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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Dear Derek,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm was founded in 1819. Gustaf von Paykull donated his collection (mainly
birds and insects) to the state of Sweden on the condition that a National Museum was founded. The problem was that many of the specimens was stolen by von Paykull from other Swedish collections (maybe also in Germany and France) including from the Royal Swedish
Academy Sciences which institution was to administer the museum and Paykull’s collection from the beginning and the following 150 years. Paykull probably burnt all documents concerning his collection and we still struggle to understand the origin of the specimens.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1F497D">Erik Åhlander<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1F497D">vertebrate zoology and museum history<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1F497D">ZOO<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1F497D">Swedish Museum of Natural History<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1F497D">PO Box 50007<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1F497D">SE-10405 Stockholm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1F497D">Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1F497D">+46 0 8 5195 4118<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1F497D">erik.ahlander@nrm.se<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Från:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu>
<b>För </b>Derek Sikes<br>
<b>Skickat:</b> den 14 oktober 2020 03:45<br>
<b>Till:</b> ECN-L@listserv.unl.edu; nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu<br>
<b>Ämne:</b> [Nhcoll-l] Natural history museum controversies?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Do any of you know of any *published* natural history / science controversies in museums that are quite famous? These could range from taking on specimens or collections that are controversial, to research conducted by museums staff/curators
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ideally, I'd like a publication or documentary / video that has the details. No need to reply with unpublished accounts! & These should involve museum specimens (so no need to reply with stories of misbehaviors of museum personnel if specimens
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Derek<o:p></o:p></p>
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Derek S. Sikes, Curator of Insects<br>
Professor of Entomology<br>
University of Alaska Museum</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">University of Alaska Fairbanks</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">1962 Yukon Drive<br>
Fairbanks, AK 99775-6960<br>
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<a href="mailto:dssikes@alaska.edu" target="_blank">dssikes@alaska.edu</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.5pt">FAX: 907-474-5469<br>
he/him/his<br>
University of Alaska Museum - search 400,276 digitized arthropod records<br>
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