of Museums is currently accepting proposals for the Museums Connect grant program. An initiative of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs in conjunction with the Alliance, Museums Connect strengthens connections and cultural understanding between people in the United States and abroad through innovative projects facilitated by museums and executed by their communities. …