<div dir="ltr"><div>All of these are great responses, and I'm sure we've all used variants of them. But I wonder if perhaps we might reach more of the public by helping them realize that images do not define things. <br></div><div><br></div><div>For example, once the marriage photos have been taken, why stay married? Once your child's school photos have been taken...? If we want to know and experience the real details, we need the real things.</div><div><br></div><div>Best, K.<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 10:02 AM Sarah K. Huber <<a href="mailto:skhuber@vims.edu">skhuber@vims.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Recently I’ve been fielding a lot of questions about why our collection should retain a physical specimen once it has been digitized (e.g., CT-scanned, photographed, x-rayed, etc.). I’m curious how often other museum professionals are asked
this question and what your general responses are for justifying the retention of a physical specimen. Why do you tell people it’s important to retain a specimen?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If anyone knows of article that have addressed this specific question I would appreciate references so that I can have them on hand for particularly curious visitors.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Sarah K. Huber, Ph.D.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><br>
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