[Nhcoll-l] Herbarium move

[Lewis, Deborah A [EEOB]]

Hi, Thomas,
Are you planning to continue to store the specimens in the herbarium cabinets in which they are currently housed? We moved the University of Iowa Herbarium (IA), which contained >200,000 specimens, to the Iowa State University Herbarium (ISC) by carefully packing the specimens within the cabinets. We followed the protocols used during a move of specimens/cabinets at the University of California (UC-JEPS) as described in the book Managing the Modern Herbarium -- https://www.universityproducts.com/managing-the-modern-herbarium.html; the chapter on moving herbaria was written by Barbara Ertter.
You may wish to also post your message to the HERBARIA listserv described and accessible from this site: https://www.herbariumcurators.org/herbaria-listserv.
Best wishes,
Deborah

Deborah Q. Lewis, Curator
Ada Hayden Herbarium (ISC/IA)
Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology (EEOB) Department         Email: dlewis at iastate.edu
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Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2020 2:09 PM
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Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Herbarium move

Hello all,

in the coming years the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin is planning the move of its Herbarium. It's a relatively small collection with roughly 50.000 specimens which are partly in a modern state and partly in an historical state of preparation.
So I was wondering if any of you has Advice on how to best transport them?
I heard of museum which vaccum them with special systems which don't apply pressure. Does anyone has any experience with that or any other good ways to move them?
Thanks in advance
Thomas
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