The regional meeting will be held at The Leeds Discovery Centre. Situated close to the centre of Leeds and the Royal Armouries Museum, which is very well signposted from the motorway network as you approach Leeds. The Discovery Centre is a brand-new facility which houses the natural sciences collections, amongst others, of the City’s large and varied holdings.
Arrangements have been made to open Leeds Discovery Centre from 10am until 5pm to give all members time to visit the collections as well as attend or view the main displays and events of the day.
A programme for this meeting has not been arranged as yet and a number of possible subject areas are being considered. [Details will appear here later] However, members and visitors alike will have their first opportunity to look at the museums large and important mollusc collection which holds material collected by, Sylvanus Charles Thorp Hanley, Fred Taylor, William Nelson, A.G. Stubbs, Terry Crowley, Mrs M. Fogan, L.W. Stratton and many more. The museum collection also holds the original manuscript illustrations and painting for John W. Taylor’s Monograph and the Illuminated Address presented to him by the Society on his 70th birthday, as well as original paintings by A. G. Stubbs and others.
It is hoped to also include as part of the displays available on the day, material now held in the Conchological Society’s Archives which are held for safekeeping at the West Yorkshire Archive Service which is situated within Leeds.
Details of how to get to the Leeds Discovery Centre can be found on Google Map or from Adrian Norris at 17, West Park Drive, Leeds. Tel: 0113 2745244 or by email:
Adrian Norris at 17, West Park Drive, Leeds. Tel: 0113 2745244 or by email: nonmarine@conchsoc.org