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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Recently announced: The closure of the Delbridge MNH in South Dakota, “over concerns that chemicals in its taxidermy collection could endanger visitors and staff,” and plans to decommission the
collection and dispose of the taxidermy mounts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Article:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://apnews.com/article/south-dakota-taxidermy-natural-history-museum-closed-chemicals-8705995a1bf8a45ceb65174e5821308a">https://apnews.com/article/south-dakota-taxidermy-natural-history-museum-closed-chemicals-8705995a1bf8a45ceb65174e5821308a</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Video featuring the taxidermy mounts:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx--6nZuLnQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx--6nZuLnQ</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#151515;mso-ligatures:none">Cindy Opitz </span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#151515;mso-ligatures:none">(she/her)<br>
Director of Research Collections<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#151515;mso-ligatures:none">Museum of Natural History and Old Capitol Museum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#151515;mso-ligatures:none">Instructor, Museum Studies Certificate Program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#151515;mso-ligatures:none">The University of Iowa<br>
11 Macbride Hall, Iowa City, Iowa 52242<br>
Office: 319.335.0481</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#201F1E;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:cindy-opitz@uiowa.edu">cindy-opitz@uiowa.edu</a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#151515;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://mnh.uiowa.edu/" target="_blank">mnh.uiowa.edu,</a>
<a href="https://oldcap.uiowa.edu/">oldcap.uiowa.edu</a> </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#201F1E;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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