[Nhcoll-l] Question about collection sizes

[Christopher Kemp]

Dear All,

Just gathering some data about collection sizes. I know many of you are
curators, so I'd be really interested to know how many specimens (approx)
you oversee in your specialty, wherever you are. Especially include
anything that makes it superlative in some way. It would be really nice in
my book to provide some specific figures, along the lines of: The
ichthyology collection at X contains more than X specimens; or At the X
Museum of Natural History, the entomology collection includes the largest
single collection of mosquitoes, containing more than X specimens, and some
as old as X; or something like that. Some specifics. Information that would
boggle the minds of readers who only think about what is on display when
they visit museums.

You know what I mean? Hope some of you are willing to play along.

Best,

--ck
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