[NHCOLL-L:4235] RE: Number of collection holding natural History Museums

[Furth, David]

Andy,

 

First of all you are to be complemented for all your work to "fix" the ethanol shipment issues with IATA, DOT, etc.   I have thought since this arose a number of years ago (post 9/11) that this it the way to go rather than trying to find alternative fluids and other mini-go-arounds.  Our Museum is presumably preparing some data for your recent requests for quantities of transactions/specimens/shipments in ethanol.

 

Actually the best person to answer this current question is probably your recent Kansas colleague John Simmons.  Recently in a Collections Management Training Program here he mentioned, if I understood correctly, that there are estimated to be ca. 3.5 billion specimens in 6,500 NH museums globally, 1,200 NH museums in the USA.  I hope that this is the kind of data you are seeking.

 

Dave

 

 

 

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Department of Entomology

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National Museum of Natural History

Smithsonian Institution

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Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 12:51 PM
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Subject: [NHCOLL-L:4234] Number of collection holding natural History Museums

 

Hi all

 

In preparation for my compilation of the report on shipping of international dangerous goods for IATA/ICAO, I have another question that I am struggling to find an answer for.  Does anyone have a good estimate of how many collection holding natural history museums there are worldwide, or better still, the number of individual collections (i.e. a generous estimate of those that would be shipping dangerous goods specimens)??  I know that this number will be an over exaggeration due to some collections not dealing in wet collections and others not loaning or not loaning overseas, but it will be a good starting point.

 

Thanks

 

Andy

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Ichthyology Collection Manager/Specify Usability Lead
University of Kansas
Natural History Museum & Biodiversity Research Center
Dyche Hall
1345 Jayhawk Boulevard
Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561
USA

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