SPPC 2025 - Leiden

The 30th Symposium of Palaeontological Preparation and Conservation 

Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, 26-27th June 2025

From Excavation to Exhibition

Call for abstracts

Please send abstracts of up to 250 words plus an image to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 9th May. Abstracts will be considered on any topic of earth science excavation, conservation, preparation mount-making and exhibition. Please state if the abstract is for a poster or platform presentation.

Examples of previous years’ abstracts can be found online at https://www.geocurator.org/events/97-sppc

The 30^th Symposium on Palaeontological Preparation and Conservation will be held in the Netherlands this year on 26-27^th June.

The theme will be From Excavation to Exhibition and we hope to broaden our usual remit to include more aspects of the story of how geological collections end up on display in our museums, as well as their conservation and preparation.

Two days of presentations, tours and workshops, including a chance to hear about developing “Triceratops: the herd” exhibition from the Naturalis preparation team.

Day 1: Registration, presentations and posters (lunch included)

Day 2: Workshops and tours (lunch included) 

Workshops

You may attend multiple workshops on the second day of the symposium, but please indicate your first preference so we can get an idea of numbers. 

• Radioactive bones, and how to deal with them
• How to start up a project for pyrite in a natural history collection
• How to build frames for exhibitions 

Suggested hotels nearby

• Fletcher Hotel 
• Ibis Hotel
• IntercityHotel Leiden
• Golden Tulip & Tulip Inn Leiden Centre

If you would also like to meet up in the evening we suggest Stadscafe van der Werff

There is another event in Leiden at this time, so please do book your hotel as soon as possible. 

This event is aimed at Fossil preparators, conservators, mount-makers, exhibition specialists, archaeologists, volunteers, students, curators

Individual Registration

Please use this form to register for SPPC 2025

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Ticket Type	Price	Quantity
Non-member This is the ticket for non-GCG members	EUR80.00	0 1
Member and unwaged This is the ticket for GCG members and also for those who are unwaged	EUR75.00	0 1
Workshop 1: Radioactive bones, and how to deal with them You may attend multiple workshops on the second day of the symposium. Please tick all workshops you wish to attend.	EUR0.00	0 1
Workshop 2: How to start up a project for pyrite in a natural history collection You may attend multiple workshops on the second day of the symposium. Please tick all workshops you wish to attend.	EUR0.00	0 1
Workshop 3: 3D scanning and modelling 3D printing You may attend multiple workshops on the second day of the symposium. Please tick all workshops you wish to attend.	EUR0.00	0 1

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