{"id":11,"date":"2024-02-20T11:13:36","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T11:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/134.209.21.121\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2024-02-23T17:44:59","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T17:44:59","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/134.209.21.121\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Natural Sciences Collections Association (NatSCA) is a UK based membership organisation and charity run by volunteers from the membership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NatSCA&#8217;s mission is to promote and support natural science collections, the institutions that house them and the people that work with them, in order to improve collections care, understanding, accessibility and enjoyment for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Focus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Community <\/strong>&#8211; developing an open, friendly and accessible network for sharing information, experience and skills.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Support <\/strong>\u2013 facilitating the professional development of stakeholders in natural science collections.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Standards <\/strong>\u2013 identifying and promoting good quality practice in the care and use of natural science collections.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Promoting collections<\/strong> &#8211; increasing awareness of the scientific and cultural value of natural science collections.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Advocacy <\/strong>\u2013 challenging neglect of collections and lobbying for the appropriate resourcing of collections for their care and sustainable use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Natural Sciences Collections Association (NatSCA) is a UK based membership organisation and charity run by volunteers from the membership. NatSCA&#8217;s mission is to promote and support natural science collections, the institutions that house them and the people that work with them, in order to improve collections care, understanding, accessibility&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/134.209.21.121\/index.php\/about\/\">Read more<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/template-twocolumns-right.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/134.209.21.121\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/134.209.21.121\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/134.209.21.121\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/134.209.21.121\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/134.209.21.121\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"http:\/\/134.209.21.121\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":343,"href":"http:\/\/134.209.21.121\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/134.209.21.121\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}