ICOM NATHIST

The ICOM NATHIST2013 Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUMS (COLLECTIONS + EXPERTISE) = BUILDING OF A SUSTAINABLE WORLD This year, the ICOM NATHIST will take place as part of the ICOM General Assembly, hosted by ICOM Brazil and the Botanical Garden of Curitiba. CONFERENCE SCHEDULE Download the conference schedule by at this link: [...]

Huge thanks to Maïté Delmas of the Le Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris for collaborating with ICOM NATHIST in our partnership with the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums and Botanic Gardens Conservation International in presenting our work to the Council of the Parties (COP XI) of the Convention on Biodiversity. By all accounts it [...]

Institutional members of ICOM NATHIST have been working together for more than 18 months on an initiative to give museums a voice in encouraging global governments to take positive action around climate change. The initiative will be launched coinciding with the Earth Summit in Reo de Janeiro in June 2012 through a website providing interactivity [...]

Membership to ICOM NATHIST is included with your annual ICOM dues. Members of ICOM NATHIST can benefit in many ways from their association: Meet and interact with colleagues at annual general meetings and general assemblies Connect to aligned organisations around the world Contribute to field-leading publications such as Intangible Natural Heritage (Routledge 2012) Engage in [...]

Vice President of ICOM NATHIST, Dr Eric Dorfman was the editor for the International Council of Museums, administered by the International Committee for Museums and Collections of Natural History (NATHIST). The topic of intangible natural heritage is new, and recently emerging as an important subject of inquiry. It describes the untouchable elements of the environment [...]

Position Statement on Evolution ICOM-NATHIST is the organisation of natural history museums around the world who are members of ICOM. ICOM-NATHIST considers evolution as the best current explanation for how the diversity of life around us came to exist. It remains the only compelling scientifically rigorous account of how life evolved on our planet for [...]