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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Lennart<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">This is a very good guide to museum standards and is followed by many museums. The specific advice on disposal processes and how to document them is specified here:
<a href="https://collectionstrust.org.uk/spectrum/procedures/deaccessioning-and-disposal-spectrum-5-0/">
https://collectionstrust.org.uk/spectrum/procedures/deaccessioning-and-disposal-spectrum-5-0/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Nigel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE">Mr Nigel T. Monaghan</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE">Keeper – Natural History Division<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE">National Museum of Ireland
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE">– <span style="color:black">
Natural History,</span></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE">Merrion St. Dublin 2, Ireland.<br>
D02 F627<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE">T: +353-1-6486-354 | M: +353-87-7985570<br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE"><a href="http://www.museum.ie/" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">Website</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE"> | </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE">@KeeperNH</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE">Museums are open but with restrictions, book online to arrange your visit<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE">The National Museum of Ireland – Natural History remains closed for essential works<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE">Group Bookings have been suspended due to capacity
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE">– see our website at
<a href="http://www.museum.ie/"><span style="color:blue">www.museum.ie</span></a> for details</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE">Research visitors must make appointments in advance of any proposed visit.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE">Visit:
<b>Down to Earth – Exploring Ireland’s Geology</b> <a href="https://www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Exhibitions/Down-to-Earth">
https://www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museums/Decorative-Arts-History/Exhibitions/Down-to-Earth</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE">Virtual Visit: See our 3D interiors at
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE"><a href="http://www.museum.ie/nh3d"><span style="color:blue">http://www.museum.ie/nh3d</span></a></span><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE">
</span></u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE">Watch: We are one of the Dublin stories on
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE"><a href="http://storymap.ie/dead-zoo"><span style="color:blue">http://storymap.ie/dead-zoo</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE">
 also at </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VunX2u_mQWw"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:blue">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VunX2u_mQWw</span></a>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-IE">Read: Guide to the National Museum of Ireland - Natural History, €5.95 from Museum Shops, free on our website</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-IE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-IE">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-IE"> Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces@mailman.yale.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Lennart Lennuk<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday 14 January 2022 08:49<br>
<b>To:</b> nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Nhcoll-l] terminology question<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ET" style="color:black">Hi!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ET" style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ET" style="color:black">Just a quick terminology question.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ET" style="color:black">What is a word for the act when an specimen in collection is destroyed and it needs to be maked that this specimen no longer exist in that collection?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ET" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:ET">Best regards!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ET" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:ET">Lennart Lennuk<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ET" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:ET">Head of collections<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ET" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:ET">Estonian Museum of Natural History<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ET" style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:ET">+372 6603404, 56569916<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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