{"id":344,"date":"2024-02-23T17:50:05","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T17:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/134.209.21.121\/?page_id=344"},"modified":"2024-02-23T17:50:05","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T17:50:05","slug":"advocacy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/134.209.21.121\/index.php\/collections\/advocacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Advocacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Advocacy is an important part of our work and we are actively involved in challenging neglect of collections and lobbying for the appropriate resourcing of collections for their care and sustainable use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why should we all advocate for natural science collections? Find out more about the\u00a0<a href=\"\/index.php\/collections\/the-importance-of-natural-science-collections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">importance of collections<\/a>\u00a0and how we can help\u00a0<a href=\"\/index.php\/collections\/safeguarding-collections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">safeguard our collections<\/a>\u00a0as well as a growing\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.natsca.org\/collections-publications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">collection of papers highlighting the importance of collections<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You may also find&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/naturemanchester.wordpress.com\/2014\/08\/13\/advocating-for-natural-history-in-museums-some-tools-to-help\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this advocacy toolkit<\/a>&nbsp;helpful. These notes have been produced as part of a programme of support for North West museums with natural history collections, led by Manchester Museum in association with World Museum Liverpool, Tullie House Museum and Museum Development North West. If you have any comments, please email&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:henry.mcghie@manchester.ac.uk\">henry.mcghie@manchester.ac.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do you know a great resource that you think should be added to this page? Please let us know by emailing us at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:web@natsca.org\">web@natsca.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advocacy is an important part of our work and we are actively involved in challenging neglect of collections and lobbying for the appropriate resourcing of collections for their care and sustainable use. Why should we all advocate for natural science collections? Find out more about the\u00a0importance of collections\u00a0and how we&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/134.209.21.121\/index.php\/collections\/advocacy\/\">Read more<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-344","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/134.209.21.121\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/344","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=344"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/134.209.21.121\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":345,"href":"http:\/\/134.209.21.121\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/344\/revisions\/345"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/134.209.21.121\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/134.209.21.121\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}