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The Unnatural History Museum brings together museum professionals and academics for vital conversations about the museum mediation of nature

We are at a crucial historical moment, in which the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List has announced a catastrophic decline in global biodiversity. Yet nature is, necessarily, interpreted in museums, through taxidermy dioramas and skeletal mounts; virtual tours and digital databases; image, text and film. The Unnatural History Museum brings together museum professionals and academics across disciplines to platform vital conversations about the museum mediation of the natural world during the sixth mass extinction.

Each session will be hosted on Zoom (link at top of Eventbrite page) to allow for international participation, and will take the format of short presentations focussed around a specific theme, followed by a synthesised Q&A and roundtable discussion.

The theme of this second session, co-organised with Fiona Byrne, will be on Women in/and Natural History, featuring presentations from and discussion with:

Emma Bourke, Independent Artist

Fiona Byrne, Independent Artist

Alexander Scott, International Slavery Museum, Liverpool

This event series is organised by Dr Verity Burke as John Pollard Newman Fellow of Climate Change and the Arts at University College Dublin.

Image credit: : ‘WARPPEd Exhibition’. Paolo Viscardi, National Museum of Ireland: Natural History.

The Unnatural History Museum brings together museum professionals and academics for vital conversations about the museum mediation of nature

We are at a crucial historical moment, in which the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List has announced a catastrophic decline in global biodiversity. Yet nature is, necessarily, interpreted in museums, through taxidermy dioramas and skeletal mounts; virtual tours and digital databases; image, text and film. The Unnatural History Museum brings together museum professionals and academics across disciplines to platform vital conversations about the museum mediation of the natural world during the sixth mass extinction.

Each session will be hosted on Zoom (link at top of Eventbrite page) to allow for international participation, and will take the format of short presentations focussed around a specific theme, followed by a synthesised Q&A and roundtable discussion.

The theme of this first session will be Avian Life, featuring presentations from and discussion with:

Megan Kuster, University of Manchester

Clara Dawson, University of Manchester

Elle Kaye, Ethical Taxidermist

This event series is organised by Dr Verity Burke as John Pollard Newman Fellow of Climate Change and the Arts at University College Dublin.

Image credit: : ‘WARPPEd Exhibition’. Paolo Viscardi, National Museum of Ireland: Natural History.

The Unnatural History Museum brings together museum professionals and academics for vital conversations about the museum mediation of nature

We are at a crucial historical moment, in which the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List has announced a catastrophic decline in global biodiversity. Yet nature is, necessarily, interpreted in museums, through taxidermy dioramas and skeletal mounts; virtual tours and digital databases; image, text and film. The Unnatural History Museum brings together museum professionals and academics across disciplines to platform vital conversations about the museum mediation of the natural world during the sixth mass extinction.

Each session will be hosted on Zoom (link at top of Eventbrite page) to allow for international participation, and will take the format of short presentations focussed around a specific theme, followed by a synthesised Q&A and roundtable discussion.

The theme of this fourth session will be Cryptids, featuring presentations from and discussion with:

Jordan Kistler, University of Strathclyde

Paolo Viscardi, National Museum of Ireland – Natural History

Darren Naish, Tetrapod Zoology

This event series is organised by Dr Verity Burke as John Pollard Newman Fellow of Climate Change and the Arts at University College Dublin.

Image credit: : ‘WARPPEd Exhibition’. Paolo Viscardi, National Museum of Ireland: Natural History.

The Unnatural History Museum brings together museum professionals and academics for vital conversations about the museum mediation of nature

We are at a crucial historical moment, in which the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List has announced a catastrophic decline in global biodiversity. Yet nature is, necessarily, interpreted in museums, through taxidermy dioramas and skeletal mounts; virtual tours and digital databases; image, text and film. The Unnatural History Museum brings together museum professionals and academics across disciplines to platform vital conversations about the museum mediation of the natural world during the sixth mass extinction.

Each session will be hosted on Zoom (link at top of Eventbrite page) to allow for international participation, and will take the format of short presentations focussed around a specific theme, followed by a synthesised Q&A and roundtable discussion.

The theme of this third session will be Deep Time, featuring presentations from and discussion with:

Richard Fallon, Natural History Museum, London

Diana Marsh, University of Maryland

Shana van Hauwermeiren, Workshop Intangible Heritage

This event series is organised by Dr Verity Burke as John Pollard Newman Fellow of Climate Change and the Arts at University College Dublin.

Image credit: : ‘WARPPEd Exhibition’. Paolo Viscardi, National Museum of Ireland: Natural History.