Dippy on Tour: A Natural History Adventure

For the first time , the Natural History Museum’s iconic skeleton cast, will be on display outside of the capital – touring the length and breadth of the UK from early 2018 to late 2020. Dippy will be on display in Dorset, Birmingham, , , Newcastle, Cardiff, Rochdale and Norwich.

Dorset County Museum, February - May 2018 Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, May - September 2018 Ulster Museum, September 2018 - January 2019 Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, January - May 2019 Great North Museum: Hancock, Newcastle upon Tyne, May - October 2019 National Assembly for Wales, October 2019 - January 2020 Number One Riverside, Rochdale, February - June 2020 Norwich Cathedral, July - October 2020

Dippy's visit will highlight each regions natural history collections and draw attention to the rich array of local biodiversity, encouraging families to explore nature on their doorstep. Dippy on Tour aims to help young people to connect with the natural world and gain a deeper understanding of it through science.

As Dippy journeys across the UK he will inspire Natural History Adventures within the regions that he visits. These adventures will not only take place at host venues, but across a wide range of institutions within the area, from museums and galleries to universities and outdoor spaces. Natural History Adventures will engage audiences with their local biodiversity, past and present.

Natural History Adventures are a unique opportunity to promote activities, with 10,000 leaflets being distributed in each region, and extend reach. Natural History Adventures can be produced and run by anyone.

Taking a variety of forms, including workshops, displays, trails and digital resources, Natural History Adventures will encompass a range of themes and questions facing the scientific community today including sustainability, biodiversity and food-security.

Practicalities

 The timings of Natural History Adventures will need to line up with Dippy’s visit to the region.  Adventures may be previously run activities, or entirely new!  For inclusion in promotional brochures event details must be confirmed ahead of the regional deadline. Events can be added online at any time.  Participating venues / organisations must count, and report, numbers for each event.  If you don’t have an adventure in mind but would like to take part Natural History Museum produced resources can be used (see ‘Additional assets’).

Contact

To register interest or discuss Natural History Adventures please contact:

Victoria Shennan

Citizen Science Programme Coordinator

Natural History Museum Cromwell Road London SW7 5BD e: [email protected] t: 020 7942 6039

Natural History Adventure branding

There are two logos with which you can identify associated programming as ‘Natural History Adventures’, both of these are supplied in a jpeg format (should you require a different format please get in touch). Either logo can be used depending on preference!

This logo must be used above its minimum size of 25mm in diameter. Whilst the logo may be overlain on images or directly next to text there must be an exclusion zone of half of the diameter (in this instance 12.5mm) between this and any other logos.

This logo must be used above its minimum size of 35mm. Exclusion zones as above.

Events must be identified as ‘Natural History Adventures’ NOT ‘Dippy on Tour’.

Promotional brochure

A small promotional brochure will be produced for each region with 10,000 copies being printed. Events will also be promoted online. Event details must be supplied in the following format: Title (Type) Venue, Location Dates, Price Explanatory sentence – max 20 words Web-link

For example: Investigate for families (Drop-in) Natural History Museum 10 June 2017 - 31 December 2017, Free Become a scientist for the day in our hands-on science centre. For further details please see: www.nhm.ac.uk/events/investigate-for-families.html

Regional deadlines for inclusion will be circulated.

Events can be added to the online Dippy on Tour webpages at any point.

Additional assets

The Natural History Museum is producing a number of assets that will be made available online. These include schools resource for ages 4 – 7, schools resources for ages 7 – 11, video content, recommended reading, and themed content that will be added to throughout the duration of the tour.

These materials will be made available online at www.nhm.ac.uk/dippyontour on Friday 1 December 2017.

Evaluation materials will be made available for anyone wishing to use them.

Next steps

If you are intending to run a Natural History Adventure please get in touch with the event details (as above) and an estimation of the numbers that you would expect.

If you have run a similar event previously we would be interested in knowing the numbers previously in attendance.

We will then share with you the logos and evaluation materials, and add your events into the promotional Natural History Adventure brochure. The brochure will be distributed via Dippy on Tour partners and local visitor centres.

We look forward to hearing from you!