Not to miss this month…
In-person events at the Museum are back in full swing! But don’t worry, many of them will also be hosted virtually.
This month we are looking forward to our first Late Night event in over a year, as well as the much-anticipated annual Great Debate. To coincide with our current Meat The Future exhibition, this year's debate focuses on important choices facing the UK about food, farming and landscape.
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Friday 15 October, 7:00-10.00pm
In-Person
Join us for a tasting menu of food-themed fun to find out how our meat consumption affects the health of our planet. An evening of talks, activities, food tasting and demos.
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Monday 18 October, 7:00-8:30pm
Online
Experts discuss the health impacts of reducing our meat consumption. What is the public perception of the healthiness of meat, how willing will people be to make changes to their diet, and how can we encourage them to?
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Wednesday 20 October, 6.30-8pm
In-Person and Online
The choices we make about how we use our landscapes are urgent and will influence everything from our ability to confront and mitigate the current biodiversity and climate crises, to the type of food on our plates and prices we pay for it.
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Friday 29 October, 6:00-9:00pm
In-Person
Conservation Optimism presents an evening of artistic performances showcasing inspiring and empowering stories from across the natural world, followed by a screening of prize-winning short films from the Conservation Optimism Short Film competition.
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Something special is coming from the Museum archives this month… William Jones’s Icones, created between the early 1780s and 1800, is one of the most scientifically important and visually stunning works on butterflies and moths ever created. On 28 October you will be able to buy your own copy of Iconotypes, published from the only manuscript copy of Icones in existence which is conserved here at the Museum.
Don’t forget to keep up with the Museum’s blog, as well as our newer blog Crunchy On the Outside. This blog is aimed at young entomologists and is always accepting guest posts from keen insect-lovers.
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This month the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) is set to take place from 11-15 October. Here, leaders will gather from across the globe to address the issue of global biodiversity loss and agree a new set of goals for nature over the next decade.
At the Museum we’ve been highlighting the role of animal agriculture in expediting biodiversity loss through our current exhibition, Meat The Future. We’ll continue discussions relating to biodiversity loss and its drivers on our social media and at our events this month. We’ll end October with Conservation Optimism’s evening of artistic performances showcasing inspiring and empowering stories from across the natural world, followed by a screening of prize-winning short films from the Conservation Optimism Short Film competition.
Follow the discussions along on our Facebook Page, Instagram or Twitter.
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Dine with the dinosaurs, drinks with the dodo – the Museum is available to hire for events from networking receptions and conferences to meetings and weddings! Our experienced events team will work with you to create a perfect event in the stunning Museum spaces. More information on venue hire click here.
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