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I’m Laura Rincón from Bogotá, Colombia living in New York City. I have decided to create this space because I would like to talk with you all about museum collections!
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Handbook to create active collections in Natural history museums
This handbook was my graduation project during my Master’s in Museum Studies at the University of Florida in 2022. I want to keep it as a living document while I’m getting more experience in the field. For now, I would like to publish what I have so far including your opinions and feedback. Click here…
What is the current situation of the natural history collections in Latin America? – July meetup 2022
We had the opportunity to learn more about the natural history collections in Ecuador, Argentina, Uruguay, and Colombia. We complement our conversation with this reading: (pdf titled as: The shaping of Latin American museums of Natural history, 1850-1990. July 2022): https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1qEYCKcG6cRgiLORdFmr68QI5c-5RrXmw This article was written by Maria Margaret Lopes and Irina Podgorny in 2001. Here are some of our highlights:…
Rapid response collecting-Sept meetup 2021
Have you ever heard about Rapid Response Collecting in museums? How could we do Rapid Response Collecting with scientific collections? explore your creativity! We discussed about these readings (the word document has the links) Rapid Response Collecting is those objects acquired in response to major moments in recent history There are some of our highlights during our…
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