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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in">In response to the ongoing events associated with COVID-19, access to all scientific collections located at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural
History at the University of Oklahoma, Norman Campus will now be limited.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black"> As of March 20, 2020 the Sam Noble Museum is closed to the public and scientific collections are closed to visitors until at least
May 11, 2020.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black; background:white">Incoming and outgoing loans have been suspended. Institutions and individuals should not ship collections back or return specimen loans to the Museum at this time.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in">
Loan requests will be filled when the Museum reopens depending on staff availability and collections access. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in">Researchers may continue to access collection information online through collection databases (</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black"><a href="https://samnoblemuseum.ou.edu/collections-and-research/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">https://samnoblemuseum.ou.edu/collections-and-research/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">)
or through d<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in">ata aggregators.</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in">We are constantly monitoring this dynamic situation. The Sam Noble Museum will return to normal operations when we are advised that it is safe
to do so.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black"></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black"></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black; background:white">If there are questions for a particular collection, feel free to email the curators and curatorial staff directly.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black; background:white">Sincerely,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black; background:white">Richard Lupia</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">Head Curator</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:black"></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">Associate Curator, Paleobotany & Micropaleontology</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black"> Sam Noble Museum</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">University of Oklahoma</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">2401 Chautauqua Avenue</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">Norman OK 73072</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black"><rlupia@ou.edu></span></p>
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