<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Now for my tuppence worth. Back in the fairly misty fluid preservation history (1989), I lectured at a fluid preservation one day conference hosted by Manchester Museum. One of the speakers was John Peake (some of you may remember?) who argued about the possible benefits of removing fluid-preserved specimens from collections as they’re too much bother and expense to maintain. Unsurprisingly he was shouted down by many who argued about the necessities that you have all outlined below, of fluid-preserved / frozen material.<div class="">This topic keeps on raising its ugly head now and again, usually from museum directors anxious to save money, storage space and on staff salaries. It seems to have been initiated by Thomas Pole in 1790 who so elegantly put it: <span style="font-family: Arial;" class="">“</span><span style="font-family: Arial;" class="">It
is found to be attended with no small difficulty, to enclose wet preparations
in glasses, so as to prevent effectually the evaporation of the spirits, which
occasions very considerable trouble, and no small expense to keep a large
anatomical collection in good order</span><span style="font-family: Arial;" class="">”</span></div>
<!--StartFragment--><!--EndFragment--><div class="">However, I am (once again) reassured that common sense still prevails.<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 26 Sep 2019, at 22:24, Kevin Winker <<a href="mailto:kevin.winker@alaska.edu" class="">kevin.winker@alaska.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">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 class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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 class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best, K.<br class=""></div></div><br class=""><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" class="">skhuber@vims.edu</a>> wrote:<br class=""></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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<div class="gmail-m_-5853975579325957413WordSection1"><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 class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><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 class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Sarah<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-color: white; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat;" class="">Sarah K. Huber, Ph.D.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-color: white; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat repeat;" class=""><br class="">
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