<div dir="ltr">Hello;<div><br></div><div>We have a large collection of tanned skins of large mammals. Some are stiff, some are soft. I suspect many have arsenic.  I want to know how other museums store these.  I am thinking some kind of archival bag?  I welcome any suggestions. Thank you!</div><div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div> <div>Met vriendelijke groeten,<br></div><div><br></div><div>Becky Desjardins</div><div>Taxidermist/Preparator<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><img src="http://logo.naturalis.nl/logo.png" alt="" border="0"><br></div> </div> <br> <p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:xx-small;color:black">T 071-7519109 , M  06-16144902<br><br>Darwinweg 2 - 2333 CR Leiden<br>E <a href="mailto:Becky.Desjardins@naturalis.nl" target="_blank">Becky.Desjardins@naturalis.nl</a> I , <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.naturalis.nl_&d=AwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=uFmfhg4YLr35rmXUbyvgWEphSzTfuQseGgncOJdo5FM&s=4IJRIUZJZcUX8GPDWYVFhLhY5_MYczi99_tdKtMBrIo&e=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.naturalis.nl</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-size:x-small;line-height:12.5455px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Due to the construction of new public museum facilities, depots, labs and offices, the zoological, geological and paleontological collections of Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden will be closed to </span><span style="font-size:x-small;line-height:12.5455px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">all </span><span style="font-size:x-small;line-height:12.5455px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">visitors, including Synthesys Access applicants, as well as for </span><span style="font-size:x-small;line-height:12.5455px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">all </span><span style="font-size:x-small;line-height:12.5455px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">loan requests for two </span><span style="font-size:x-small;line-height:12.5455px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">months </span><span style="font-size:x-small;line-height:12.5455px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">during March and April 2016, and for a period of about two </span><span style="font-size:x-small;line-height:12.5455px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">years </span><span style="font-size:x-small;line-height:12.5455px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">from August 2016 till summer 2018. The botany collections, housed elsewhere in Leiden, will remain open to visitors and available for loans until further announcement. In case of logistic questions and updates on planning and progress, please check </span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.naturalis.nl_&d=AwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=CLFZJ3fvGSmDp7xK1dNZfh6uGV_h-8NVlo3fXNoRNzI&m=uFmfhg4YLr35rmXUbyvgWEphSzTfuQseGgncOJdo5FM&s=4IJRIUZJZcUX8GPDWYVFhLhY5_MYczi99_tdKtMBrIo&e=" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:x-small;line-height:12.5455px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">www.naturalis.nl</span></a><span style="font-size:x-small;line-height:12.5455px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> or contact </span><span style="font-size:x-small;line-height:12.5455px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(17,85,204);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><a href="mailto:collectie@naturalis.nl" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">collectie@naturalis.nl</a></span><span style="font-size:x-small;line-height:12.5455px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">. </span><span style="font-size:x-small;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri;font-weight:bold;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color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