2024 is the 50^th anniversary of the founding of GCG! We are marking this momentous event with a meeting exploring the past, present and future of geological collections and those who work with and care for them. We will explore our main theme with a day of presentations and discussion at the University of Leicester, for which we invite abstracts. This will be followed by a special 50^th Anniversary Dinner. We will then spend a day visiting classic localities in the nearby Charnwood Forest Geopark site, finishing the meeting with a viewing of Charnwood Forest fossils at the British Geological Survey.

Day 1: Presentations on the theme of past, present and future of geological collections at the University of Leicester. Reception at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery, followed by an evening meal. Our after-dinner speaker will be Tom Sharpe, long term GCG member and author of "Mary Anning - The Fossil Woman".
Day 2: Presentations and tours at British Geological Survey Nottingham and Charnwood Forest Geopark

Event venues:

School of Museum Studies	Seminar	University of Leicester, Museum Studies Building, 19 University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RF
The Belmont Hotel	Anniversary Dinner	20 De Montfort Street, Leicester, LE1 7GR
Charnwood Forest Geopark	Field Meeting	See itinerary
British Geological Survey	Field Meeting	Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG

Dates and times:     

Friday 17th May	10:00 – 18:00	Seminar (School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester)
Friday 17th May	19:00 – 22:00	Anniversary Dinner (The Belmont Hotel)
Saturday 18th May	09:00 – 18:00	Field Meeting (Charnwood Forest Geopark and British Geological Survey)

Links

https://www.charnwoodforest.org/

https://www.bgs.ac.uk/

https://le.ac.uk/museum-studies

https://www.belmonthotel.co.uk/

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