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It is with great pleasure that the National Museum of Natural History Naturalis and the Leiden University Medical Center LUMC announced that for the second time in history the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections would come to Europe.

Four years after the first conference in London, Leiden brought together curators and managers in natural history collections from different continents.

The LUMC and Naturalis was host to the 24th annual meeting of SPNHC:

Bridging Continents

New Initiatives and Perspectives in Natural History Collections

6 - 11 July 2009, Leiden, The Netherlands

Bridging Continents presented new, large-scaled infrastructure projects in natural history collections, the state-of-art in collection care and best practice, the latest on digitization of collections and much more.

You joined us to make it the largest event in Europe dedicated to natural history collection preservation, management, and strategies. A place to meet old friends and new colleagues from natural history museums all over world and share your ideas and experiences with them.

We welcomed you to the charming city of Leiden, university town since 1575, birthplace of Rembrandt and hometown of the Dutch Constitution and let you to discover a world of canals and bridges, of tradition and innovation, of making things possible. Just 15 minutes from Schiphol International Airport and 30 minutes from Amsterdam.

Greetings from Leiden,

René Dekker & Dries van Dam