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Thank you to everyone who spoke at and attended the Symbiosis conference last week. Especial thanks to Jack Matthews, whose technical mastery of Webinar Jam enabled the whole event to run so smoothly.  We will be posting recordings of the sessions on the website next week, so do keep a look out for updates.

Thank you to everyone who has joined us for the Symbiosis conference so far this week. The last session, on The Anthropocene and the Arts in Natural History Museums, is tomorrow, Friday 13th November, at 2 pm UK time. Do join us if you can. To see the panel of speakers and for free registration, … Continue reading “Symbiosis conference – last day”

After yesterday’s opening panel, the second afternoon of the Symbiosis conference is tomorrow, Wednesday 11th November. Here are the links to the free registration for the three panels: Session 2: Wednesday 11th November 2-3pm – Palaeoart: Reimagining Neanderthals Session 3: Wednesday 11th November 3-4pm – Case Studies in the History of Palaeoart Session 4: Wednesday … Continue reading “Symbiosis conference day 2”

The conference Symbiosis: Art and Science in Natural History Museums and Collections is starting in just over a week on Monday 9th November. Here is the full Symbiosis conference programme, with links to free registration for each panel: Symbiosis: Art and Science in Natural History Museums and Collections Session 1: Monday 9th November 2-5pm – … Continue reading “Symbiosis conference – final programme”

Read John Holmes, co-founder of Symbiosis, on why, in the current world, the arts and humanities and the sciences need to work together: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/thebirminghambrief/items/2020/10/why-the-arts-and-the-sciences-need-each-another-more-than-ever.aspx

The Symbiosis Network is holding its next conference online on 9, 11 and 13 November from Oxford University Museum of Natural History, supported by the University of Birmingham. The theme of the conference is Symbiosis: Art and Science in Natural History Museums and Collections. The panels will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. UK … Continue reading “Symbiosis conference 9-13 Nov 2020 – Programme and Registration”

We are delighted to announce that the Symbiosis network will be holding its next conference online on 9, 11 and 13 November from Oxford University Museum of Natural History, supported by the University of Birmingham. The theme of the conference is Symbiosis: Art and Science in Natural History Museums and Collections. The panels will be … Continue reading “Symbiosis conference online 9-13 November 2020”

Oxford University Museum of Natural History will soon be celebrating its 160th anniversary with a new display on the museum’s history and mission. The exhibition, called ‘Truth to Nature’, is due to open on 18th October and is already available online. Co-curated with John Holmes from the University of Birmingham, it showcases the role of … Continue reading “Truth to Nature at the Oxford University Museum”

In 1878 the Victorian writer and artist John Ruskin established the Guild of St George to champion arts, crafts and sustainable living. The Guild have released a new film about their recent work with Museums Sheffield and in the Wyre Forest, reflecting on the legacy of Ruskin’s ideas in urban and rural environments today and … Continue reading “John Ruskin today film”

Museum für Naturkunde Berlin will be hosting the second Martin Roth Symposium from 7 to 11 September 2020 both online as well as locally on the theme of MuseumFutures. Museums offer public spaces for encounters between people and ideas. If cultural products belong to the whole of humankind and if participation and inclusion are the … Continue reading “Symposium on MuseumFutures”