. Annual report. Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. MCZ NEWS: PROJECTS & INITIATIVES The New Public Face of Harvard's Museums When many hundreds of people gathered together for the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture's summer solstice celebration, it was more than just a party. It was a celebration of the success of the year-old consortium's first major public outreach la tie I'trlwririg The Harvard Museums of Science & Culture is a partnership created to strengthen, support and promote the six world-class museums that exist within the Faculty of Arts
. Annual report. Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. MCZ NEWS: PROJECTS & INITIATIVES The New Public Face of Harvard's Museums When many hundreds of people gathered together for the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture's summer solstice celebration, it was more than just a party. It was a celebration of the success of the year-old consortium's first major public outreach la tie I'trlwririg The Harvard Museums of Science & Culture is a partnership created to strengthen, support and promote the six world-class museums that exist within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The HMSC officially debuted in July 2012, drawing upon the very successful model of the Harvard Museum of Natural History, the umbrella institution for the public initiatives of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, the Mineralogical and Geological Museum and the Harvard University I lerbaria. The faculty executive board that directed the creation of HMSC was made up of the faculty directors of each participating museum, including MCZ Director James Hanken. Prof essor James McCarthy, former Director of the MCZ, served as the board's initial chair. Participating museums include the MCZ, the Mineralogical and Geological Museum, the Harvard University Herbaria, the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, the Harvard Semitic Museum and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology. The Harvard Museum of Natural History is also a member of the partnership. Together, these diverse organizations will collaborate on public outreach initiatives designed to promote greater understanding through a multidisciplinary approach, while retaining strong connections to their respective academic departments, research, collections and modes of scholarship. In December 2012 Jane Pickering was appointed Executive Director of the HMSC. As the former Director of Public Programs and Deputy Director at Yale's Peabody Museum of Natural History, she brings nearly 25 years of curato
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