Resources

SPNHC holds annual meetings and sponsors workshops and symposia that foster the exchange of ideas and information in the field of natural history collections care. Here you can find details of past meetings along with downloadable minutes, brochures and other files where available.

SPNHC 40th Annual Meeting

Published: September 17, 2024    

Link: coming soon Date: TBD Location: University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA Host: University of Kansas Contact: spnhc2024@ku.edu

39th Annual Meeting and SPNHC-TDWG joint conference

Published: November 7, 2023    

Link: https://www.tdwg.org/conferences/2024/ Date: September 2 – 6, 2024 Location: Okinawa Convention Center Host: SPNHC & TDWG Contact: TBA ABM: 2024-SPNHC-ABM-packet

38th Annual Meeting: Taking the Long View

Published: June 24, 2022    

Link: https://www.calacademy.org/spnhc-2023 Date: May 28 – June 2, 2023 Location: San Francisco, California, USA Host: California Academy of Sciences Contact: SPNHC2023questions@calacademy.org ABM: 2023-SPNHC-ABM-packet.pdf

SPNHC 37th Annual Meeting and joint meeting with BHL and NatSCA

Published: July 12, 2021    

Joint meeting with  International Partner – BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library) and National Partner – NatSCA (Natural Sciences Collections Association) Date: June 4-10, 2022 Link: https://spnhc2022.com/ Location:  Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Host: National Museums Scotland and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Theme: Through the door and through the web: releasing the power of natural history collections onsite and online. Chairs: Sankurie Pye…

35th Annual Meeting: SPNHC & ICOM NATHIST June 8-12, 2020

Published: November 5, 2019    

Online Conference scheduled June 8-12, 2020. Webpage here https://spnhc.org/virtual-meeting-2020-program/ EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND RESCHEDULED FOR 2022 Date: June 7 – 13th, 2020 Location:  Edinburgh, Scotland Host: National Museums Scotland and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Theme: The Role of Natural History Collections in Global Challenges Chairs: Sankurie Pye

31st Annual Meeting: The Green Museum

Published: June 25, 2016    

Annual Business Meeting Date: June 20-25, 2016 Location: Berlin, Germany Host: The Museum für Naturkunde and Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin Theme Chair: Christiane Quaisser

29th Annual Meeting: Historic Collections: A Resource for the Future

Published: June 27, 2014    

[2014 ABM package, 2013 Financial draft] Date: June 22-27, 2014 Location: Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, Wales, UK Host: Amgueddfa Cymru –Museum of Wales in partnership with the Natural Sciences Collections Association (NatSCA) Chair: Julian Carter

 21st Annual Meeting: The Road to Productive Partnerships

Published: May 27, 2006    

SPNHC-NSCA joint meeting Date: Conference: May 23-27, 2006 Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico Co-hosted by: The University of New Mexico Museum of Southwestern Biology and the U.S. Geological Arid Lands Field Station Meeting was held at the Sheraton Old Town Hotel Organizers: Cindy Ramotnik (SPNHC host) and Cheryl Parmenter (NSCA host)

20th Annual Meeting  

Published: June 19, 2005    

Date: Conference: June 12 – 19, 2005 Website: REALISING STANDARDS Hosted by: The Natural History Museum, London, UK

19th Annual Meeting  

Published: May 16, 2004    

Date: Conference: May 11 – 16, 2004 Hosted by: American Museum of Natural History New York, New York USA Chair: Chris Norris Workshop: Emergency Preparedness, Response & Salvage

17th Annual Meeting: Hazardous collections and mitigations  

Published: May 13, 2002    

Date: May 8-13, 2002 Location: Redpath Museum, Montreal, PQ Canada Co-hosts: Canadian Museum of Nature and the Redpath Museum, McGill University Chairs: Jean-Marc Gagnon, Ingrid Birker Workshop: Emergency Responses and Mitigation

16th Annual Meeting  

Published: June 26, 2001    

Location: San Francisco, California USA Date: June 21 – 26, 2001 Host: California Academy of Sciences Chair: Jean Demouth Workshop: Living Collections and Identifying Risks to Collections.

15th Annual Meeting: Maritime Natural History  

Published: July 14, 2000    

Date: July 10 – 14, 2000 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Sponsors: Geological Survey of Canada and the Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History Coordinators: Iris Hardy and Alex Wilson Workshop: Permits

14th Annual Meeting: Research and Collections  

Published: July 3, 1999    

Hosts: Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education, Smithsonian Institution and SPNHC Date: June 28 – July 3, 1999 Location: Washington, DC, USA Coordinators: David von Endt, Elizabeth Merritt

13th Annual Meeting: Collections on the Move: Strategies For The New Millennium  

Published: May 30, 1998    

University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Date: May 25 – May 30, 1998 Location: University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB Canada Coordinator: Lisa Barty Co-Chairs: Frannie Blondheim, Leslie Latta-Guthrie Workshop: Moving Collections Special Interest Group Reports: Anthropology, Botany, Conservation, Geology, Paleontology, Zoology

12th Annual Meeting  

Published: July 14, 1997    

Date: July 8 – July 14, 1997 Location: Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin Madison, WI USA Organizer: Steven Krauth

Natural History Collections – A Resource for the Future

Published: August 24, 1996    

Second World Conference on the Preservation and Conservation of Natural History Collections Date: August 20 – August 24, 1996 Location: University of Cambridge, England Organizing Committee: Chris Collins (England)