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Download All Articles BIOLOGY CURATORS GROUP •~eo· NEWSLETTE January 1994 Vol6 No. 3 Welcome to another BCG Newsletter.This issue BEETLE DOWN LEAFLET- UPDATE containsanothermixtureofthefascinating, theessential, the tragic and the downright farcical. As claimed by BCG's stock of Beetle Down leaflets is now nearly another, less august, publication "All human life is exhausted and this is perhaps just as well consid ring there". I would like to thank all those members whose the number of changes which apply to the address list. contributions have enabled another full length issue to There are plans for a re-print of the leaflet and these can be assembled. Contributions are ofcourse sti 11 welcome only go ahead after a total revision of the list. fromanyonewhohasasnippetforgeneralconsumption Torefreshyourm m ri sth listisinclud dh rewith and I would particularly encourage the new recruits to some revisions added for NW England and Scotland. our curatorial ranks to contribute something. Please PLEASE CAN YOU CH_, K TH FOLLOWIN remember that this is not the Royal Society and all that DETAILS:- is required is that your note should be ofinterest to other 1. That you and your museum are included. members. It does not (yet) have to be extensively researched, refereed and packed full of esoteric 2. That the address and telephon number are curT nt. references. The one plea I would make (again) is that 3. That you have an * if you qualify for one. for anything other than a short note contributors send their piece on disk, preferably using Wordpetfect 5.1, 4. Anyothermus umsthaty ukn wa utar n tleft as this makes assembling an issue so much easier. out.(I do not mind how many bits f duplicated Please note that the list of back issues of the newsletter inf01mation I r c iv s long as Id rec iv it.) as promised in the last issue will now be included in the Please send your replies to:­ next along with a list of the specialist publications held by BCG. Stephen Moran Inverness Mus um and Art all ry By the way, just to continue the pessimistic theme of Castle Wynd recent editorials, ASC Newsletter for October 1993 includes notes on a paper given at an TCOM meeting at JNVERNES IV2 3 D which details of a fire at the Saskatchewan Natural (Tel: 0463 237114) History Museum in Regina. Selfignition ofpolyurethane by 30 January 1994 foam during the construction of an exhibit was blamed for the fire which proved difficult to pinpoint as parrs of All of these museums provide a biological (natural the security system had been disabled during the history) servic , but nly th se marked * mploy a improvement works. All specimens nearby were coated qualified biology curator: with a thick, sticky soot. The motto is of course to have a disaster plan, never to leave buildings unpatTOIIed SCOTLAND during building works, and to have smoke containment * Aberdeen University Museum, measures built into any new planningorupgradings for Dcpt of Zoology, Tillydronc Avc,Abcrdccn AB9 2TN. buildings. Tcl: 0224-272849 25 * Dundee Museum & Art Gallery, NORTH AND NORTH-WEST ENGLAND Albert Square, Dundee,DDllDA. Tel: 0382 23141 *Bolton Museum & Art Gallery, Elgin Museum, Le mans Crescent, Bolton, Lanes BL I I SE. 1 High Street,Elgin,Moray,IV30 lEQ Tel: 0204 22311 ext. 2211/2197 Tcl: 0343 543675 * llurnley: Towneley Hall Museum, Falconer Museum, Burnley, Lanes Bl311 3RQ. Tel: 0282 424213 Tolbooth Street, Forres, Moray IV36 OPH. *Carlisle Museum & Art Gallery, Tel: 0309-73701 Tullie House, Castle Street, arlisle CA3 8TP. Greenock,McLean Art Gallery & Museum, Tel: 0228 34781 15 Kelly Street,Greenock,Strathclyde,PA 16 8JX *Chester: Grosvenor Museum, Tcl: 0475 23741 27 Grosvenor Street, Chester Ill 200. * Glasgow Art Gallery & Museum, Tel: 0244 40144 ext. 2259 Kclvingrove, Glasgow G3 8AG. Tcl: 041-3573929 * Clitheroe Castle Museum * Hawick Museum, Castle Hiii ,Ciitlleroe,Bl37 lllA Wilton Lodge Park,Hawick,TD9 7JL Tel: 0200 24635 Tel: 0450 73457 * Flectwood Museum * Hunterian Museum, Queen's Terrace,Fieetwood,rY7 6BT University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ. Tcl: 0253 876621 Tel: 041-339 8855 ext.221 * Hancock Museum *Inverness Museum & Art Gallery, The University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE2 4PT. Castle Wynd, Inverness IV2 3ED. Tel : 091 -222-7418 Tel: 0463 237114 * Hartlepool: Gray Art Gallery & Museum, (Kilmarnock) Dick Institute, Clarence Road, Hartlepool, leveland. Elmbank Avenue, Kilmamock, Ayrshire KA I 3BU. * Kcndal Museum, Tel: 0563 26401 Station Road, Kendal, umbria LA9 6BT. * Montrose Museum & Art Gallery, Tel: 0539 2 1374 Panmure Place, Montrose, Angus DDlO 8HE. *Liverpool Museum, Tel: 0674 73232 William Brown Street, Liverpool L3 8EN. * Paisley Museum & Art Galleries, Tel: 051-207 ()()01/5451 lligh Street, Paisley PAl 2BA. * Manchester Museum, Univ. of Manchester, Tel: 041-889 3151 Oxford Road, Manchesrer M 13 9PL. *Perth Museum & Art Gallery, Tel : 061-275 2634 Gcorge Street, Perth. Tei:0738 32488 Middlesbrough: Donnan Museum, * Royal Museum of Scotland, Lint.horpc Road, Middlesbrough, 'leveland. Chambers Street, Edinburgh EHl lJF. Tel: 0642 813781 Tel: ()31-225 7534 * Oldham Local Interest Museum * Shetland Museum, Graves Street,Oidham Lower Hill head, Lerwick, Shetland ZE 1 OEL. Tel: 061 678 4657 Tel: 0595 5057 *Tyne and Wear Museum Service, Stromness Museum, Sunderland Museum & A•·t Gallery, 52 Alfred Street, Stromness, Orkney KW16 30F. Borough Road, untlerland, Tyne and Wear. Tel: 0856 850025 Tel: 09 1-514 1235 ext. 155 * Wick (Highland Region/Curator North) South Shields Museum & Art Gallery, Bruce Buildings,Sinclair Terrace,Wick,KW1 SAB Ocean Road, Sou rh Shields, Tyne ancl Wear. Tel: 0955 3761 ext.245 Tel: 091 -4568740 WALES Y()l{KSIIIRE ANI) IIUMHhRSIDE * Brecknock Museum, * Bn1dford Museums: C:.~rtwright llull, aptains Walk, Brecon, Powys LD3 7DW. Lister Park, 13raclford 809 4NS. Tel: 0874 4121 Tel: 0274 4933 13 *National Museum of Wales, * Clifre Castle Museum, Cathays Park, Cardiff CFJ 3NP. Spring Gardens Lane, Keighley B020 6LI I. Tel: 0222 397951 Tcl: 0535 64184 * Doncast.er Museum & Art Gallery, NORTHERN IRELAND Chequer Road , Ooncast r ON I 2AE. * Ulster Museum, Tcl: 0302 734287 Botanic Gardens, Beln1st BT9 SAB. * lluddersfield: Tolson Mem. Museum, Tel: 0232-668251-5 Ravensknowle Park, 1-Iudclersfield 1-105 8DJ. Tel: 0484-54 1455 ISLE OF MAN Kingston-upon-llull City Museums & Art Galleries, * Manx Museum, Town Docks Museum , Queen Victoria Square, Douglas, Isle of Man. Tel: 0624 75522/251 25 Kingston-upon-llull IIUI 3DX. Tel: 0482 222737 26 * Leeds City Museum, * British Museum (Natural History), Calverley Street, Leeds LS 1 3AA. Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD. Tel: 0532 462632 Tcl: 01-938 9123 * Rotherham: Clifton Park Museum, * Brighton: Booth Museum of Naturalllistory Rolherham·S65 2AA. Tel: 0709 382121 194 Dyke Road, Brighton BN1 5AA. * Scarborough: Tel: 0273 552586/603005 ext. 64 Woodend Museum of Natural History, * Huckinghamshire Musuem, The Crescent, Scarborough Y0112PW. hurch Street, Aylesbury, Bucks. HP20 2 P. Tel: 0723 369151 Tel: 0296 82158/88849 * Scunthorpe Boro' Museum & Art Gallery, * Cambridge Univ. Museum of Zoology, Oswald Rd., Scunthorpe, S.Humberside DN157BD. Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ. Tcl: 0724 843533 Tel: 0223 358717 * Shellield City Museum, *Canterbury City Museum, Weston Park, Sheffield SlO 2TP. High Street, Canterbury, Kent T1 2JE. Tel: 0742 768588 Tcl: 0227 452747 * Yorkshire Museum, *Chelmsford Museum, Museum Gardens, York YO 1 2DR. Oaklands Pk., Moulsham St., Chelmsford M2 9AQ. Tcl: 0904 29745 Tel: 0245 260614 *Colchester & Essex Museum, MIDLANDS 14 Ryegate Road, Colchester, Essex 1 1 Y . Tcl: 0206 7 12487 *Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, * Dover Museum, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham B3 3DH. Ladywell, Dover, Kent CT16 lDQ. Tcl: 021-235 2834 Tel: 0304 201066 *Derby Museums & Art Gallery, Gloucester ity Museum, The Strand, Derby DE11BS. Brunswick Road, Glouce. ter GL I 111P. Tcl: 0332 31111 ext. 782 Tel: 0452 24131 * Coventry: Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, *Hampshire Museum Service: Jordan Well, Coventry CV1 5QP. Alton Curtis Museum, Tel: 0203 832374 High trcct, Alton, HanL<;. U34 IBA * Hereford City Museum, Tel: ()420 82802 Broad St., Hereford HR4 9AU. Andover Museum, Tel: 0432 268121 ext. 207/334 Church Close, Andover SPJO lDP. Tcl: 0264 66283 * Leicestershire Museum Service: Hasingstoke: Willis Museum, Leicestershire Museum & Art Gallery, Old Town Hall , Basingstoke, l-lallls R 21 1 New Walk, Leicester LE1 6TD. Tcl: 0256 465902 Tel 0533 554100 Christchurch: Red House Museum, *Lincoln City museum: Quay Road, Christchurch, Dorset Bll23 I BU. Broadgate, Lincoln LN2 IHQ. Tel: 0202 482860 Tel: 0522 30401 llaslemere Educatiom1l Museum, Melton Carnegie Museum, High L., Haslemere, Surrey U27 2LA. Thorpe End, Mdton Mowbray. Tel: 0428 211 2 Tci:0664 69946 llavant Museum, Rutland County Museum, East Street, Havant, 1-lants P09 I B Catmos Street, Oakham, Rutland. Tel:0572 3654 Tel: 0705 451 ·155 * Nottingham Nat. History Museum, * l-lertf(1rd Museum, Wollaton Hall, Wollaton Park, Nottingham NG8 2AE '18 Bull Plain, Hertford, Herts SG 14 lDT. Tel: 0602 281333/281130 Tel: 0992 52686 *Shropshire Museum Service: * llorniman Museum & Library, Ludlow (Buttercross) Museum, London Road, ·orest Hill , London ~2 3P . Old Street, Ludlow. Tel: 0584 3857 Tcl: 01 -669 1872/2339/49'11 *Stoke-on-Trent City Museum & Art Gallery * lpswich Museum, Hanlcy, Stoke-on-Trent ST1 3DW. Tel: 0782 202173 High Su·cct, Ipswich !P I 3QH. *Warwickshire Museum, Tel: 0473 213761/2 Market Place, Warwick CY34 3SA. * Luton Museum & Art Gallery, Tcl: 0926410410exL. 2500 Wardown Park, Luton LU2 7HA. *Worcester City Museum & Art Gallery, Tcl: 0582 3694'1/36942 Foregate Street, Worcester WR1 lDT. * North Hertfordshire Museums, Tcl: 0905 25371 Old Fire Stn., High St. , Baldock SG7 6AR. Tel: 0462 894352 EAST-CENTRAL AND SOUTH-EAST ENGLAND * Norfolk Museum Service: * BedfC1rd Museum, Castle Museum, Castle Lane, Bedford MK40 3XD. Norwich, Norfolk NR 1 3J U. Tcl: 0234-53323/54954 Tel: 0(-,()3 6 11 277 CXL 279 27 Cromer Museum, * Truro: Royal Institution of Cornwall, East Cottages, Tucker St., Cromer, Norfolk.
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