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The Biology Curator http://www.natsca.org The Biology Curator Title: International Conference on the Value and Valuation of Natural Science Collections: Manchester University, UK, 19‐21 April 1995 Author(s): Not Listed. Source: Not Listed. (1995). International Conference on the Value and Valuation of Natural Science Collections: Manchester University, UK, 19‐21 April 1995. The Biology Curator, Issue 3, 2 ‐ 6. URL: http://www.natsca.org/article/521 NatSCA supports open access publication as part of its mission is to promote and support natural science collections. NatSCA uses the Creative Commons Attribution License (CCAL) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ for all works we publish. Under CCAL authors retain ownership of the copyright for their article, but authors allow anyone to download, reuse, reprint, modify, distribute, and/or copy articles in NatSCA publications, so long as the original authors and source are cited. International Conference on the Value collections, what commercial valuations are de facto in existence already, what are the arguments for and against and Valuation of assessing such monetary values and, if we have to value, how Natural Science Collections should the consequent risks be minimised? Manchester University, UK, 19-21 Aprill995 The final debate session will endeavour to draw together all these disparate threads, and attempt to define the principles that should inform future policy decisions about Introduction This important conference, instigated by the Biology natural science collections. Curator's Group and organised by the Manchester Museum, will address a subject that is very timely, to judge from the Provisional Programme responses we have received from around the world. This Tuesday 18th April special issue of the Biology Curator contains the pre­ 1000-1400 Manchester Museum Collections available conference printed Abstracts of the talks and poster papers for inspection (please contact us if you offered. Since the topic is not one easily summarised in a wish to take advantage of this opportunity) poster presentation, some of the poster papers are published 1000-1800 Conference Reception Desk open for in full here, after the Abstracts. Registration. 1600-1700 Biology Curators' Group AGM Aim of the Conference 1700-1800 Presentation by the UK Systematics Natural science collections have scientific, cultural and Forum, followed by refreshments. monetary values. The conference will explore the nature of these various values and will reflect the experience of those Wednesday 19th April involved in the care and use of such collections Session A: Chair: Tristram Besterman, Director, It is often said that natural science collections are Manchester Museum. undervalued (in all senses of the word) when compared with 0930-1030 Keynote address, "The scientific value of humanities-based collections, particularly those of fine art collections" objects. Is this true? If so, is it a consequence of the way The Earl of Cranbrook DSc DL, society views the arts and the sciences? Or is it because art Chairman, English Nature. collections can have such high financial values? What can be 1030-1050 "What's important?" done to increase society's appreciation of the many values of Simon Knell, Museum Studies, University natural science collections? What pressures are there upon of Leicester. museums and other holding institutions to put financial values on their natural science collections, and should such Session B: Chair: Dr Goran Andersson, Director, pressures be welcomed or resisted? In responding to such Natural History Museum, Goteborg, pressures, is there a risk that the intrinsic scientific and Sweden cultural value of natural science collections is at best 1130-1150 "Calculating the real value of systematic undermined, and at worst sold out? The publication resulting biology collections" from the conference will help to answer some of these Dr Stephen Blackmore, Nicola DonJon questions, and inform future policy decisions about natural & Emma Watson, The Natural History science collections. Museum, London. 1150-1210 "The fundamental relationship between Venue biological collections and scientific The conference will be held at the Hulme Hall knowledge" Conference Centre. Hulme Hall is the oldest established Woody Cotterill, Biodiversity Foundation residence in the University of Manchester and is situated on for Africa, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. a 9 acre site in the quiet and pleasant Victoria Park, only 10 1210-1230 "The Italian Association of Science minutes walk from the centre of the University campus. Museums and its goals in regard to Direct bus services leave every 2 minutes via the University scientific collections" to the centre of Manchester, and every half hour to the Prof. Guido Moggi, Museo Botanico, Airport. There is ample car-parking at no extra charge. Florence, Italy. Facilities include a 300 seat tiered lecture theatre with 1230-1250 "Archives of nature in natural history disabled access and induction loop, seminar rooms, dining collections" hall, licensed bar, on-site squash, tennis, netball, table-tennis, Dr Dumitra Muraria, "Grigore Antipa" pool tables and multi-gym, photocopying and FAX facilities, Museum of Natural History, Bucharest, bleep and private radio systems. Romania. Programme Outline Session C: Chair: Ms Sally Shelton, San Diego Reflecting the aims of the Conference, three major Natural History Museum, USA. themes will be pursued during the various scientific sessions. 1400-1420 "Collections assessments and long range These sessions will examine the SCIENTIFIC VALUE and planning" CULTURAL VALUE of natural science collections, and Philip Doughty, Ulster Museum, Belfast, address the question of the FINANCIAL VALUE of these Northern Ireland. collections. 1420-1440 "The National Zoological Collection of The last theme presents four aspects - what pressures are Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of there to provide financial valuations for natural science Sciences" 2 The Biology Curator Dr Roald Potapov & Dr Vadim Zaitzev, 1230-1250 "A Dutch exercise in the valuation of Russian Academy of Sciences, St natural history collections" Petersburg, Russia. Dr J Krikken, National Museum of 1440-1500 "Microbial genetic resources: their use and Natural History, Leiden, The Netherlands. organization" Dr D Smith, International Mycological Session G: Chair: To be announced. Institute, Surrey. 1400-1420 "A scienti fie/historical/educational 1500-1520 "The educational and ethical role of the heritage for whom? The value of National Museum of Natural History in the geological collections in small museums" Scientific Institute" Simon Timberlake, Cambridge (South Prof. M Mouna, Scientific Institute, Eastern Museums Service). Rabat-Agdal, Morocco. 1420-1440 "Slaying the sacred cow" W J Baird, Royal Museum of Scotland, Session D: Chair: Dr lan Rolfe, Royal Museums of Edinburgh. Scotland, Edinburgh. 1440-1500 "An attempt at valuating the zoological 1600-1620 "Criteria for establishing the relative reference collection of the Department of importance of natural history collections at Zoology, National University of international, national, and local levels" Singapore" Dr Andrew Jeram, Ulster Museum, Kelvin K P Lim & Mrs C M Yang, Belfast, Northern Ireland. National University of Singapore. 1620-1640 "Depreciation, appreciation and inflation: 1500-1520 "From grave to cradle, the changing the economics of botanical collections" fortunes of the giant Irish deer" Dr David G Mann, Royal Botanic Nigel Monaghan, National Museum of Garden, Edinburgh. Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. 1640-1700 "Scientific and didactic criteria of valuing unique geological specimens (moveable Session H: Chair: To be announced. monuments of inanimate nature) in 1600-1620 "The effect of high market prices on the value and valuation of vertebrate fossils" experience of the Museum of the Eart.h Ms Sally Shelton, San Diego Natural Sciences, Warsaw" History Museum, USA Prof. K Jakubowski, Museum of the 1620-1640 "Museums and the mineral specimen Earth, Warsaw, Poland. market" 17 00-1 720 "Notes on quality and economy of a Ms Monica Price, Oxford University natural history collection" Museum. Dr Karel Sutory, Moravian Museum, 1640-1700 "The evaluation of natural history Brno, Czech Republic. collections; some remarks" Dr Francesco Uribe, Museu de Zoologia, Thursday 20th April Barcelona, Spain. Session E: Chair: To be announced. 1700-1720 "Targeting the user short term - who pays 0930-1000 Keynote address, "The cultural impact of for long term storage and maintenance?" collections" Professor Peter Morgan, National Max Hebditch, Director, Museum of Museum of Wales, Cardiff. London 1000-1030 Keynote address, "The cultural impact of After Dinner Ms Sally Shelton wiU give a talk entitled natural science collections to society" "Murder in the Museum" C W Pettitt, Manchester Museum. 1030-1050 Paper on ethics of disposal Friday 21st April David Clarke, former Chair, Museums Session 1: Chair: Dr John Edmondson, National Association Ethics Committee. Museums and Galleries on Merseyside. 0930-1010 Keynote address, "The financial value of Session F: Chair: Dr Barbara Hertzig, Natural cultural, heritage and scientific collections: History Museum, Vienna, Austria. an accounting fiction" 1130-1150 "The educational value of university Prof. G Carnegie & Prof. P Wolnizer, natural history museums" Deakin University, Victoria, Australia. Ms Jane Pickering, Oxford University 1010-1030 "Insurance implications of display of Museum. collections made up of unique items with
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