Geological Curators' Group
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| formation = 1974
| type = Learned society
| membership = 250
| purpose = Geological and Curatorial
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| leader_name = Research & publications, lectures & events
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| affiliations = Geological Society of London
| website = [http://www.geocurator.org/ geocurator.org]
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The Geological Curators' Group (GCG) is a United Kingdom-based registered charity and a membership organisation. GCG's aims are, "to advance the education of the public in geology in particular by improving the standard of geological curation and by improving displays and information in public museums and other institutions."{{cite web |url=https://www.geocurator.org/13-gcg-committee/27-gcg-constitution |title=GCG:GCG Constitution |accessdate=2019-10-12}} It is recognised by the Arts Council as one of 37 organisations in the Subject Specialist Network Programme that support, "the development of knowledge and expertise associated with specialist collections and their contribution to public engagement, education and enjoyment".{{cite web |title=Subject Specialist Networks |url=https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/sites/default/files/download-file/SSN_contact_list_june2019_0.pdf |publisher=Arts Council England|accessdate=2019-10-11}} The GCG is affiliated to the Geological Society of London as a specialist group,{{cite web|title=Groups and Networks|url=https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/groups |accessdate=2015-05-02}} and it shares a Memorandum of Understanding with the Natural Sciences Collections Association (NatSCA) and the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections.{{cite web |url=https://www.geocurator.org/committee/management-documents/58-how-the-committee-works/294-memorandum-of-understanding-between-spnhc-gcg-and-natsca |title=GCG: Memorandum of Understanding|accessdate=2019-10-12}}
History
The inaugural meeting of the group was held on 17 May 1974 at the Geological Society's premises at Burlington House.{{cite journal|title=Inaugural Meeting of the Geological Curator's Group, 17th May 1974|journal=Newsletter of the Geological Curators' Group|date=1974|volume=1|pages=2–4|url=http://www.geocurator.org/arch/Curator/Vol1No1.pdf}}
Publications
The Geological Curators' Group publishes a biannual academic journal, called Geological Curator, which is made available online two years after publication{{cite web|title=Journal|url=https://www.geocurator.org/journal|website=www.geocurator.org|accessdate=2024-02-01}}
Projects
The GCG is one of six organisations that is contributing to the GB3D Type Fossils Online Project, which aims to create, "a single database of the type specimens, held in British collections, of macrofossil species and subspecies found in the UK, including links to photographs (including 'anaglyph' stereo pairs) and a selection of 3D digital models."{{cite web|title=GB3D Type Fossils Online|url=http://www.3d-fossils.ac.uk/|accessdate=2015-02-05}}