[Nhcoll-l] Alcohol bottle trays

[Margaret Thayer]

The insect/arachnid/myriapod and other invertebrate collections at the
Field Museum have used aluminum trays for years to hold jars of various
sizes in our closed steel cabinets. The photo shows our standard 2 oz jars
(used mostly for 16,000+ bulk samples), but we also store half-liter French
jars in the trays and narrower but taller old Mason jars in a narrower
size. The main intention was simply improving access to jars in the back,
allowing us to have low clearance between the jar tops and the shelves. It
makes a huge difference in the efficiency of moving collections around.
 I'm not aware that we ever had any issues with the fire marshal about
them. (Jars sitting on top of jars is NOT part of the storage system! I
took the photo years ago for a talk about the contents of the jars.)

Margaret


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On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 8:55 AM, Callomon,Paul <prc44 at drexel.edu> wrote:

>  Folks,
>
>
>
> Does anyone know of a fluid collection in which loose bottles and jars
> have been placed in long, narrow open-top boxes or trays on open shelving?
> We are considering doing this, in order to make our collection both safer
> and easier to maintain. I know many Entomology collections arrange 4- and
> 6-dram vials in long racks (we do this too), but I haven’t seen the same
> thing done for larger bottles and jars.
>
>
>
> *Paul Callomon*
> *Collection Manager, Malacology, Invertebrate Paleontology and General
> Invertebrates*
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