[NHCOLL-L:3880] deaccessioning specimens

[CAHawks at aol.com]

I'm posting this for someone who is not on the list. Please respond  directly 
to Louise Pfotenhauer at  
_pfotenhauer_lc at co.brown.wi.us_ (mailto:pfotenhauer_lc at co.brown.wi.us) 
 
Cathy
 
From: Pfotenhauer_LC at CO.BROWN.WI.US
Reply-to:  RCAAM at SI-LISTSERV.SI.EDU
To: RCAAM at SI-LISTSERV.SI.EDU
Sent: 6/11/2008  2:21:12 P.M. Central Daylight Time
Subj: RCAAM deaccessioning natural history  collections  
Hello  List,
It has been suggested to us by a  conservator that we deaccession and/or 
re-house our taxidermy specimens.   We use our collection primarily for exhibit, 
but there is some research  potential to some of the pieces.  The dilemma is, 
if we remove a 1930’s  robin and send it to hazardous waste for destruction 
then that is one 1930s  robin less to be used for scientific  research.     
I’m wondering who of you with NH  collections out there have deaccessioned 
specimens?   
Was it done because their  condition was no longer exhibit quality?  Or 
because they were  hazardous?  Or for a different reason?  Did you have to go 
through a  hazardous waste facility to dispose of them?   
Did you save certain pieces for  research?   
Did you upgrade for exhibit  purposes – to get a better looking mount.   
Did you pass deaccessioned  material on to another institution such as a 
university for addition to a  study collection?  Or is that not acceptable because 
they are  hazardous.   
For the collections that were  kept, are they stored in boxes? Closed 
cabinets? Poly bags? A  mixture? 
Thanks in advance for your  comments.  I look forward to hearing from you. 
Louise  Pfotenhauer 
Curator of  Collections 
Neville Public Museum of Brown County 
210 Museum Place 
Green Bay WI  54303 
920-448-7845 
fax 920-448-4458 
_www.nevillepublicmuseum.org_ (http://www.nevillepublicmuseum.org/)  
_pfotenhauer_lc at co.brown.wi.us_ (mailto:pfotenhauer_lc at co.brown.wi.us)  



Catharine Hawks
Conservator
2419 Barbour Road
Falls Church  VA 22043-3026 USA
t/f 703.876.9272



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