Month: September 2013

Museum partnership brings geological collections to life

September 9, 2013

Rockband, a Heritage Lottery Funded partnership, has enabled a group of five museums to bring in expert advice to provide new ideas to help interpret and communicate about their geology collections in innovative and exciting ways, as well as promoting partnership working. The collections have been used to reach out to new audiences including blind … More Museum partnership brings geological collections to life

Welcome to the – why have geological collections? blog

September 9, 2013

At this time of austerity, funding for the upkeep of collections of all kinds is increasing being cut. With this blog we aim to highlight examples of how geological collections are used as positive evidence to support why they should be maintained. This blog is run by the Geological Curators’ Group, an affiliated Group to the Geological Society of London. We … More Welcome to the – why have geological collections? blog