Zoo Collectors Meeting

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Each year zoo freaks and collectors of zoo memorabilia come together in a zoo to swap and trade guidebooks, leaflets, books, postcards, posters and much more. The meeting traditionally also has a guided tour of the zoo and an auction of zoo items for a conservation project.

14th Zoohistorica

Vienna 2003

Tiergarten Schönbrunn

5. – 7. September 2003

The 14th International Meeting of Collectors of Zoo Literature and Paraphernalia

The 14th Zoohistorica will be held, as agreed upon last year in Wuppertal, Germany, in Vienna, Austria this September. Dr. Dagmar Schratter. had personally invited us to visit the oldest zoo in the world. Revenues will go to two projects which are dealing with the protection of the hermit ibis, one in Marocco and one in Austria.

Friday, September 5, 2003

7 p.m. – we will meet in a traditional "Heurigen" . Details will be send to all participants

Saturday, September 6, 2003

9 – 10 a.m.: Registration and set-up of stands for the trade fair
10 a.m.: Opening ceremony of the 14th Zoohistorica 2003 with group photograph
10:15 a.m. – 1 p.m.: Trade fair
1 p.m. – 2 p.m.: Lunch break
2 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.: Guided tour of the Tiergarten Schönbrunn
7 p.m.: Evening buffet at the Tirolerhof on the premises of the Tiergarten following auction in favour of hermit ibis projects

Sunday, September 9, 2003

Tour to the "Haus des Meeres" in Vienna (Aquarium-Terrarium with tropical hall), Details to follow.

Conference fee: €7.00 (conference kit, group photograph, postage outlay and a surprise gift; buffet dinner on Saturday [excluding drinks] and entrance to the zoo and AquaZoo are free). Participants from outside Germany may pay on registration on the morning of September 7, but if they prefer, can transfer the conference fee to the account of Dr. Klaus Schueling at "1822 direkt, Ffurt a.M.", bank sorting code 500 502 01, Account No 125 103 9128, giving "Zoohistorica 2002" as a reference.

13. Zoohistorica     Wuppertal 2002

The 13th International Meeting of Collectors of Zoo Literature and Paraphernalia

Wuppertal, 6. - 8. September 2002

Second Circular (August, 2002)

About 40 participants from eight countries have signed up to date for the 13th Zoohistorica. Because of the high number of requests for stall tables, the trade fair on Saturday morning (the 7th) will be held in the great ape house. The zoo school would be too small to accommodate all those requesting stall space. That means that we'll have the same situation we had two years ago in Münster: a trade fair in an area open to the general public. That will have the advantage of potential customers coming around by coincidence, passing through, and the disadvantage that everyone will want to clear the building at the end of the trade fair and take their possessions to a safe spot before their lunch break. That will be the zoo school, which is not far. If the weather on Saturday is sunny with no chance of rain, we can put up shop in the courtyard in front of the zoo school as well as in the building itself. Either way, all participants requiring stall space should use the back entrance of the zoo at the end of Boettingerweg. That little street goes off Hubertusallee to the right just beyond the football stadium; you'll see the inn called "Zum alten Kuhstall" on the corner. At the end of the street, after perhaps 220 yards, you'll find the back entrance and ample space to park your car. Participants who have not requested stall space can use the same entrance or the zoo's main entrance at 30, Hubertusallee. Those using public transport will find that the zoo has its own monorail and commuter train stations, both called "Zoologischer Garten".

The rest of our programme hasn't changed since the first circular was issued. Anyone with questions or last-minute suggestions is welcome to call or write Klaus Schüling at (+49-[0]251) 311523, e-mail schueling(a)tiergarten.com, or Herman Reichenbach at (+49-[0]40) 5514650 (evenings and weekends) or 5514650, e-mail reichenbach.herman(a)online.guj.de.

First Circular (March 2002)

The 13th Zoohistorica will be held, as agreed upon last year in London, in Wuppertal, Germany, this September. The director of the Wuppertal Zoological Garden has kindly invited us to hold our trade fair there, and to get a good behind-the-scenes impression of the zoo. An old and well-established inn 170 yards from the main gate, immediately adjacent to the car park, is our venue for the evening buffet and auction. At the suggestion of Dr Schürer, Wuppertal's zoo director, the proceeds of the auction will go to the "Berggorilla- und Regenwald-Direkthilfe", a widely respected conservation society doing excellent work helping to protect mountain gorillas and their habitat. The inn also lends itself to the Friday evening get-together for all participants arriving a day early. The AquaZoo in Düsseldorf 20 miles from Wuppertal has offered to show us around behind the scenes of that newish aquarium and aquatic mammal menagerie on Sunday. Here's the programme in detail (with the right to modifications reserved):

Friday, September 6, 2002

7 p.m. - open end: Meeting for drinks and chats at the inn called "Zum alten Kuhstall" (The Old Cow Stall) at Boettingerweg 3, corner of Hubertusallee, in Elberfeld, Wuppertal (telephone +49[0] 202-740664)

Saturday, September 7, 2002

9 - 10 a.m.: Registration and set-up of stands for the trade fair in the building of the zoo's education department (entrance at the end of Boettingerweg between the car park and the football stadium; the main entrance for those who prefer to go through there is at Hubertusallee 30)

10 a.m.: Opening ceremony of the 13th Zoohistorica 2002 with group photograph

10:15 a.m. - 1 p.m.: Trade fair

1 p.m. - 2 p.m.: Lunch break

2 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.: Guided tour of the Wuppertal Zoological Garden

6 p.m. - 7 p.m.: Evening buffet at "Zum alten Kuhstall" and distribution of prints of the group photograph

7 p.m. - 3 a.m. (at the latest! The last monorail and bus depart at c. 11 p.m.): Auction

Sunday, September 8, 2002

10:15 a.m.: Meeting in the zoo's car park and the "Zoologischer Garten" railway station for transport to Düsseldorf

11 a.m. - 2 p.m.: Guided tour of Düsseldorf's AquaZoo

Conference fee: ?25.00 (for the buffet dinner on Saturday [excluding drinks], conference kit, group photograph and postage outlay; entrance to the zoo and AquaZoo is free). Participants from outside Germany may pay on registration on the morning of September 7, but if they prefer, can transfer the conference fee to the account of Dr. Klaus Schueling at "1822 direkt, Ffurt a.M.", bank sorting code 500 502 01, Account No 125 103 9128, giving "Zoohistorica 2002" as a reference.

Any questions? Please feel free at any time to call or write Klaus Schüling at Falkenhorst 4, 48155 Münster, Germany, telephone +49[0]251-311523, e-mail schueling(a)tiergarten.com, or Herman Reichenbach at Paul-Sorge-Strasse 74, 22459 Hamburg, telephone +49[0]40-37033058 (weekdays daytime) or -5514650, e-mail reichenbach.herman(a)online.guj.de.

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